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Share Bitcoin entrepreneur Kain Warwick is proving to be one of the best buyers in Sydney’s beachside eastern suburbs since the cryptocurrency boom, securing luxury houses from North Bondi to Tamarama and now Bronte for a total of $33.25 million. The most recent purchase by the 40-year-old founder of derivatives trading platform Synthetix is the Bronte home of online gambling website founder Joshua Chan for $12.2 million – rumoured to be a home for his parents, Allana and Kim Warwick, the latter of whom is the renowned tennis legend and six-time grand slam champion. Warwick’s purchase in a company name he owns with his wife Raphaella almost triples the $4.55 million Chan paid for the house in 2012 and was well above the $9.5 million guide offered by Raine & Horne’s Ric Serrao and PPD’s Alexander Phillips. ....
Share Rich List garbo-turned-yacht broker Ian Malouf has joined the crush of prominent eastern suburbs families on Palm Beach’s Snapperman Beach, buying a weekend getaway for about $20 million. The beachfront house in the exclusive Sydney suburb has long been owned by the McNiven family, bought in 1997 for $2.06 million and held by late businessman John McNiven until recently, when Malouf negotiated to buy it directly. Malouf declined to comment on the purchase, saying that he didn’t know that information was out yet, and settlement would reveal the price. Palm Beach’s Snapperman Beach is crammed full of holiday goers from the eastern suburbs, including the most recent arrival, Ian Malouf. ....