Meet The 12 Crypto Billionaires In The World
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There are 12 billionaires in the world that work directly in the cryptocurrency industry, according to Forbes
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This is 3 times the number of crypto billionaires that the world had last year
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Meet the billionaires and find out how they made their money
American business magazine, Forbes released their list of richest billionaires in the world.
Among this list are billionaires who made their money from the cryptocurrency industry.
Forbes’ latest rich list shows that there are 12 crypto billionaires in the world, up 3 times from the last report.
The listed billionaires work directly in cryptocurrency exchanges or invest in crypto startups.
Top 5 Cryptocurrency Billionaires
The CEO of FTX Exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried is the wealthiest on this list. Forbes list shows that he is worth $8.7 billion based on today’s exchange rate.
Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong is the second wealthiest crypto billionaire with a net worth of $6.5 billion.
The Winklevoss Twins, Bitcoin investors, and founders of the Gemini Exchange have a combined net worth of $6 billion.
Ripple Labs Cofounder, Chris Larsen is the fourth richest crypto billionaire in the world.
Micro strategy CEO, Michael Saylor follows with a net worth of $2.3 billion
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Others
Ripple co-founder, Jed McCaleb- $2 billion
Coinbase co-founder, Fred Ersham- $1.9 billion
Binance CEO, ChangPeng Zhao (CZ) – $1.9 billion
Barry Sabat of Digital Currency Group- $1.6 billion
Bloq’s Matthew Roszak- $1.5 billion
Venture capitalist Tim Draper- $1.5 billion
It will be interesting to see how many more crypto billionaires we have as the world embraces crypto more.
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