Top 10 Richest People In Cryptocurrency
It was only a matter of time
In the world of cryptocurrency, fortunes can be made overnight.
Forbes magazine, which releases annual rankings of the world's wealthiest people, has come out with its first list of cryptocurrency billionaires.
The wealthiest man in cryptocurrencies is Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple with a net worth of 8 billion dollars but a majority of his wealth is tied up in XRP. Forbes magazine said that Larsen holds 5.19 billion XRP and became even richer than Mark Zuckerberg when cryptocurrencies value increased exponentially at the end of 2017.
1
Chris Larsen, Co-founder of Ripple: $7.5 to $8 billion
2
Joseph Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum: $1 billion to $1.5 billion
3
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance: $1.1 billion to $2 billion
4
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Co-founders of Gemini: $900 million to $1.1 billion
5
Matthew Mellon, Individual investor: $900 million to $1 billion
6
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase: $900 million to $1 billion
7
Matthew Roszak, Co-founder of Bloq: $900 million to $1 billion
8
Anthony Di Iorio, Co-founder of Ethereum: $750 million to $1 billion
9
Brock Pierce, Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation: $700 million to $1 billion
10
Michael Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital: $700 million to $1 billion
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