Cryptocurrency is creating a buzz everywhere and suddenly investors are showing a lot of interest in it. The main reason for this interest is that cryptocurrency is decentralised and it is not controlled by any government or financial constitution. There are still a lot of confusion about how virtual currencies will work but surely it is gaining popularity across the world. There are around 1,500 crypto-assets currently in existence having a value of nearly $550 billion which is 30 times more than the beginning of 2017.
Forbes is known for publishing lists of different types after doing deep researches and finally, it has come up with the first ever list that involves people who are richest in cryptocurrency world. The changes in rates of cryptocurrencies are very volatile so this list can change very quickly.
1. Chris Larsen
Chris is a co-founder of Ripple, that helps investors to make global payments for banks using blockchain technology. He owns cryptocurrency which is worth of $7.5-$8 billion.
2. Joseph Lubin
Joseph Lubin is a co-founder of famous cryptocurrency Ethereum. Also, he is the founder of Consensys and owns cryptocurrency which is worth $1-$5 billion.
3. Changpeng Zhao
Zhao is the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange named Binance and holds an estimated cryptocurrency worth $1.1.2 billion. He established world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in only 7 months.
4. Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss
Winklevoss twin brothers own $900 million-1.1 billion net worth of cryptocurrency. They are known for becoming the very first millionaires by investing money in Bitcoin. They used the money that they won from Facebook case perfectly.
5. Matthew Mellon
Matthew Mellon owns cryptocurrency worth $900 million-1 billion.
6. Brian Armstrong
Being the CEO of Coinbase which is a popular cryptocurrency exchange he owns cryptocurrency worth $900 million-1 billion
7. Matthew Roszak
Matthew Roszak is the co-founder of Bloq and founder of Tally Capital and also holds cryptocurrency worth $900 million-1 billion.
8. Anthony Di Iorio
Anthony DI Iorio is a co-founder of popular cryptocurrency Ethereum and founder of Decentral. Anthony owns estimated cryptocurrency worth $750 million-1 billion.
9. Brock Pierce
The chairman of Bitcoin Foundation Brock Pierce has an estimated cryptocurrency of $700 million-1 billion net worth.
10. Michael Novogratz
Micheal Novogratz is the CEO of Galaxy Digital and holds cryptocurrency worth $700 million-1 billion.
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