Who are the richest people in the field of digital currencies in 2022?
Every year, Forbes Magazine publishes a new list of the richest people in the world of digital currencies. As you can see, the number of billionaires active in this field has increased by 58% compared to last year.
To Report Kevin Telegraph Forbes Magazine’s list of digital currency billionaires has recently been updated, and the number of people who have made a fortune in digital assets has increased significantly.
The list of rich people in digital currencies now has 19 billionaires, which is seven more than last year and the number of people on this list has increased by 58%. The magazine released its latest list of the richest people in digital currencies on April 5, and the king of the rich digital currencies remains unchanged.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO and founder of Bainance, remains the richest man in the digital currency industry and is currently the 19th richest man in the world due to his recent wealth. Recent fluctuations have reduced Zhao’s assets from $ 96 billion last year to $ 65 billion. However, he is still by far the richest person in the field of digital assets.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX Exchange, is the second largest investor in the world with a net worth of $ 24 billion. Bankman Freud has repeatedly stated that he intends to donate a large portion of his fortune, which is why he has been dubbed the “Robin Hood of digital currencies.” However, his $ 24 billion fortune shows that he has not yet been able to do so.
Brian Armstrong, CEO and founder of Kevin Base, is in third place with a fortune of $ 6.6 billion. Ripple’s Chris Larsen and Gemini’s Winklevoss twins, with a fortune of about $ 4 billion, remain on the list.
One of the newcomers to the list of rich digital currency is Gary Wang, co-founder and CEO of FTX Exchange Technology, with a net worth of $ 5.6 billion of a 16% stake in the company. In addition, Nikil Viswanathan and Joseph Lau, co-founders of the Alchemy project, are 11th each with $ 2.4 billion in net worth.
Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah, co-founders of the OpenSea NFT market, are also newcomers to this year’s list of the richest digital currency with an estimated net worth of $ 2.2 billion.
There are a few other notable names on this list; Among them is Song Chi-hyung, the founder of South Korea’s Upbit exchange, which is reportedly worth about $ 3.7 billion. Kim Hyoung-nyon, executive vice president of Dunamu, the parent company of Apobit Exchange, also owns about 13 percent of the exchange, making him one of the richest people in the world with $ 1.9 billion in net worth. Digital currency is placed.
Micro-Strategy CEO Michael Silver remains on the list with a fortune of about $ 1.6 billion. His company stock has quadrupled in the past two years due to large and risky investments in Bitcoin.
When Forbes magazine published the first list of the rich digital currency in 2018, a handful of project managers in this field were included in this ranking. At that time, the wealth standard in this area was very low and with only $ 350 million you could be on the Forbes list.