1.Chris Larsen, Age: 57. Cofounder Ripple, estimated crypto net worth - $7,5 - 8 billion. Larsen is the executive chairman and former CEO of Ripple,which facilitates international payments for banks using blockchain technology.He personally owns 5.2 billion XRP, the token launched by Ripple itself controls over 61 billion XRP, a war chest worth $95 billion. Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrislarsensf
2.Joseph Lubin, Age: 53. Cofounder of Ethereum, Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $1 - $5 billion. Toronto native and former Goldman Sachs executive funded blockchain platform Ethereum. And he founded ConsenSys, a 600-employee behemoth across 28 countries that has helped launch or spin off crypto companies and tokens and consulted for the likes of Microsoft. Twitter - https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph
3.Changpeng Zhao, Age: 41. CEO of Binance, Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $1.1 - $2 billion. In less than seven months, Zhao, who’s known just as “CZ,” has created the world’s largest crypto-exchange, Binance. While building up 6 million users, CZ has moved his operations to three different countries to stay ahead of regulations that might jeopardize business. Twitter -
https://twitter.com/CZ_BlNANCE
4.Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss, Age:36. Cofounders of Gemini. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $900 million - $1.1 billion. Tyler and his twin brother, Cameron, have waged, for now, one of the great comeback stories in American business. They bought Bitcoin when few people were onto it in 2012 and held on tight. And they’ve built a New York-based cryptocurrency exchange that recently processed $300 million in daily transactions. Twitter - https://twitter.com/tylerwinklevoss and https://twitter.com/winklevoss
5.Matthew Mellon, Age: 54.Individual investor. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $900 million - $1 billion. An heir to one of America’s great banking fortunes, Mellon began dabbling in cryptocurrencies years ago despite the warnings of friends and family. He was an early investor in XRP, the token launched by Ripple, which aims to create blockchain technology for big banks. Twitter - https://twitter.com/asliceofmellon
6.Brian Armstrong,Age: 35. CEO of Coinbase. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $900 million - $1 billion. In this digital gold rush, Armstrong is the guy making the big money selling the pans. He founded Coinbase, the nerve center and most popular entry point for cryptocurrency trading in the U.S. in 2012. Twitter - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong
7.Matthew Roszak, Age: 45.Cofounder of Bloq. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $900 million - $1 billion. I’ve been very fortunate and was very early,” says Roszak, who learned about Bitcoin in 2011 and participated in the first initial coin offerings. He’s always looking for new converts—and says he gave Richard Branson and Bill Clinton their first Bitcoins. Twitter - https://twitter.com/MatthewRoszak
8.Anthony Di Iorio, Age: 43. Cofounder of Ethereum. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $750 million - $1 billion. Di Iorio put up some of the money to found blockchain platform Ethereum and has continued to invest in multiple crypto-assets. His strategy: get in early and, after the asset grows and levels off, pour his gains into another new promising coin. Twitter - https://twitter.com/diiorioanthony
9.Brock Pierce, Age: 37. Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $700 million - $1 billion. A former child actor, Pierce was an early digital currency pioneer, funding dozens of crypto companies, including Mastercoin, Coinbase and Ethereum. He now says he’ll donate $1 billion to a decentralized autonomous community run on a blockchain. Twitter - https://twitter.com/brockpierce
10.Michael Novogratz, Age: 53. CEO of Galaxy Digital. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $700 million - $1 billion. Novogratz, a former billionaire and well-known hedge fund manager, seems to have pulled off a nifty comeback. He began investing in cryptocurrencies in 2013 and left Fortress Investment Group two years later to focus on the space. Twitter - https://twitter.com/novogratz
11.Brendan Blumer, Age: 31. CEO of Block.one. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $600 - $700 million. Operating from Hong Kong, the Iowa native pulled off the world's biggest token sale with $1 billion raised so far for EOS.IO, a blockchain platform challenging Ethereum. Blumer first dabbled in virtual assets at age of 14 selling magic weapons and characters in online games. Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrendanBlumer
12.Dan Larimer, Age: 35. CTO in Block.one. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $600 - $700 million. The software engineer used to be a cog in America’s military-industrial complex before having an existential crisis and leaving to create “systems that…provide life, liberty and property for mankind.” He has cofounded three blockchain platforms, including one, EOS.IO, that’s running the largest token sale ever. Twitter - https://twitter.com/bytemaster7
13.Valery Vavilov, Age: 38. CEO of Bitfury. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $500 - $700 million. Watching his parents lose their money during the Soviet Union’s collapse made a big impression on Vavilov, sparking his interest in networks not controlled by a single authority. Decades later, the Latvian is cofounder and CEO of Bitfury, a company that mines Bitcoin. Twitter - https://twitter.com/valeryvavilov
14.Charles Hoskinson, Age: 30. Cofounder of Ethereum and IOHK (Cardano). Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $500 - $600 million. Hoskinson was briefly the CEO of blockchain platform Ethereum before a boardroom brawl led him to quit. He then went onto to start IOHK, a builder of cryptocurrencies and blockchains for corporations, government entities and academic institutions. Twitter - https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles
15.Brad Garlinghouse, Age: 47. CEO of Ripple. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $400 - $500 million. The Harvard-educated Garlinghouse has a sterling mainstream tech pedigree—previously working at firms like AOL and Yahoo—and is now CEO of Ripple, the startup that hopes to create blockchain technology for big banks. Twitter - https://twitter.com/bgarlinghouse
16.Barry Silbert, Age: 41. CEO of Digital Currency Group. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $400 - $500 million. Silbert became known on Wall Street for building Second-Market, an exchange for tough-to-trade assets—mostly stakes in private tech companies. His second act is Digital Currency Group (owner of media site CoinDesk) and has made venture investments in crypto companies like Ripple and Coinbase. Twitter - https://twitter.com/barrysilbert
17.Vitalik Buterin,Age: 24. Creator of Ethereum. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $400 - $500 million. Buterin, a former Thiel fellow, is the 24-year-old creator of blockchain platform Ethereum, which has fueled the initial coin offering trend and now has a $100 billion market cap. He now collaborates with the likes of Microsoft, BP and JPMorgan. Twitter - https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin
18.Tim Draper, Age: 59. Founder of Drapes Associates and early bitcoin investor. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $350 - $500 million. The formidable Silicon Valley venture capitalist became a Bitcoin enthusiast before it was cool: “I believe that Bitcoin and crypto will drive most of the commerce of the world. Twitter - https://twitter.com/TimDraper
19.Song Chi-Hyung, Age: 38. Founder of Upbeat. Estimated Crypto Net Worth: $350 - $500 million. In just four months, Song’s Upbit has become the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, one of the biggest markets for Bitcoin trading. In December it boasted an average daily trading volume of $4.7 billion, hitting as high as $11 billion in a day. Twitter - no.
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