Who Are Among The Crypto Billionaire Club As Of 2022

• It remains a wild 12 months for crypto world, Elon Musk fueled DOGE, to Web3 innovations and NFTs, to heavy ups and downs in Bitcoin and altcoins.
• Amid all these events, there is no shortage of funds to be made in $2 Trillion cryptocurrency economy.
• Freshers to this list involves founders of a Web3 framework organization, an NFT marketplace and some prominent owners of Crypto exchanges.

Changpeng Zhao

Crypto’s most affluent personality, Changpeng Zhao, Binance founder is the 19th richest individual on the globe. As per the estimation by Forbes he has 70% of ownership in Binance. Previous year, the organization facilitated around 2/3rds of entire trading volumes managed by centralized changes, making around $16 Billion.

According to those estimates, Changpeng Zhao’s wealth has increased by $1.9 Billion previous year. The 44 year old, holds a minor chunk of Bitcoin and an unveiled sum of BNB, Indigenous token of BNB. CZ’s organization strategizes to make a prime investment in parent organization which will own Forbes.

Changpeng Zhao, Binance Founder Stands on the top with a net worth of $65 Billion

Sam Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried moved from Hong Kong to crypto-friendly Bahamas in late 2021 along with his crypto exchange FTX, which piled up $400 Million in January at a $32 Billion net worth.

FTX’s US operations were recently valued by investors, equalling $8 Billion. A professed adherent of effective altruism — utilitarian-inflected concept of doing the best possible — Bankman has pledged to give away his whole fortune over his lifetime. He possesses about half of FTX and over $7 Billion worth of FTT, indigenous token of platform.

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Currently Holds $24 Billion In Valuation

Brian Armstrong

Founder and CEO of Coinbase took the cryptocurrency exchange public via a direct listing back in 2021 at an astounding $100 Billion valuation. Its market cap is about half as of now, still makes it worthy for him to stand on no. 3 on this list.

A famed personality for his bald pate and plain t-shirt, Brian Armstrong raised eyebrows back in 2020 after demanding his workers to refrain from political debate at work.

Back in January, Brian dropped $133 Million in the Bel Air mansion, one of the town’s most expensive transactions to this date.

Coinbase Founder Brian Armstrong have a Current Net Worth Of $6.6 Billion

Gary Wang

FTX CTO and co founder, Gary Wang released the cryptocurrency exchange with SBF back in 2019. He holds 16% of stake in the FTX’s international business and more than $600 Million worth of FTT tokens.

Before taking his step into crypto, Gary Wang served as a Google software engineer, where he assisted in development of online booking platform Google Flights.

 FTX CTO Gary Wang Holds a Net Worth Of $5.9 Billion

Chris Larsen

Ripple co founder and executive chairman, whose XRP token is currently the 6th largest cryptocurrency, Chris Larsen remains busy battling against SEC lawsuit, where opposition asserted that Ripple’s ICO was a sale of unlisted securities and an unlawful offer.

Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Currently Have A Net Worth Of $4.3 Billion

Steve Anderson is an Australian crypto enthusiast. He is a specialist in management and trading for over 5 years. Steve has worked as a crypto trader, he loves learning about decentralisation, understanding the true potential of the blockchain.

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