Figuring out who the richest people in cryptocurrency actually are is much easier said than done, and this is for a few reasons
First, there are lots of unknown whales that hold tens of billions of dollars in high market cap cryptocurrencies
Second, there are many cryptocurrency billionaires who hold most of their wealth in non-crypto assets, and that arguably disqualifies them from being a true crypto billionaire
6️⃣Sixth Richest Person In Crypto6️⃣
Two crypto billionaires seem to be tied for sixth place, and these are Tim Draper and Max Keiser. Tim holds at least 1 billion dollars in Bitcoin alone, and Max Keiser likely holds a similar amount
5️⃣Fifth Richest Person In Crypto5️⃣
The fifth biggest crypto billionaire is none other than Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, who currently holds more than 334k ETH
Vitalik also holds hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and other altcoins, which gives him an approximate crypto net worth of 1.5 billion
4️⃣Fourth Richest Person In Crypto4️⃣
The fourth biggest crypto billionaires are the Winklevoss twins, with each twin holding between 2-3 billion dollars in cryptocurrency, mostly Bitcoin
3️⃣Third Richest Person In Crypto3️⃣
The third biggest crypto billionaire is Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen who holds anywhere between 5.2 and 7.8 billion XRP. This corresponds to 5 and 7.8 billion dollars at XRP’s current price of 1 dollar
2️⃣Second Richest Person In Crypto2️⃣
The second biggest crypto billionaire is Sam Bankman-Friend, founder of Alameda Research and the FTX cryptocurrency exchange
Although Sam’s exact cryptocurrency holdings are not known, I estimate them to total anywhere between 5 and 10 billion dollars
