Twelve crypto billionaires entered Forbs' richest lis in just one year.
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Currently, the world is dominated by a "digital gold rush" and a huge rise in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has brought as many as a dozen crypto billionaires to Forbes' list of the richest.How much can happen in just one year – those who invest in cryptocurrencies know best. When the US economy hinged in March last year, investors panicked, Bitcoin fell as much as 50% in one day, followed by other cryptocurrencies.
Twelve months later, the future of digital goods never looked brighter. Bitcoin has broken records this year, and the price reached a figure of more than $60,000 in March. Other cryptocurrencies had similar growth, leading to the overall market capitalization of cryptocurrencies rising to more than $1.5 trillion.
Now both banks and companies are embarking on a crusade against this market.
As the crypto-market grows, so does the list of the rich. As many as a dozen crypto billionaires entered Forbes' lisa the richest in just one year, up from just four years earlier.
Read who's on this list:
Cameron and Tyler Winklvoss
Twin brothers and former rowers sued Facebook, settled and received $65 million, then turned it into an even bigger fortune, so now they both have $3 billion each.
Bitcoin purchases began in 2012. Year. They also launched crypto-currency exchange Gemini and digital art auction platform Nifty Gateway.
Michael Saylor
Seylor is ceo of MicroStrategy, which weighs $2.3 billion. He bought Bitcoin before the boom, both for himself and for the company, thereby pushing up the price of its shares.
He and Armstrong founded Coinbais in 2012. Year. He left the company but remained a board member, with his six per cent stake estimated at $1.9 billion.
Changpeng Zhao
The founder of crypto-exchange Bajnens (Binance) is back on the billionaires list. Wealth: $1.9 billion.
Metju Rozak
Rozak has been a crypto-enthusiast since 2011. Year. Today, his fortune is estimated at $1.5 billion.
He also heads block (Bloq) company, which specialises in blockchain infrastructure, but also an early investor in crypto-startures.
Tim Draper
In 2014, The New York Times noted that The New York Times had This Silicon Valley venture capitalist bought $18.7m worth of bitcoins, which had been confiscated from the Silk Road black market by US marshals.
Today, those bitcoins are worth $1.5 billion.
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