So far, 2022 has not been the best year for the $2 trillion crypto economy, yet great fortunes are being amassed behind the scenes. Given this industry’s obscurity and volatility, we are presenting our first-ever list of the top 100 richest people in cryptocurrency in net-worth estimates. We based our numbers on estimated holdings of cryptocurrencies (a few provided proof), recorded investments, wallet analytics, post-tax profits from trading crypto-assets, and stakes in blockchain-related businesses. It is almost certain that we have missed some people and some of our estimates might be off, but we are not that far off either.
1. Changpeng Zhao Source: Binance Net-worth: $65 billion
2. Sam Bankman-Fried Source: FTX Net-worth: $24 billion
3. Brian Armstrong Source: Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) Net-worth: $6.6 billion
4. Gary Wang Source: FTX Net-worth: $5.9 billion
5. Joseph Lubin Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $5 billion
6. Chris Larsen Source: Ripple Net-worth: $4.3 billion
7. Cameron Winklevoss Source: Bitcoin Net-worth: $4 billion
8. Tyler Winklevoss Source: Bitcoin Net-worth: $4 billion
9. Son Chi-hyung Source: Upbit Net-worth: $3.7 billion
10. Barry Silbert Source: Digital Currency Group Net-worth: $3.2 billion
11. Micree Zhan Source: Bitmain Net-worth: $3 billion
12. Brad Garlinghouse Source: Ripple Net-worth: $2.9 billion
13. Jed McCaleb Source: Ripple Net-worth: $2.5 billion
14. Nikhil Viswanathan Source: Alchemy Net-worth: $2.4 billion
15. Joseph Lau Source: Alchemy Net-worth: $2.4 billion
16. Devin Finzer Source: OpenSea Net-worth: $2.2 billion
17. Alex Atallah Source: OpenSea Net-worth: $2.2 billion
18. Fred Ehrsam Source: Coinbase Net-worth: $2.1 billion
19. Kim Kyoung-nyon Source: Upbit Net-worth: $1.9 billion
20. Jihan Wu Source: Bitmain Net-worth: $1.8 billion
21. Vitalik Buterin Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $1.6 billion
22. Michael Saylor Source: MicroStrategy Net-worth: $1.6 billion
23. Matthew Roszak Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $1.4 billion
24. Mingxing Xu Source: OKCoin Net-worth: $1.4 billion
25. Tim Draper Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $1.2 billion
26. Mike Novogratz Source: Galaxy Digital Net-worth: $1.2 billion
27. Li Lin Source: Huobi Net-worth: $1.1 billion
28. Brock Pierce Source: Blockchain Capital Net-worth: $1 billion
29. Anthony Di Lorio Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $1 billion
30. Justin Sun Source: Tron Net-worth: $1 billion
31. Brenden Blumer Source: BlockOne Net-worth: $750 million
32. Valery Vavilov Source: Bitfury Net-worth: $750 million
33. Dan Larimer Source: BlockOne Net-worth: $700 million
34. Charles Hoskinson Source: Cardano Net-worth: $600 million
35. Roger Ver Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $500 million
36. Richard Heart Source: HEX Net-worth: $500 million
37. Anatoly Yakovenko Source: Solana Net-worth: $500 million
38. Kenji Sasaki Source: Cardano Net-worth: $500 million
39. Mihai Alisie Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $500 million
40. Jesse Powell Source: Kraken Net-worth: $500 million
41. Dan Morehead Source: Pantera Net-worth: $500 million
42. Sergey Nazarov Source: Chainlink Net-worth: $500 million
43. Greg Solano Source: Yuga Labs Net-worth: $500 million
44. Wylie Aronow Source: Yuga Labs Net-worth: $500 million
45. Amir Chetrit Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $450 million
46. Steve Ellis Source: Chainlink Net-worth: $450 million
47. Gavin Wood Source: Ethereum Net-worth: $450 million
48. Alexandre Dreyfus Source: Chiliz Net-worth: $450 million
49. Johnny Lyu Source: Kucoin Net-worth: $450 million
50. Kathleen Breitman Source: Tezos Net-worth: $400 million
51. Arthur Breitman Source: Tezos Net-worth: $400 million
52. Lin Han Source: gate.io Net-worth: $350 million
53. Bart Stephens Source: Blockchain Capital Net-worth: $300 million
54. Emin Gun Sirer Source: Avalanche Net-worth: $300 million
55. Hayden Adams Source: Uniswap Net-worth: $250 million
56. O.D. Kobo (Oded Kobo) Source: Blockchain Investor Net-worth: $250 million
57. Yi He Source: Binance Net-worth: $250 million
58. Esteban Ordano Source: Decentraland Net-worth: $200 million
59. Ari Meilich Source: Decentraland Net-worth: $200 million
60. Anthony Pompliano Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $200 million
61. Roham Gharegozlou Source: Dapper Labs Net-worth: $200 million
62. Ryder Junji Source: MEXC Net-worth: $200 million
63. Beeple Source: NFT Artist Net-worth: $200 million
64. Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin Source: Axie Infinity Net-worth: $200 million
65. Yawn Rong Source: Stepn Net-worth: $150 million
66. Jerry Huang Source: Stepn Net-worth: $150 million
67. Yuzo Kano Source: BitFlyer Net-worth: $150 million
68. Eric Don Source: Kucoin Net-worth: $150 million
69. Metakovan Source: NFT Collector Net-worth: $150 million
70. Kris Marszalek Source: crypto.com Net-worth: $150 million
71. Stani Kulechov Source: Aave Net-worth: $150 million
72. PAK Source: NFT Artist Net-worth: $150 million
73. Brandon Chez Source: CoinMarketCap Net-worth: $120 million
74. Peter Smith Source: blockchain.com Net-worth: $100 million
75. Gavin Andresen Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $100 million
76. Top Lan Source: Kucoin Net-worth: $100 million
77. Jaynti Kanani Source: Polygon Net-worth: $100 million
78. Sandeep Nailwal Source: Polygon Net-worth: $100 million
79. Arthur Madrid Source: Sandbox Net-worth: $100 million
80. Sebastien Borget Source: Sandbox Net-worth: $100 million
81. Anurag Arjun Source: Polygon Net-worth: $100 million
82. Ethan Kyuntae Kim Source: Hashed Net-worth: $100 million
83. Ryan Sungho Kim Source: Hashed Net-worth: $100 million
84. Mike Coral Source: Crypto Investor Net-worth: $100 million
85. Antoni Trenchev Source: Nexo Net-worth: $100 million
86. John Chen Source: MEXC Net-worth: $100 million
87. Mike Belshe Source: BitGo Net-worth: $75 million
88. Charlie Shrem Source: Bitcoin Investor Net-worth: $60 million
89. Javier Sim Source: Bithumb Net-worth: $50 million
90. Andreas Antonopoulos Source: Bitcoin Evangelist Net-worth: $50 million
91. Sunny Lu Source: VeChain Net-worth: $50 million
92. Fewocious Source: NFT Artist Net-worth: $50 million
93. Jake Brukhman Source: CoinFund Net-worth: $50 million
94. Eric Young Source: NFT Collector Net-worth: $50 million
95. Balaji Srinivasan Source: Coinbase Net-worth: $50 million
96. Myunghun Cha Source: Coinone Net-worth: $50 million
97. Nader Al-Naji Source: Crypto Entrepreneur Net-worth: $45m
98. Ben Zhou Source: Bybit Net-worth: $45 million
99. Star Xu Source: OKEX, Okcoin Net-worth: $40 million
100. Allen Wei Source: LBank Net-worth: $25 million