Billionaires Who Made Their Fortune on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain

The crypto industry was built by some genius people. We made up a list of people whose contributions significantly impacted blockchain and cryptocurrencies for better or for worse. They either lead the industry through all the challenges or undermine its reputation. Of course, they succeeded in making a fortune on the whole crypto development.
 

Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto is probably the most mysterious and influential crypto figure. In October 2008, Satoshi published a paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” and in January 2009, he launched the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that exists independently, without a central bank or government regulations, making it revolutionary money.

Michael J. Saylor 

Michael Saylor is the CEO of the business analytics software firm MicroStrategy. Saylor studied Arts and Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fun fact: before founding MicroStrategy, Saylor studied aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. He might know something about the “to the moon” thing. 

Saylor is best known as one of the executives of the Internet bubble in the late 1990s. He fell from the billionaire list after MicroStrategy’s questionable accounting led to the restatement of financial results, and the dot-com bust crashed the stock. 

Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian developer whose family moved to Canada when he was a child. Vitalik was always fond of software development. When he was seventeen, his father told him about cryptocurrency, and it grew into his lifework. In 2011, he became a writer, contributor, and then a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine. In 2015, after two years of hard work, he launched Ethereum — a platform for developing decentralized online applications based on the Ethereum blockchain. 

Today, Vitalik is one of the most influential people in the crypto industry. In November 2018, he received a doctorate from the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel. Now he keeps working on the Ethereum development and crypto industry evolution.

Justin Sun

Justin is a 31-year-old former chief representative of Ripple and the founder of TRON, the cryptocurrency with one of the largest market caps on the crypto market. Known for his ability to push Twitter activity, Justin has become a truly influential figure in the crypto space despite his young age. 

Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong is the founder and CEO of Californian cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. His fortune is estimated at $7 billion in 2022. The Coinbase exchange was launched back in 2012. Today, it’s one of the most popular cryptocurrency trading platforms in the United States, where one can exchange fiat money for cryptocurrencies. Traders can buy Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and many other cryptocurrencies, using their bank accounts, as well as place bets and offers on digital assets.