Here Are the World’s Virtual Currency Billionaires (or at Least They Were)
- 6 years ago
Here Are the World’s Virtual Currency Billionaires (or at Least They Were)
The list is a reminder of how the biggest gains in virtual currencies have been reaped by a small number of early adopters — despite the early promises
that virtual currencies could democratize the financial system and spread wealth more evenly.
For early virtual currency adopters like the people on the Forbes list, the recent price declines are not catastrophic.
While the list in Forbes magazine, which was assembled in recent weeks, identifies about 10 virtual currency
billionaires, most of them were not billionaires by the time the feature went online on Wednesday morning.
SAN FRANCISCO — The creators of the famous Forbes rich list have made their first
attempt to identify the wealthiest people in the virtual currency industry.
The list is a reminder of how the biggest gains in virtual currencies have been reaped by a small number of early adopters — despite the early promises
that virtual currencies could democratize the financial system and spread wealth more evenly.
For early virtual currency adopters like the people on the Forbes list, the recent price declines are not catastrophic.
While the list in Forbes magazine, which was assembled in recent weeks, identifies about 10 virtual currency
billionaires, most of them were not billionaires by the time the feature went online on Wednesday morning.
SAN FRANCISCO — The creators of the famous Forbes rich list have made their first
attempt to identify the wealthiest people in the virtual currency industry.