When will we start seeing Crypto Holders in the Forbes Worlds Rich List?
I wish everybody success and happiness for 2018! I am in the fortunate position to write my first post of 2018 in profit from a trading perspective. Wow how about that price of Steem!
I recently had a conversation of a friend where we discussed that in the not too distant future we will be starting to see Crypto Holders featuring in the world's Rich List.
Worlds top 20 Billionaires
According to the Forbes 2017 Top 20 Billionaires list Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos became the richest person in the world 27 October 2017, when the share price of Amazon closed at $1100.95. At the end of the day the world richlist changes regularly and it all depends on the share price at the time etc.
You can view the Forbes 2017 rich list of billionaires here
But what about Crypto Billionaires
I think most f us knows about the Winklevoss twins, which according to the news are the first verified Bitcoin Billionaires.
Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss grabbed headlines last month when the value of their publicized bitcoin holdings surpassed $1 billion, making them the first “verified” bitcoin billionaires. However, blockchain data indicates that there could be as many as 200 bitcoin billionaires who have kept their holdings a secret to maintain their privacy.
So Bitcoin addresses are kind off private and some have kept their identities secret. Many also spread their wealth across various Bitcoin Wallets so it is very difficult to identify exactly who owns the most Bitcoin. Have a look at the following list of rich people in Bitcoin.
I found the article Move Over, Winklevoss Twins: There Could Be 200 Bitcoin Billionaires from CCN very interesting.
Congrats to the @ned and the team at the Steemit HQ, with the great successes during 2017. We are looking forward to an amazing 2018 where you will take Steem to even more heights.
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Amen! hopefully some of them would be Steem holders 😉
Ameen
So definitely there are chances but will take time to rise one as a billionaire!!!.
I believe it’s an unstoppable force now, thanks mike
Forbes is in the pockets of the US Bankers, which means that they will not list Billionaire Bitcoin Holders for YEARS. They can't admit that bitcoin or crypto-currency are real money . . . do you know what it will do the already failing fiat market?
Totally agree with you bro
I am sure there will be many crypto billionaires from Steemit platform as well...
great informational post.
Well, I think unless people who has purchased lot of cryptos, unless they sell them and turns them as asset, they will not be listed doesn't matter how much bitcoins/ETHs or other currencies they are holding as this market is highly volatile.... So definitely there are chances but will take time to rise one as a billionaire!!!.
Maybe.
Or maybe forbes is just obsolete since it doesn't track bitcoin holdings.
Another year like 2017 and no one will care this much about who holds the most dollars.
I would enjoy watching nocoiners staring at the forbes list in the crypto era, though.
I don't care if they don't catch up.
When my steem of worth 100 BTC will equal to 10k BTC :p and I will be one of them.
PS, I am not going to sell Steem till my name in forbes.
Free vote for you :) yayyy
I believe most billionaires have already Invested in the block chain technology
Wow.
Kindly upvote