it was only matter of time . From forbs magazine , has come out with the first list of cryptocurrency billionaires which comprise a wide arrays of factors within the cryptocurrency ecosystem , the rankings list are also indicative of the relatively growing nature of the industry and includes persons who founded companies and coins less than a year ago, but are considered billionaires today based on market valuations and trading volumes.

Top 15 of richest people in cryptocurrency :

1.chris larson , co-founder of Ripple : 8 billions of dollars

2.Joseph Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum: 1.5 billion of dollars

3. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance: $1.39 billion of dollars

4. Winklevoss twins, Co-founders of Gemini: 1.1 billion of dollars
5.Matthew Mellon, Individual investor: 1 billion of dollars
6.Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase: 1 billion of dollars
7.Matthew Roszak, Co-founder of Bloq: 1 billion of dollars
8.Anthony Di Iorio, Co-founder of Ethereum: 1 billion of dollars
9.Brock Pierce, Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation: 1 billion of dollars
10.Michael Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital: 1 billion of dollars
11.Brendan Blumer, CEO of Block.one: 700 million of dollars
12.Dan Larimer, CTO in Block.one: 700 million of dollars
13.Valery Vavilov, CEO of Bitfury: 700 million of dollars
14.Charles Hoskinson, Co-founder of Ethereum and IOHK (Cardano): 600 million of dollars
15.Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple: 500 million of dollars

but if we class them by their activity in cryptocurrency ecosystem we find out in rankings :

1. investors : 10 investors
2. coin founders :4 founders
3. cryptocurrency exchange founders : 3 founders
4. miners : 1 miner
5. CEOs : 1 CEO