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Top 5 Bitcoin Investors
With a market valuation of $896.7 billion as of December 2021, Bitcoin is the most valuable blockchain-based digital asset. It has a huge following among cryptocurrency aficionados and speculative investors. Several affluent business owners and entrepreneurs have made significant investments in this digital asset. The following are the top Bitcoin investors, as collated from financial data and media publications.
Barry Silbert
Digital Currency Group is led by Barry Silbert, the company’s creator and CEO. By creating and supporting bitcoin and blockchain enterprises, the company hopes to expedite the growth of the global financial system. Digital Currency Group has made investments in over 165 blockchain and cryptocurrency firms.
Other portfolio firms include Genesis, a liquidity provider (an company that funds a pool with bitcoin) for over-the-counter cryptocurrency buyers and sellers. Grayscale Investments, which owns Digital Currency Group, runs the Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), an investment entity that holds 654,600 bitcoin and offers investors exposure to its price swings.
Micheal Saylor
Micheal Saylor, co-founder and CEO of business analytics firm Microstrategy, believes that cryptocurrencies will be the next major investment. In December 2021, Microstrategy expanded their…
