Most Prominent Figures in the Cryptocurrency World

• Satoshi Nakamoto The creator of Bitcoin
• Roger Ver CEO of Bitcoin.com *Alex Reinhardt The Founder of PLATINCOIN
• Charlie Lee Litecoin creator
• Brandon Chez The CEO and founder Coinmarketcap
• Brian Armstrong The co-founder of Coinbase
• Changpen Zhao The founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance
• Pavel Durov The founder of VK and Telegram
• Vitalik Buterin The founder of Ethereum
• David A. Marcus Libra director, and the former president of PayPal

5 Bitcoin Investors

• Barry Silbert
• Michael Edward Novogratz
• Dan Morehead
• Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

SOME INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN CRYPTO

• Dan Morehead Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, the first US investment firm with funds in cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
• Roger Ver CEO of Bitcoin.com and Partner at Bitangels. Owner of the first mainstream company to accept Bitcoin as payment.He then funded the seed round for the first wave of major Bitcoin and blockchain businesses, including Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, Ripple, Kraken, BitPay, Z.cash, and others. He now advocates for Bitcoin Cash.
• Barry Silbert Founder and CEO of the pivotal blockchain company Digital Currency Group, parent company of CoinDesk, Grayscale, Genesis, Foundry, and Luno.
• Michael Edward Novogratz is an ex-hedge fund manager, formerly of the investment firm Fortress Investment Group. He is current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners which focuses on cryptocurrency investments such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
• Brian Armstrong Co-founder and CEO at the open cryptocurrency trading platform and wallet Coinbase.
• Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss Identical twin billionaires Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. They currently own 70,000 Bitcoins as well as other digital assets.Tyler Winklevoss' current net worth in 2021 is approximately over $1 billion. Cameron Winklevoss' current net worth in 2021 is approximately over $1 billion.
• Jack Dorsey Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and Founder and CEO of the financial services company Square.
• Sam Bankman-Fried CEO at the cryptocurrency derivative exchange FTX.
• Dan Schulman President and CEO of PayPal, which has recently allowed users to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies within their PayPal wallets.
• Peter Smith CEO and Co-Founder of Blockchain, the leading financial technology for digital currencies and distributed ledgers and the top Bitcoin wallet, API, and network data platform.
• Stephen Pair Co-founder and CEO at Bitpay, offering Bitcoin merchant services and letting users pay in US dollars using Bitcoin.