1. Chris Larsen
NetWorth: $7.5 billion to $8 billion
Chris Larsen is simply the executive director and former CEO of Ripple. This latest platform facilitates international interbank payments based on Blockchain technology. Owner of 5.2 million XRP, the tokens of the Ripple network, Larsen is the richest man in cryptocurrencies at the start of 2023. It is good to remember that the price of Ripple reached a historic peak at 3.65 dollars on January 4, 2023, after an exceptional year in 2023 where XRP experienced an increase of more than 36,000%! If this ranking had been established a little earlier in January 2023, his fortune in cryptocurrencies would therefore have been even more phenomenal.