The massive popularity and unprecedented growth of cryptocurrencies over the past few years are undoubtedly credited to bitcoin. It is the first digital currency that became a sensation ever since it made its debut on January 2, 2009. Although there is no consensus about its real founder, as some say it is Satoshi Nakamoto, whereas some consider Craig Wright, in most cases, Satoshi Nakamoto is believed to be its real founder.

Well, let us not get into much confusion about finding the real person behind the well-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, as today with this blog we are bringing you the list of the Top Ten richest bitcoin owners that many people are not aware of.

With more and more people exploring bitcoin for investment and making transactions digitally, it has emerged as a promising crypto coin and the best alternative to traditional currencies. When Bitcoin was at its lowest value in its initial days, there were people who due to utmost curiosity, purchased it and now have become the richest Bitcoin owners around the globe. Besides this, some richest bitcoin owners in India have also become millionaires after obtaining bitcoin in multiple ways. There were news and articles on digital media about <a href="https://dragonsdenbitcoin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dragons Den Bitcoin Peter Jones</a> as one of the top investors of cryptocurrency, but the information turned out to be false.
<h2> Exploring Bitcoin Millionaires List</h2>
Before we delve into the world’s top 10 richest bitcoin owners, let's have a look at India’s top 5 crypto investors who became richer after owning bitcoin.
<h3>Here's the list of Five Indian Richest Bitcoin Owners:</h3>
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 	<li>Akshay Haldipur</li>
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Being an early bitcoin inventor, Akshay Haldipur is one of the top Indian bitcoin owners, who is currently holding 77 BTC worth more than INR 13.71 crore. Having started investing in bitcoin in 2013, the millionaire Indian bitcoin owner is also credited for holding stakes in virtual currencies including Dash and Ripple.  
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 	<li>Sanket Shah</li>
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The resident of Ghatkopar first invested in bitcoin so that he could take care of his daily expenses. He bought his first bitcoins when it was priced at $115. However, he had no idea that its prices were going to skyrocket so drastically. Now he is the second richest bitcoin owner from India.
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 	<li>Akshat Gupta</li>
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Akshat Gupta learned about bitcoin from his friends in 2018 and started investing in bitcoin by buying 14 BTC at a price of INR 90,000. Running a business of pharmaceutical wholesale, as of now, his bitcoin holding is worth INR 1.6 crore, even after selling a few of them.
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 	<li>Jugal Sampat</li>
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24-year-old Sampat purchased his first bitcoin from Mt Gox exchange in March 2013 for $80. As the prices surged within a week, he made a profit of $35 quickly. That was when he decided to involve himself more actively in Bitcoin trading. He even set up a mini bitcoin mine at home to earn money from Bitcoin mining. 
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 	<li>Ankesh Kothari</li>
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29-year-old entrepreneur, Ankesh, got his first bitcoins as a payment from one of his clients in 2012. The coin was then trading at $7-$9. He received more bitcoins when a Russian offered him bitcoins for cash in Pune. He has also purchased the shares of a China-based company called ASIC Miner to ensure a steady flow of bitcoins. 
<h3>Here's the list of the World’s Top Ten Richest bitcoin Owners </h3>
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 	<li>Satoshi Nakamoto</li>
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Whatsoever confusion might be brewing about the founder of Bitcoin, somehow he is much considered as its real founder. Despite being a mysterious figure, there are proofs of his email records which he might have shared between developers of Bitcoin. If he seems to be the real founder of the <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/crypto/bitcoin-is-the-best-cryptocurrency-to-invest-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading cryptocurrency</a>, then there is no doubt to say that he is among those wealthy Bitcoin owners. <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/crypto/satoshi-nakamoto-finding-the-face-behind-the-pseudonym/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Satoshi Nakamoto</a> holds 1.1 million Bitcoins worth $48 billion, which comprise 5% of all bitcoins ever mined.
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 	<li>Winklevoss Twins</li>
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Identical twins Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss, co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, are among the world’s first few bitcoin billionaires. The twin brothers held 1% of all bitcoins in circulation worth $11 million when bitcoin was priced at $120 in April 2013,  which grew to more than $1 billion in December 2017 at the price of $11,700. Today twin brothers’ net worth is $4 billion each, as they own 70,000 bitcoins.
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 	<li>Barry Silbert</li>
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Barry Silbert is one of Bitcoin's early investors and a founder of the Digital Currency Group. He is the one who owns Bitcoin during its initial period. $350 was said to be the price of Bitcoin at the time of its trading. According to some sources, he brought bitcoins through an auction in the year 2014 from the US government. Today Barry Silbert's net worth is supposed to be 3.2 billion dollars.
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 	<li>Matthew Roszak</li>
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Being one of the early adopters of bitcoin, Matthew Roszak, an American cryptocurrency investor and venture capitalist, started investing in 2012. 49 years old co-founder and chairman of a Chicago blockchain technology startup, Bloq, Roszak has a wealth of $1.4 billion, most of which came from bitcoin holdings.  
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 	<li>Tim Draper</li>
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Among the top richest Bitcoin owners is Tim Draper, a US-based venture capitalist.

Having started investing in 2012, the billionaire has invested in many new projects. $1.2 billion is known to the net wealth of Draper. 
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 	<li>Jered Kenna</li>
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Jered Kenna is among those early <a href="https://bitcoin-buyer.live/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin buyers</a>, who initiated the early buying of Bitcoins. Twenty cents were the approximate value of each coin when he started buying bitcoins. He sold all his coins when the price of Bitcoin hit $258. He earned an estimated amount of $30 million through trading, which is worth acknowledging. It paved the way to launch multiple projects, including 20Mission and Tradehill. The 38-year-old investor has a net worth of $300 million.  
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 	<li>Tony Gallippi</li>
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Toni Gallippi has also registered itself on the list of famous Bitcoin investors. He is an entrepreneur who launched Bitpay in 2011, which became the largest payment processor company for Bitcoin in 2013. Twenty million dollars is said to be the company’s worth. 
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 	<li>Gavin Andresen</li>
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If there is anyone who is behind bitcoin’s consistent success, then it is none other than Gavin Anderson. Worked as a lead developer in a project of bitcoin called “cash for the internet”, he began creating products for Bitcoin, by founding the website The Bitcoin Faucet. Reportedly he received Bitcoins worth $200,000 million from the Bitcoin Foundation for his contribution. He owns a wealth of $2 million. In 2010 he donated 19,700 BTC to users for solving captcha.
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 	<li>Charlie Shrem</li>
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This youngest and richest Bitcoin owner is credited to have purchased Bitcoins when the trading price was in the range of $4. When the trading cost peaked at $20, hundreds of Bitcoins became his collection. As of now, his bitcoin holding is worth $450million. BitInstant, a <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/crypto/best-decentralized-exchanges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">well-known crypto exchange</a>, was founded by him. 
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 	<li>Dave Carlson</li>
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Listing another richest Bitcoin owner is Dave Carlson. He is known to have generated wealth through intense mining with the best use of his hardware. The credit for founding MegaBigPower goes to him, whose highest bitcoin mining was $8m per month. He earned $350 million from bitcoin mining.
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
So these are some of the top richest bitcoin owners, which most of us may not be aware of too much. These investors have become wealthy since they started investing in bitcoin as early as it was launched. Bitcoin is an undisputed cryptocurrency facing much competition with other alternative cryptocurrencies. But most of the time, it always excels above all. The credit for its success, what it is today, goes to all these people who made it famous in its initial days. And special credit goes to none other than its mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto.

List Of World’s Richest Bitcoin Owners

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List Of World’s Richest Bitcoin Owners

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