Record Bitcoin Prices Add $38 Billion To Crypto Billionaires’ Riches
Crypto billionaires are seeing their fortunes soar on the back bitcoin passing $90,000 this week.
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After a record surge brought the price of bitcoin above $90,000 for the first time and pushed the total value of all digital assets past $3.2 trillion, crypto’s wealthiest are seeing their net worth soar. Forbes estimates that 11 top crypto billionaires, whose holdings largely consist of liquid tokens and stocks, have collectively added $38 billion to their fortunes in 2024. Some $24 billion, or 63% of the total increase, occurred after September 1 as the industry became increasingly…