"Anchovy crypto investors can also become whales, it just takes a little time."
Cryptocurrency whales typically consist of major companies responsible for trading or managing large amounts of digital assets. There are also individuals classified as whales.
Listed below are some of the biggest crypto whales based on estimates by experts.
Satoshi Nakamoto
The creator of Bitcoin (BTC) named Satoshi Nakamoto is one of the biggest crypto whales in the world, where he reportedly holds 1 million digital assets worth $19.2 billion.
Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Coinbase which handles billions of trades every day and he is found to own $6.5 billion worth of crypto.
Michael Saylor
The executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor who is also the biggest BTC whales of all time now has over 17,732 BTC worth $1.14 billion while his company is estimated to have billions of digital assets.
Chris Larsen
Chris larsen, co-founder of credit loan company Eloan launched Ripple (XRP) in 2012, which is a blockchain network that is increasingly interested in most whales. He is understood to own around 5.19 billion XRP worth $37.3 billion.
Changpeng Zhao
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is considered to be one of the biggest BTC whales in the market following his net worth of around $96 billion yet not counting his crypto holdings.
Vitalik Buterin
Co-creator of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin is the biggest ETH whales in the secondary market not only holding the digital asset as much as 335,000 but also investing in several other digital assets such as Shiba Inu (SHIB), Akita, Dogecoin (DOGE).
The Winklevoss Twins
The Winklevoss twins who became famous for accusing Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for the social media network have won $65 million in the court settlement, where they were found to have bought 70,000 BTC after getting the funds.
Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert who successfully acquired Digital Currency Group (DCG) has established five subsidiaries under DCG, among them Grayscale, which is a digital asset management company that manages a $28 billion portfolio including BTC and ETH.
Jed McCaleb
Jed McCaleb is also one of the co-founders of XRP and the digital asset's largest whales are found to own around 3.4 billion XRP and investments in other cryptocurrencies despite leaving the company following disagreements with its founder.
