Nine cryptocurrency companies named to Forbes Fintech 50 list

Forbes включил nine cryptocurrency projects in the ranking of the most innovative private fintech companies for 2022.

According to the magazine, collectively these nine firms attracted $6.5 billion in venture capital funding, the bulk of which came in the last 12 months.

Leading among them is the crypto exchange FTX with a valuation of $32 billion, making it the third-largest private fintech company headquartered in the United States.

Next come two newcomers – NFT marketplace OpenSea ($13.3 billion) and blockchain platform Alchemy ($10.2 billion).

Behind them are the creator of the stablecoin USDC, Circle ($9 billion), a veteran of the list – the analytics company Chainalysis ($8.6 billion) and custodian Fireblocks ($8 billion).

Forbes did not provide a valuation for Ava Labs, the developer of Avalanche, however in April media оценивали компанию в $5,25 млрд. At the same time, the platform’s native token AVAX has a market capitalization of $8.5 billion.

The penultimate place among the crypto firms was taken by Paxos ($2.4 billion).

Only one bitcoin-industry representative from the Fintech 50 list has not yet reached unicorn status—it is TRM Labs, a competitor of Chainalysis, valued at $600 million.

As reported in autumn 2021, Forbes named the 400 wealthiest American billionaires, among whom were семь представителей биткоин-индустрии.

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