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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