7 Largest Well Known Bitcoin Investors In The World

Charlie Shrem

Next up on the list of the 7 largest well known Bitcoin investors in the world is Charlie Shrem, who has gone through a number of crises and scandals. As a pioneer in the Bitcoin world, Shrem started investing in Bitcoin as a college senior in 2011. Frustrated over the lengthy process to buy and sell bitcoins, Shrem launched BitInstant, a user-friendly platform that let people buy and sell bitcoins. BitInstant received $125,000 from angel investor Roger Ver and a whopping $1.5 million from a group of investors led by the Winklevoss brothers. Shrem was also a board member of the Bitcoin Foundation.

The 27-year entrepreneur was arrested at the JFK airport on January 26, 2014 on charges of laundering $1 million worth of bitcoins to help users of the illegal online marketplace Silk Road. After his release, Shrem started active investments and partnerships in the Bitcoin world again. In 2016, he launched Intellisys, a private equity investment portfolio in which tokens representing shares in a portfolio of “middle market companies” are issued on the ethereum blockchain.

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