Here Are the World’s Virtual Currency Billionaires (or at Least They Were)<br />The list is a reminder of how the biggest gains in virtual currencies have been reaped by a small number of early adopters — despite the early promises<br />that virtual currencies could democratize the financial system and spread wealth more evenly.<br />For early virtual currency adopters like the people on the Forbes list, the recent price declines are not catastrophic.<br />While the list in Forbes magazine, which was assembled in recent weeks, identifies about 10 virtual currency<br />billionaires, most of them were not billionaires by the time the feature went online on Wednesday morning.<br />SAN FRANCISCO — The creators of the famous Forbes rich list have made their first<br />attempt to identify the wealthiest people in the virtual currency industry.
