Bitcoin (BTC) community’s HODLing obsession has created crypto investors who have been accumulating their own Bitcoins in their wallets without selling, relentlessly and tirelessly, during the period in which the leading cryptocurrency has been in existence for more than 15 years.
Who Has the Most Bitcoins?
Data obtained on September 19th revealed an updated analysis of the current situation of known Bitcoin holders worldwide. Most of the data has been provided by Arkham Intelligence and Buy Bitcoin Worldwide websites.
- Satoshi Nakamoto: 750,000 to 1.1 million BTC
- Binance: 643,546 BTC
- Grayscale: 627,779 BTC
- US Government: 207,189 BTC
- Mt. Gox: 200,000 BTC
- Bitfinex: 196,252 BTC
- Chinese Government: 194,000 BTC
- MicroStrategy: 152,800 BTC
- Block.one: 140,000 BTC
- Robinhood: 118,300 BTC
The top 10 Bitcoin holders collectively hold 3,479,866 (3.48 million) BTC. As of the time of writing, this represents 16.5% of the maximum supply of 21 million BTC, or 17.8% of the circulating supply of 19.49 million BTC.
Top 5 Institutions with the Most Bitcoins
Although it may be impossible to know the exact amount of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin assets, estimates suggest that the creator of Bitcoin was able to mine approximately 22,000 blocks. This is one of the most widely accepted estimates by famous researchers, based on the BTC mining data obtained since the early days.
While Binance is the second-largest Bitcoin asset holder, its assets mostly consist of the assets of individuals who use the centralized exchange to store their tradable cryptocurrencies. Grayscale’s Bitcoins are mostly reserves for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), and the on-chain evidence was recently disclosed by Arkham.
According to Forbes, the Bitcoin assets owned by the United States are mostly the result of assets seized from criminal activities such as financial fraud schemes, money laundering activities, or as a result of regulatory sanctions against businesses, or the discovery of computer hacking.
Mt. Gox is probably the most notable name on this list. This is because Mt Gox’s Bitcoins are currently locked due to the decision of the Tokyo Court regarding the bankruptcy case, and it is assumed that this decision will be used to make payments to the bankrupt creditors of the collapsed exchange. Speculations about when they will be released for a possible sale and repeated delays continue.
