Who has the most bitcoins: the 3 largest owners of BTC
Date: 2023-08-27 Author: Karina Ziganova Categories: IN WORLD
Who is in the top 3 largest bitcoin holders. To do this, we analyzed information about BTC volumes on the accounts of private and public companies, as well as the governments of several countries. We tell who has the most bitcoins
Among public companies, according to buybitcoinworldwide, the software provider MicroStrategy has become the leader in terms of investment in bitcoin. The organization controls 152,800 BTC, which is equal to 0.7% of the total emission of cryptocurrency.
In second place is Marathon Digital Holdings Inc with 12,964 BTC. The company controls 0.062% of the cryptocurrency issue.
Third place is taken by Tesla with 10,725 BTC. This is 0.051% of the supply of bitcoin.
In total, public companies control 3.9% of the total supply of bitcoins.
Among non-public companies, most of the bitcoins are on the accounts of the bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox - 200,000, or 0.95% of the total supply of cryptocurrency.
In total, private companies control 2% of the entire issue of bitcoins.
Also, bitcoins are at the disposal of the authorities of a number of countries. For example, US regulators have 207,189 BTC. This volume is equal to 0.98% of the entire cryptocurrency emission. America is followed by China with 194,000 BTC - 0.9% of the Bitcoin supply.
In total, 2.1% of the entire issue of bitcoins is under the control of the authorities of a number of countries.
Let's compare the figures with the top 5 largest bitcoin wallets, according to bitinfocharts. Two of the top five wallets belong to the largest crypto exchange Binance. Together, they hold 363,774 BTC. This volume is equal to 1.8% of the Bitcoin supply. In total, out of the top 100 wallets, 9 vaults are controlled by Binance. The total volume of bitcoins on them is 609,248 BTC, or 2.9% of the total supply of cryptocurrency.
In second place is the identified wallet of the Bitfinex exchange with 178,010 BTC. The indicator is equivalent to 0.9% of the Bitcoin issue.
The owner of the third largest bitcoin wallet is believed to be the Gemini crypto exchange. She controls 118,300 BTC, or 0.6% of the cryptocurrency supply.
Important! Formally, these bitcoins do not belong to crypto exchanges, but to their users. But it is the trading platforms, on whose accounts the coins are located, that are responsible for the control of the cryptocurrency.
In total, the owners of the top 100 bitcoin wallets control about 15% of the entire supply of cryptocurrency.
It turns out that most bitcoins are stored on Binance wallets - 609,248 BTC. The United States is in second place. They own 207,189 BTC. Bronze went to Mt.Gox crypto exchange. She has 200,000 BTC in her wallets.
