🔍BITCOIN & ETHERIUM: Latest Holdings & Major Holders
Bitcoin (BTC)
Bitcoin whales & Satoshi Nakamoto
The identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto remains unknown, but the original wallet contains approximately 1.1 million BTC, now worth an estimated $135 billion .
Exchange cold wallets
Binance controls a wallet with ~252,600 BTC, plus two others with ~143,300 BTC and ~125,400 BTC .
Robinhood and Bitfinex also have massive cold holdings: c. 140,600 BTC and 130,010 BTC respectively .
Public companies
MicroStrategy has the most corporate BTC, now holding over 600,000 BTC (~$73 billion) after buying 4,225 more in early July 2025 .
MARA Holdings (formerly Marathon Digital) sits second among firms, with 46,255 BTC as of Feb 2025 .
Government & institutional holders
As of Jan 2025, sovereign holdings include:
United States ≈207,000 BTC
China ≈194,000 BTC
United Kingdom ≈61,000 BTC
Ukraine ≈46,350 BTC
Bhutan ≈13,029 BTC
El Salvador ≈6,003 BTC .
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Ethereum (ETH)
Protocol & staking contracts
The Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Deposit Contract holds ~59.75 million ETH, about 49.5% of total ETH supply .
Wrapped Ether (WETH) contract holds ~2.22 million ETH (~1.84%) .
Exchange reserves
Coinbase custody: ~4.93 million ETH (~4.1%) .
Binance: ~4.23 million ETH (~3.5%) .
Bitfinex: ~3.28 million ETH (~2.7%) .
Robinhood: ~1.37 million ETH (~1.4%) .
Other platforms like Coinbase Prime, Base Bridge, Upbit, and Grayscale hold between 1.0–1.5 million ETH each .
Whale accumulation
Over the past month, whales (1k–100k ETH wallets) have added about 1.49 million ETH (~$3.8 billion), marking a 3.7% rise in their holdings .
Cumberland wallet
A market‑maker wallet bought 3,263 ETH ($76.5 million), indicating a long‑term investment approach .
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