Who Owns the Most BTC?
So, who are the top holders of BTC? According to the Bitcoin research and analysis firm River Intelligence, Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator behind Bitcoin, is listed as the top BTC holder as of 2024. The company notes that Satoshi Nakamoto holds about 1.1m BTC tokens in about 22,000 different addresses.
In a refreshing change from many alts, CoinCarp says the top 10 holders only hold 5.5% of the BTC supply.
Meanwhile, BitInfoCharts, a website tracking Bitcoin billionaire and millionaire wallets, found that most of the top 10 wallet addresses are linked to the Binance and Bitfinex crypto exchanges. According to the website, an extensive list of the top 10 Bitcoin wallets as of March 2024 looks like this:
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Balance – 248,597 BTC
A wallet address linked to Binance holding about $16.9bn worth of BTC (as of March 5, 2024) amounts to about 1.27% of the entire coins in circulation.bc1qgdjqv0av3q56jvd82tkdjpy7gdp9ut8tlqmgrpmv24sq90ecnvqqjwvw97
Balance – 204,010 BTC
A wallet linked to Bitfinex holding about $13.9bn worth of BTC, amounting to 1.1% of the entire coins in circulation.bc1ql49ydapnjafl5t2cp9zqpjwe6pdgmxy98859v2
Balance – 131,945 BTC
An anonymous wallet holding over $9.0bn worth of BTC tokens (0.6% of entire coins in circulation).39884E3j6KZj82FK4vcCrkUvWYL5MQaS3v
Balance – 115,177 BTC
A Binance-linked wallet also holds $7.8bn worth of BTC.bc1qazcm763858nkj2dj986etajv6wquslv8uxwczt Balance – 94,643 BTC
An anonymous wallet holding $6.45n worth of BTC.37XuVSEpWW4trkfmvWzegTHQt7BdktSKUs
Balance – 94,505 BTC
An anonymous wallet also holds $6.4bn worth of BTC.1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF
Balance – 79,957 BTC
An anonymous wallet holding $5.4bn worth of BTC.bc1qa5wkgaew2dkv56kfvj49j0av5nml45x9ek9hz6
Balance – 63,370 BTC
An anonymous wallet holding $4.3bn worth of BTC.3LYJfcfHPXYJreMsASk2jkn69LWEYKzexb
Balance – 68,200 BTC
A wallet linked to a Binance BTC reserve holding about $5.6bn worth of BTC tokens.bc1qjasf9z3h7w3jspkhtgatgpyvvzgpa2wwd2lr0eh5tx44reyn2k7sfc27a4
Balance – 66,465 BTC
A wallet linked to stablecoin provider Tether held about $4.5bn worth of BTC.