Who owns the most Bitcoin in the world after Satoshi Nakamoto?

One of the most well-known questions in the crypto sector is “who owns the most Bitcoin (BTC) in the world?”. The ranking of the largest BTC holders, with Satoshi Nakamoto in first place with 1.1 million BTC, cannot be guaranteed 100%. There are various factors at play that make this ranking constantly evolving

Bitcoin: who owns the most BTC in the world besides Satoshi Nakamoto?

With the various Forbes rankings, such as the richest men in the world, in the crypto sector there is an attempt to answer the well-known question: “Who owns the most Bitcoin (BTC) in the world?”.

Besides Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, who seems to hold about 1.1 million BTC accumulated through mining during the early days of the leading crypto, the rest is a bit difficult to guarantee

In fact, while the major accumulators of bitcoin continue to change their position in this ranking, on the other hand, there are anonymous whale wallet addresses, whose balance can be seen on the blockchain

In any case, the story of Nakamoto already gives pause for thought. In fact, it seems that the creator of Bitcoin mined 54,316 blocks of bitcoin, receiving a reward of 50 BTC per block. All this, before the first Bitcoin halving.

Such rewards have been collected and never used, and they are distributed among approximately 22,000 different wallet addresses

Bitcoin and the ranking of who owns the most BTC in the world “known” by category

Trying to identify as much as possible the wallets that hold the most bitcoin in the world, we temporarily eliminate all the addresses of the whales that have remained anonymous

With balene we mean all the people who hold significant quantities of bitcoin, that is, at least 1000 BTC. In general, these wallet addresses have a notable influence in the crypto market when they carry out transactions

Through BitBo, it is already possible to draw up a first category ranking for the top bitcoiners of this moment

Source: BitBo

In practice, the category of Exchange-Traded Funds (or ETF) in the USA is in first place with a total of 1,389,485 BTC held in various wallets. This figure represents 6.61% of the total supply of Bitcoin (which we remember is 21 million BTC)

Following this, the ranking by category sees in second place the wallets of publicly traded companies with 756,616 BTC, followed by those of countries with 529,705 BTC in their wallets. Below the podium are the wallets of the category private companies with 398,323 BTC and DeFi companies with 166,330 BTC. The last category by the amount of bitcoin held is that of bitcoin mining companies, with 99,803 BTC

The podium of those who own the most Bitcoin in the world: Nakamoto, BlackRock, and Strategy

According to BitBo’s estimates, it is also possible to delve deeper and identify which wallets of the different categories have more BTC

In fact, after Satoshi Nakamoto, it seems that the second largest holder of bitcoin in the world known appears to be the BlackRock fund, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), with 659,297 BTC

This is already a higher figure compared to what was stated on May 27, precisely demonstrating that the ranking remains in evolution.

In third place, then, there is the listed company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), with its impressive 580,250 BTC. Michael Saylor’s company holds 2.76% of the total supply of BTC

Both BlackRock’s ETF and Strategy are the only two entities that own over 2% of the total supply of BTC. Specifically, IBIT holds 3.14%, while Michael Saylor’s company holds 2.76% of the total supply of BTC

At the moment, no other fund, country, private or listed company, or of any other kind individually holds 1% of the total supply of BTC

The ranking of the countries with the largest holders of BTC

Taking a look at the category of countries that are the largest holders of Bitcoin, the first place is held by the USA, with 207,189 BTC

This record is the result of a policy favorable to the crypto sector initiated with the Trump Administration 2025

In fact, it was early March when Trump established the “Digital Fort Knox,” signing an executive order to establish the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. At that time, the reserve included 200,000 BTC from confiscation proceedings.

BitBo then reports China in second place as the country with the most BTC, followed by the United Kingdom

El Salvador, a country with Bitcoin as legal tender since 2021, is in sixth place in the ranking, with 6,089 BTC. Here, the figure is updated daily, as President Nayib Bukele’s accumulation strategy involves El Salvador purchasing 1 BTC per day. This strategy continues to be implemented, despite the agreement with the IMF.