【Breaking Gossip】The wealthiest crypto giants of 2026 revealed! Satoshi Nakamoto is still that god, Brother Sun ranks second😂

Arkham released the latest report listing the top ten most wealthy on-chain cryptocurrency holders in 2026, estimated based on public blockchain data. The wealthiest mainly comes from early holdings of Bitcoin or Ethereum. Satoshi Nakamoto still holds the top spot with overwhelming dominance.
🧠 No. 1: Satoshi Nakamoto (Bitcoin creator)
Net worth: about $89 billion
Where the money comes from: Mined in 2009-2010, stored in about 22k addresses.
Forget it, no one knows who he is, but that doesn’t stop him from breaking into the top 25 global billionaires.
🍿 No. 2: Sun Yuchen (Tron founder)
Net worth: about $1.5 billion
What he has: 1.8 billion TRX (about $610 million) + stETH + BTC, etc.
Brother Sun is still your Brother Sun, everything on the chain is crystal clear.
💔 The most tragic character: James Howells (Welsh IT guy)
Net worth: about $650 million (but can't access)
Story: Mined 8,000 BTC with a laptop in 2010, threw away the hard drive with the private key in 2013.
Now buried under a landfill in the UK, the city government won’t let him dig it up. This guy watches the coin prices rise every day, heartache like a knife.
😭 Same tragedy: Rain Lohmus (Estonian banker)
Net worth: about $589 million (also inaccessible)
In 2014, spent $75k to participate in Ethereum crowdfunding, received 250k ETH, but lost the private key.
The money is clearly on the chain, just can't move it.
🔐 Even more incredible: Stefan Thomas (early Bitcoin developer)
Net worth: about $569 million
Made a Bitcoin introduction video back then, received 7,002 BTC. The private key is in an IronKey hardware wallet, but the password sheet was lost.
Now only two attempts left to enter the password, after two wrong tries, it’s permanently locked. More nerve-wracking than a bank safe.
🧙 Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder)
Net worth: about $533 million
Mainly ETH received at genesis, plus various meme coin projects airdropped to his address.
A living legend, no need to lose the private key.
🚔 Drug dealer turned “owner”: Clifton Collins (Irish)
Net worth: about $447 million (most inaccessible)
In 2011-2012, bought about 6,000 BTC at roughly $5 each, private keys hidden in a fishing rod, then the fishing rod was lost.
Later arrested. In March 2026, one of the wallets suddenly came back to life, police recovered about $35 million worth of BTC. The rest is still underground.
🐟 Godfish (Cobo CEO)
Net worth: about $213 million
Mainly holds BTC, a low-profile big shot.
🎫 Patricio Worthalter (POAP founder)
Net worth: about $149 million
Mainly holds ETH and related assets.
📉 James Fickel (well-known trader)
Net worth: about $115 million
Accumulated about 49k ETH at low prices in 2016, later lost $43 million betting on ETH/BTC.
Now switched to studying neuroscience — maybe losing money led to philosophical insights.
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