Who Owns the Most Bitcoin Now? (2022) (2024)

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Satoshi Nakamoto

The largest holder of Bitcoin is believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin. Nakamoto is estimated to own approximately 1,000,000 BTC, worth around $27.13 billion.

The creator of Bitcoin under the alias Satoshi Nakamoto is thought to be the largest Bitcoin holder. The Winklevoss twins, institutional investors like MicroStrategy, and governments like the United States and China are just a few examples of other well-known Bitcoin millionaires.

Satoshi Nakamoto is the name of the individual or group credited with inventing bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency.

No single entity controls Bitcoin. Developers can propose changes, but they can't force nodes to accept them. Nodes run the software, but are bound by the rules. Miners have tried to influence Bitcoin's rules, but were held in check by nodes refusing to accept the changes.

As of October, the FBI owned 1.5 percent of all the world's bitcoin, Forbes reported. Less than a quarter-million people own a single bitcoin, although the number of accounts holding one bitcoin has grown from 159,916 to 246,377.

F rom the increasingly ferocious federal crackdown on the cryptocurrency business, it might appear the U.S. government cannot stand digital currencies. Yet there is a love-hate dynamic: the Treasury is sitting on a stash of 207,189 bitcoin, worth $5 billion, by far the largest such state-owned hoard.

Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. The company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products. CEO Elon Musk has been credited for raising the prices of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, through his messages on Twitter.

US Government Remains a Top Bitcoin Holder With Seized Stash Valued at $5.6 Billion. As of March 25, 2023, the U.S. government held 205,515 bitcoins worth $5.6 billion, which is approximately 1.06% of the circulating supply, according to current statistics.

Who are the Bitcoin billionaire brothers? ›

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss went from being the co-originators of Facebook deceived by Mark Zuckerberg (as dramatized in the film “The Social Network”) to early crypto adopters who became "Bitcoin billionaires." Now their firm has been charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Tesla, led by Elon Musk, confirmed that it purchased about $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin in January and expects to start accepting it as a payment in the future.

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym for the creator of Bitcoin, is widely considered to have the most Bitcoin wealth. Though Nakamoto has not officially revealed the amount of Bitcoin he holds, estimates predict he has a wallet containing around 1.1 million BTC.

The U.S. government currently holds 205,515 bitcoins valued at $5.66 billion based on today's exchange rates. The bitcoins were confiscated in three cases, including the Silk Road bitcoin seizure in November 2020, the 2022 Bitfinex hack confiscation, and the seizure of bitcoins from James Zhong last year.