The crypto market in general, and Bitcoin’s price in particular, has seen a significant increase since the beginning of 2025. In recent weeks, Bitcoin’s price has stabilized above the $100,000 mark for more than two months, following a period of decline earlier this year.
The rise in Bitcoin price has contributed to the market capitalization of approximately one million wallet addresses on the blockchain, each containing at least 1 Bitcoin.
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How many bitcoins are there and who owns them?
There are currently approximately 20 million Bitcoin (BTCUSD) in circulation.
While the total number of available coins has continued to increase since the network’s launch, this growth has slowed significantly due to the mining reward halving mechanism, a process that cuts miners’ rewards by approximately half every four years, reducing the new supply over time.
This decline is expected to continue until the maximum supply of 21 million Bitcoins is mined.
According to public data available on the blockchain, there are approximately 983,000 individual wallets containing at least 1 Bitcoin.
This compares to over 54.6 million other wallet addresses containing fractions of a coin, ranging from 0.00001 BTC to just under 1 BTC.
Who owns large amounts of Bitcoin?
Although there are approximately one million wallets containing 1 Bitcoin, the actual number of individuals holding 1 Bitcoin or more is estimated to be lower, as some large companies and institutions—including crypto exchanges and so-called Bitcoin vaults—hold Bitcoin spread across multiple wallets.
The number of individuals holding 1 Bitcoin is estimated to be between 800,000 and 850,000.
Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) is the largest known institutional holder of Bitcoin.
Over the past five years, the company has transformed from a software provider to one of the leading Bitcoin vaults on the market, currently holding 628,791 Bitcoin, according to its Q2 2025 earnings report.
Blockchain data shows that the largest wallet containing Bitcoin belongs to the crypto exchange Binance, which holds 248,598 Bitcoin in a single wallet.
New companies join the Bitcoin vault race
Following the significant increase in Strategy Inc.’s market capitalization—currently around $108 billion, with its shares trading at a premium of around 33% to its Bitcoin holdings—other companies have begun entering the field of holding Bitcoin as a reserve asset.
Among these companies, GameStop Corp. (GME) and Marathon Holdings (MARA) have joined MSTR, with GameStop announcing a change to its investment policy to include Bitcoin among its financial reserves.
Bottom line
With the price of Bitcoin surpassing $100,000, owning 1 Bitcoin has become a rare commodity, limited to fewer than a million wallet addresses worldwide.
Although the actual number of individual Bitcoin holders is estimated to be only around 800,000, due to institutional entities using multiple addresses, this number appears unlikely to grow rapidly in the near future.
This is due to companies like Strategy, along with emerging Bitcoin vaults, continuing to purchase increasing amounts of these digital assets, increasing the scarcity of wallets holding 1 Bitcoin, and increasing its value as a reserve asset.
FAQ
How many bitcoins are there and who owns them?
There are currently approximately 20 million Bitcoin (BTCUSD) in circulation, and according to public blockchain data, there are approximately 983,000 individual wallets containing at least 1 Bitcoin.
Who owns large amounts of Bitcoin?
Although there are approximately one million wallets containing 1 Bitcoin, the actual number of individuals who own one or more Bitcoins is estimated to be lower, as some large companies and institutions—including crypto exchanges and so-called Bitcoin vaults—hold Bitcoins spread across multiple wallets. Estimates put the number of individuals who own a full Bitcoin at between 800,000 and 850,000.
