As the first half of 2023 officially comes to an end, the Associated Press recently released the "Global Major Assets Rise and Fall List for the First Half of 2023". Bitcoin outperformed the crowd and ranked first among the world's major asset targets, with an increase of 83.81%. Much higher than the second-place Nasdaq index (an increase of 31.73%).
Due to well-known reasons, the maximum supply of Bitcoin is 21 million, and more than 19.3 million have been mined so far, which are widely distributed into millions of wallets and owned by individuals, listed companies, and even national governments. But in fact, the actual total supply of Bitcoin should be lower. According to conservative estimates, only 13.3 million Bitcoins can be circulated, and more than 6 million Bitcoins have been irretrievably lost.
According to the latest data from Glassnode, the number of independent addresses currently holding at least one Bitcoin has exceeded 1 million and hit a new high. Let’s take a look at the top Bitcoin holders/institutions and show the Bitcoin they hold. quantity:
The largest individual holder - Satoshi Nakamoto (approximately 1.1 million Bitcoins)
Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, is the largest holder of Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto is the earliest owner of Bitcoin and the first miner on the Bitcoin network. In 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto mysteriously disappeared, leaving the biggest unsolved mystery in the currency circle. Was he a person or a team? No one knows, let alone how many Bitcoins Satoshi Nakamoto actually owns. However, Bitcoin researcher Sergio Demian Lerner, who is famous for publishing rigorous investigative reports, has made relatively credible speculations that the number of Bitcoins held by Satoshi Nakamoto is about 1.1 million. The evidence is that the first 36,000 blocks of the Bitcoin network are Mined by the same computer, 63% of the 1.8144 million reward Bitcoins have never been spent. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that Satoshi Nakamoto is sitting on 1.1 million Bitcoins, which is worth more than 30 billion at current prices. Dollar. Here is an address supposedly held by Satoshi Nakamoto himself: 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa
Largest exchange holder – Binance (approximately 700,000 Bitcoins)
Currently, Binance’s cold wallet holds approximately 703,000 Bitcoins, followed closely by the exchanges Coinbase and Bitfinex, which hold 462,000 and 320,000 Bitcoins respectively. According to Glassnode, the total amount of Bitcoin held by top exchanges has changed significantly in the past three years. Binance and Bitfinex’s Bitcoins have increased by more than 421,000 and 250,000 respectively, while Coinbase’s total Bitcoin has increased by more than 421,000 and 250,000 respectively. A decrease of 558,000 coins.
The largest institutional fund holder-Grayscale (approximately 620,000 Bitcoins)
Grayscale is currently the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin funds, with more than 6,289.32 million Bitcoins under custody. Grayscale has developed a Bitcoin trust fund, GBTC, in which investors can create shares in the trust fund by providing U.S. dollars or Bitcoin. Anyone with a brokerage account that can trade U.S. stocks can purchase GBTC.
Largest national government holder - USA (approximately 200,000 Bitcoins)
The U.S. government has become the government with the largest Bitcoin holdings in the world, holding 205,515 Bitcoins, accounting for approximately 1.06% of the circulating supply, mainly from confiscations from three famous events: from the Silk Road in 2020 69,370 BTC were seized; 94,640 BTC were seized from the Bitfinex hack in 2022; 51,326 BTC were seized from James Zhong in 2022.
Largest commercial company holder - MicroStrategy (approximately 150,000 Bitcoins)
MicroStrategy (MSTR) has always been the most active advocate of Bitcoin and has taken the lead in promoting enterprises to adopt Bitcoin as a strategic asset. Since its first purchase in August 2020, it has held more Bitcoins than any other listed company. Its total holdings The amount reached 152,333 BTC. As recently as June 28, it purchased another 12,333 Bitcoins at an average purchase price of $29,668 per coin. Therefore, it has recently become popular for major financial institutions in the United States to purchase MicroStrategy shares to indirectly obtain Bitcoin holdings.
So, friends, do you have more than 1 Bitcoin?
