🐋 Top Bitcoin Holders — 2025 Overview
1. Satoshi Nakamoto — ~1.1 million BTC (~5.2% of total supply)
The mythical creator of Bitcoin, whose wallet hasn’t moved since its creation. That stash is estimated to be around 1,100,000 BTC Wikipedia+15Techloy+15coinglass+15KoinX.
2. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) — ~600,000 BTC (~2.85%)
This company is fully in on Bitcoin, with an estimated 597,000–600,000 BTC hoard, making it the largest public corporate holder coinglassThe Motley FoolWikipedia.
3. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) — ~700,000 BTC (~3.4%)
The largest institutional ETF holder, reportedly controlling between 550,000 and 717,000 BTC depending on the source, drawn from filings and market estimates nuco.ioTechloycoinglass.
4. Binance Exchange (Cold Wallets) — ~248,600–360,000 BTC (~1.25–1.7%)
These are custodial reserves used to handle liquidity. Estimates vary by observer (e.g., CoinTelegraph vs. other trackers) but they all show multiple large Binance-controlled wallets holding hundreds of thousands of BTC
