- Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies is just 8,501 BTC short of matching Satoshi’s 1,096,358 BTC holdings.
- Strategy remains the largest public company by digital asset portfolio, with 671,268 BTC.
- ETFs and funds have long overtaken the Bitcoin creator’s portfolio with their combined 1,496,189 BTC.
- Various governments worldwide hold an estimated 647,014 BTC.
Public treasury companies holding Bitcoin (BTC) in their portfolios are poised to exceed the supply held by Satoshi Nakamoto. Data from BitcoinTreasuries.Net indicate that these entities have already accumulated 1,087,857 as of the afternoon of December 24 (UTC).
Meanwhile, Arkham Intel shows that Bitcoin’s mysterious creator maintains 1,096,358 BTC. This means the public treasury companies are now only 8,501 BTC short of collectively matching the enigmatic cryptographer’s portfolio.
BTC in Public Bitcoin Treasury Portfolios
The top 100 of the list accounts for 1,085,180 BTC, with Strategy (MSTR) holding 671,268 of the float. Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings comes far second in the rankings with 53,250 BTC, followed by Twenty One Capital’s 43,514 BTC, Metaplanet’s 30,823 BTC, Bitcoin Standard Treasury’s 30,021 BTC, Bullish’s 24,300 BTC, Riot Platform’s 19,324 BTC, Hut 8 Mining’s 13,696 BTC, and CleanSpark’s 13,011 BTC.
Trump Media and Tesla have notably fallen to 11th and 12th place, with holdings of 11,542 BTC and 11,509 BTC, respectively.
BTC in ETFs and Funds
If counting the supply held by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and funds, it would add 1,496,189 BTC into the mix. This indicates that financial institutions have long surpassed Satoshi’s BTC stash.
Leading the group is BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF with 778,052 BTC. Next to it is the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund’s (FBTC) 201,815 BTC and Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s (GBTC) 167,683 BTC.
As of the December 23 market close, US spot Bitcoin ETFs had already recorded over $57 billion in total net inflows.
Various Government’s BTC Holdings
Sources estimate that the holdings of various governments amount to approximately 647,014 BTC. The US has the lion’s share, with 328,372 BTC, while China reportedly holds 190,000 BTC.
Coming in third place is the UK with 61,245 BTC, while Ukraine comes in fourth with 463,51 BTC. El Salvador, the first country to announce the diversification of its treasury reserves into Bitcoin, now holds 7,509 BTC, capturing the fifth position in the rankings.
On the other hand, Bhutan, which quietly began Bitcoin mining in 2019, ranks seventh with 5,984 BTC, trailing the UAE at sixth with 6,420 BTC.
