00:00Satoshi Nakamoto is the largest single BTC holder, with an estimated 1.096 million BTC, roughly 5.5% of
00:10the 21 million total supply, sitting untouched since 2010, though these coins are believed to belong to Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator
00:18rather than an active market participant.
00:20If restricting the question to identifiable, active owners, the ranking shifts.
00:261. Among individuals, Michael Saylor personally holds roughly 17,700 BTC, separate from his corporate stake, while early investors like
00:36Tim Draper, 30,000 BTC, and the Winklevoss twins, 70,000 BTC, trail behind.
00:442. Among corporations, Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, is the largest confirmed corporate treasury holder, reporting roughly 750,000 to 844,000
00:57BTC, depending on the disclosure date used.
01:003. Among institutions, BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, IBIT, holds around 765,000 to 785,000 BTC via its spot ETF,
01:13making it the largest single institutional fund.
01:164. Among exchanges, Coinbase and Binance Custody wallets each hold several hundred thousand BTC on behalf of clients, though this
01:24isn't personal wealth, it's customer-owned assets.
01:27The answer changes depending on whether richest means an individual person, a corporate entity, an ETF structure, or a government.
01:36The U.S. holds roughly 198,000 to 328,000 BTC from seizures, the largest sovereign stash.
01:44Note that exact figures fluctuate by source, disclosure date, and attribution method.
01:50Estimates for Satoshi's holdings alone range from 600,000 to 1.1 million BTC, depending on which on-chain analysis
01:58model is used, so treat single-decimal precision claims skeptically.
02:02Practical takeaway.
02:03If you mean wealthiest individual, Satoshi tops it on paper, but those coins are dormant and non-liquid.
02:10For a more meaningful real-world comparison, look at strategy, corporate, or BlackRock's IBIT, institutional, instead.
02:18Finally, remember that everything we discussed today is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
02:25Good luck to everyone, and see you in the next video.
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