A staggering amount of wealth remains on the blockchain, with some hidden behind anonymous wallet addresses and some traced to prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneurs.
How One Entity Controls 5% Of BTC
Satoshi Nakamoto reigns supreme as the world’s richest cryptocurrency holder, with $101 billion in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) spread across 22,000 addresses, according to on-chain analytics firm Arkham.
It is widely believed that Nakamoto owns roughly 1.1 million BTC, making up 5% of the coin’s circulating supply.
If ranked on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list, they would sit just below Microsoft founder Bill Gates and above Indian corporate titan Mukesh Ambani.
Note that Nakamoto’s real identity remains a mystery and they could be a single person, a group of people or something else entirely.