Top 6 People With The Most Amount of Bitcoin

To this day it is estimated that more than 100 million people worldwide will have Bitcoin in their possession which is the most popular cryptocurrency in the world now. In fact, the maximum number of Bitcoin that can be issued will be 21 million to be exact.

Some of you might want to know who would be the individual with the most amount of Bitcoin in hand today. With a very limited amount in circulation, this makes cryptocurrency itself has very unique security features and makes the value more controlled.

ADVERT

Let us see close the top 6 individuals with the most amount of Bitcoin in the world.

6. Michael J. Saylor

This person has his own unique story to be able to be on this list especially since his reasons are rather different. Michael J. Saylor founded Microstrategy in 1989 which plays a role in providing several software programs and cloud services to various industries.

However, this company experienced a huge downfall as it lost almost $6 billion which nearly destroys the company. By using what's left of the company he took a big risk to invest them in Bitcoin.

As of now, he owned more than 17,700 Bitcoin while his company Microstrategy kept more than 120,000 Bitcoin. According to the current value, this is more than $4.8 billion and it seems that Saylor's risky move paid off big time and he became the icon of Bitcoin itself.

5. Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX is one of the big players in the crypto trading industry and its founder of course has generated staggering income through the cryptocurrencies owned. Sam Bankman-Fried happens to be a graduate of MIT in 2014 and established FTX 5 years after.

Not just that but he is also the founder of another crypto trading firm called Alameda Research 2017. From here, he started to collect a lot of crypto funds despite not being a big supporter of digital currencies. His true motive is to generate as much money as he can to give a massive impact on the industry.

ADVERT

His current net worth is estimated to be $22.5 billion and he deserved to be called one of the few people to own the most Bitcoin in the world.

4. Tim Draper

Tim Draper is considered one of the legends in the world of investment in the US to the extent that he managed to accumulate his immense wealth from early investments in reputable companies like Skype, Baidu, Tesla, and SpaceX. He is also a strong advocator and investor in blockchain technology.

In 2014, Draper has bought 30,000 BTC at the bid price of $19 million in an auction that seized the bitcoin owned by Silk Road owner, Ross Ulbricht. In the beginning, it was considered a nonsense investment but today the value of Bitcoin has increased tremendously and his action was praised by many as a wise move.

3. Barry Silbert

Next on this list will be Barry Silber who is the founder of a multi-industry company, Digital Currency Group (DCG) that serves the goal of building and supporting blockchain development. The company that is owned also includes providing asset liquidity and investment firms.

DCG has been reported to invest in more than 200 startup cryptocurrency companies and managed to obtain Coindesk which is a popular crypto news website as well as Coinbase a very popular crypto trading company that most people use.

As of now, the true value of the cryptocurrency owned by Barry is still not known in detail. But one of the crypto investment firms owned by him called Greyscale has handled a vehicle investment of more than 650,000 BTC and is roughly around $25 billion.

2. Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss

The twin Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss got their name in the crypto industry after becoming the founder of a very popular crypto trading company, Gemini, and opening an investment firm known as Winklevoss Capital.

This twin is also the one associated with a conflict with Mark Zuckerberg related to the idea of the creation of Facebook which was believed to have been stolen from them. They also received $65 million to resolve the issues and this just shows their importance in the technology industry.

In 2013, both these individuals have announced that they own $11 million worth of cryptocurrency through their crypto investment firm. They even invested more of the money into another crypto trading firm in 2019.

ADVERT

After waiting for so long and being patient by holding the immense amount of crypto, it finally paid off big time after the crypto industry skyrocketed in 2020. As of today, both these twins were estimated to have $6 billion worth of cryptocurrency.

1. Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto has a very unique story compared to other people on this list especially since nobody knows the real identity of this person. Instead, the name is only a pseudonym that is used by a mysterious individual or group who is behind the creation of Bitcoin itself and is responsible for the crypto craze in this era.

There are many speculations going on where this individual was said to be Craig Wright who won big in court after he was accused of cheating his miner friends to the number of billions of dollars worth of crypto.

As of now, the court of law still has not come to a conclusion about whether he is the person responsible for the creation of Bitcoin. Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2009 and it was believed that he has mined roughly 1.1 million BTC ever since it was introduced. This made them the biggest miner in the world.

On top of that, Nakamoto was also believed to store more than half of that value amounting to $30 billion to this day. This made Nakamoto the richest crypto owner in the world.

From this list of people with the most Bitcoin in the world, we could see that the majority of them are big players in the technology industries as well as have in-depth knowledge regarding digital currencies. Because of that we as users are encouraged to learn it thoroughly first to avoid being scammed and trapped in a Ponzi scheme.

Source:

• Wikipedia

• VocketTech

Also read: Top 10 Biggest Ponzi Schemes In History