Posted by Xoken.org – Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency created in 2009 by a person or group of people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
As the popularity of cryptocurrencies increases in 2020-2021, Bitcoin also becomes a favorite because it has succeeded in making billionaires from their investments.
As a result, many people regret not looking at Bitcoin because this asset is still affordable
List of People Who Own the Most Bitcoins in the World
Quoted from Finimize, currently there are around 21 million Bitcoins in circulation in the world, or around 93% of the total savings in circulation.
The following is a list of the names of the biggest Bitcoin miners so far:
1.Satoshi Nakamoto
As the inventor and main miner of Bitcoin, it is not surprising that Satoshi Nakamoto’s anonymous account is listed as the owner of the most Bitcoins in the individual holder category.
In March 2024, it is estimated that Nakamoto will have 1.1 million BTC worth 78 billion dollars or around more than a thousand trillion in rupiah.
With these figures, it means that Satoshi Nakamoto controls around 5.2% of the total number of coins in circulation.
2. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are twin brothers who are newcomers to Forbes’ list of the richest people from cryptocurrency .
The name of the Winklevoss duo first became famous because of their conflict with Mark Zuckerberg over the creation of Facebook, before finally receiving a legal settlement of 65 million dollars or around IDR 1 trillion.
Cameron and Tyler are known to have started collecting BTC in 2012 and almost collected almost 1% of all BTC shares with a valuation of around 1.1 million dollars in 2013.
In 2014, they launched a crypto exchange called Gemini and made extraordinary profits from Bitcoin in 2020.
Now, the profits earned by Cameron and Tyler from Bitcoin have reached around 6 million dollars or the equivalent of IDR 97.3 billion if converted into rupiah.
3.Michael Saylor
Michael Saylor is the CEO of software company MicroStrategy, a company founded in 1989 with a focus on providing various cloud-based software programs to various clients.
When his company went bankrupt and lost almost 6 billion dollars, Michael Saylor started buying Bitcoin up to 120,000 pieces and continued to increase every time the price decreased.
Since then, Saylor has begun to be labeled as the number one supporter of cryptocurrency in the world because of his courage to invest in Bitcoin in very large amounts.
Reportedly, the amount of Bitcoin owned by Saylor is around 17,000 BTC and by the end of 2023 this number will have increased to 5,445 BTC worth 147.2 million dollars or the equivalent of IDR 2.3 trillion in his portfolio.
4. Law Enforcement Agencies
The next owner of Bitcoin actually comes from private pockets, but from law enforcement agencies.
It is known that Bulgarian law enforcement managed to become the holder of 213,500 BTC for the first time in 2017 and if these coins are still maintained, the valuation value is estimated to have reached 6.2 billion dollars or the equivalent of IDR 100 trillion in 2023.
Meanwhile, it is known that the United States security organization, the FBI, also owned 144,000 BTC in 2013.
Unfortunately, the coins have been sold because the average price has only reached 334 dollars or 5.4 million per coin.
5. Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert is the CEO of Digital Currency Group (DGC), a company founded with the aim of building blockchain-based development.
Barry Silbert’s career has spanned a wide range of companies, including liquidity and investment companies.
His company, DCG, has also invested in more than 200 crypto startups and has successfully acquired the largest crypto exchange companies such as CoinDesk and Coinbase.
Although it is not yet known exactly how much BTC Silbert owns, one of his companies, Greyscale, is recorded as having managed more than 650,000 Bitcoins with a value of more than 25 billion dollars or the equivalent of IDR 405 trillion.
6. Tim Draper
Timothy Cook Draper, better known as Tim Draper, is an American venture capitalist and founder of Draper University.
Draper has been a household name since the 1980s for his shrewd investments in various companies, including Tesla, Skype, and Coinbase.
In 2014, Draper bought 30,000 Bitcoins worth 19 million or 308 billion rupiah at an auction after the assets were confiscated from the illegal online marketplace Silk Road.
Unexpectedly, the value of Bitcoin has now soared to more than one billion dollars or the equivalent of 16.2 trillion rupiah.
This achievement also succeeded in strengthening Draper’s reputation as a visionary and intelligent investor.
7. Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong takes second place on Forbes’ 2024 list of the richest people from cryptocurrency.
Armstrong is the largest individual shareholder, up to 18%, in the crypto exchange company he founded with Fred Ehrsam in 2013, Coinbase
In 2022, Armstrong revealed that his company held 2 million Bitcoins with a valuation of 39.9 billion dollars or almost the equivalent of 647 trillion at that time rokokbet.