Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are considered to be some of the major BTC holders. In 2004, the Winklevoss Twins sued Mark Zuckerberg after accusing him of stealing their idea for a social network - ConnectU. According to Forbes, they then used some of their 2012 $65 million legal settlement with the Facebook CEO to accumulate Bitcoin. Together, they founded a crypto-focused angel investor company Winklevoss Capital. Forbes states that the twins still own around 70,000 Bitcoins (nearly $1.5 billion), along with the other digital assets. Largest owners of bitcoin This could relate to rising interest rates, productivity shifts, unemployment rates or other macroeconomic factors. However, 16% of potential investors don’t see it as a way to fight inflation, such as offsetting the price of food, gas or housing. Unlike other countries, not as many people in the U.S. (only 23%) think crypto will replace their historical currency (USD).

The largest holder is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, who is believed to own around 1 million BTC, with a current market value of an incredible $26 billion. These were coins he acquired in the very earliest days of Bitcoin, when it was possible to mine with just a regular desktop computer, rather than the specialised hardware needed today. Sign up for crypto digest With the price of one Bitcoin currently at US$47,296.50, that puts his net worth at around an eye-watering US$47.3 billion, or around $61 billion.