As Bitcoin’s price surged past 0.12 million dollars this Monday, its founder Satoshi Nakamoto’s wealth may also continue to “rise with the tides”… According to the blockchain analysis company Arkham, Satoshi Nakamoto holds 1.096 million Bitcoins in his thousands of wallets, which is now valued at over 131 billion dollars based on current prices.
On July 15, Financial Association reported (Editor: Xiaoxiang) that $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ the price surged past 0.12 million dollars this Monday, and the wealth of its founder Satoshi Nakamoto may also be continuously rising…
According to the blockchain analysis company Arkham, Satoshi Nakamoto holds 1.096 million Bitcoins in his thousands of wallets, which is now valued at over 131 billion dollars based on current prices. For a long time, the industry has generally believed that Satoshi Nakamoto still holds about 5% (approximately 1.1 million) of the total Bitcoin supply.
Theoretically, this figure would place Nakamoto at 11th position on the Forbes billionaire list, surpassing technology giant $Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, whose net worth is 125.1 billion dollars.
If he rises even further, Satoshi Nakamoto would need to challenge the “gatekeeper” among the top ten richest people in the world—the “Oracle of Omaha” Warren Buffett. According to Forbes, Buffett’s current net worth is approximately 142.1 billion dollars.
The Forbes Billionaires List does not take into account the holdings in cryptocurrency wallets when assessing the wealth of the rich; instead, it tracks the assets that can be publicly verified by individuals, such as Stocks.
Currently, SpaceX and $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk still ranks first on the Forbes Billionaires list, with a net worth exceeding 404 billion USD. Software company $Oracle (ORCL.US)$ co-founder Larry Ellison is in second place, with an estimated wealth of 274 billion USD. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks third with a fortune of 274 billion USD.
If calculated by Bitcoin’s price, Bitcoin would need to rise another 208% to reach 370,000 dollars—thereby helping Satoshi Nakamoto become the richest person in the world, provided that the net worth of other billionaires remains unchanged.
Industry Analyst Eric Balchunas boldly predicted in a post on the X platform last month that Satoshi Nakamoto will likely become the world’s second richest person by the end of 2026. At that time, he stated that if Bitcoin achieves a ‘normal annual increase of 50%’, Satoshi could possibly climb to the second spot on the billionaire list ‘sometime next year.’
Balchunas added, ‘It’s worth pondering that the founder of such a successful project has never cashed out any Assets, which aligns with Jack Bogle’s philosophy.’ Jack Bogle is the founder of Vanguard Group, known for advocating long-term holding of Index Funds and opposing frequent Trading.
Markus Thielen, an executive at 10x Research, expects that Bitcoin will rise by another 20% in the next two months, with a 60% chance of reaching $133,000 in September.
In 2008, a self-identified Japanese-American ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ released a Bitcoin white paper, introducing the concept of ‘decentralized’ currency for the first time and launched the Bitcoin network the following year. However, since ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ mysteriously ‘disappeared’ from the Internet in 2011, speculation about whether he is an individual or a group has been widely varied.
As of now, the number of Bitcoins held by Satoshi Nakamoto is likely still far greater than that of anyone else, even more than that of Institutions. A recent report by Bitwise titled ‘2025 Q2 Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Report’ shows that as of June 30, there are 125 publicly traded companies worldwide holding 0.847 million Bitcoins, accounting for 4.03% of the total Bitcoin supply.
A small number of known individuals also own a large amount of Bitcoin. It is estimated that the founders of crypto exchange Gemini, the Winklevoss twins, hold about 0.07 million Bitcoins.
Venture capitalist and early Bitcoin supporter Tim Draper holds about 0.03 million Bitcoins, which were purchased by him at the 2014 U.S. Marshals auction. Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, owns approximately 17,732 Bitcoins in private reserves, in addition to the Bitcoins held by his company.
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