Key notes
- Binance tops the list with $213 billion, followed by Coinbase and Satoshi Nakamoto with $114 billion each.
- OKX and Upbit are new additions to the top 10, each holding $29 billion in crypto assets.
- Arkham’s methodology groups portfolios by entity rather than by individual addresses for greater accuracy.
Published Arkham intelligence platform Top 100 Cryptocurrency Holders Listing on November 7, using a November 6 data snapshot. The US government entered the rankings at number eight with $35 billion worth of digital assets, joining leading cryptocurrency exchanges and institutional investors who control the largest cryptocurrency portfolios worldwide. Binance tops the list with $213 billion, while Coinbase, with $114 billion, is in second place.
Bitcoin dominates
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Institutional holdings are among the top 100 entities on the list.
OKX and Upbit joined the top 10, ranking ninth and tenth respectively, each controlling $29 billion. Satoshi Nakamoto ranks third with Bitcoin holdings worth $114 billion that have remained dormant since its inception. BlackRock ranks fourth with a value of $97 billion, followed by cryptocurrency platform Lido with a value of $59 billion. MicroStrategy has $50 billion in sixth place, while Fidelity Custody has $40 billion in seventh place.
Government holdings stem from asset expropriation
The US government’s $35 billion portfolio stems from recent law enforcement actions against cryptocurrency-related criminal operations, according to Arkham. This ranking makes it one of the few government bodies in the top 100 list, alongside the United Kingdom in 43rd place with $6.4 billion.
Federal prosecutors announced that US authorities seized 127,271 bitcoins from Chinese businessman Chen Qi in October, calling it the largest seizure action in the history of the Department of Justice. The seized assets, worth about $15 billion at the time, came from forced labor scams in Cambodia that defrauded victims globally through pig slaughter schemes.
The methodology uses entity-level aggregation
Arkham aggregates all confirmed cryptocurrency addresses that belong to the same individual or organization, rather than counting individual wallets separately. This approach “provides a much more accurate picture of the true net worth of these crypto whales,” the intelligence platform stated.
The rankings include diverse participants beyond exchanges and institutions. DeFi protocols control billions of user deposits for mortgage and lending services. Ethereum-focused exchanges like Lido manage large amounts of Ethereum
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Beyond the top 10, notable entities include Aave in 11th place with $28.5 billion, trading platform Robinhood in 14th place with $25.4 billion, and investment manager Grayscale in 16th place with $25.3 billion. Mt.Gox hacker ranks 33rd with a fortune of $8.3 billion.
Trump-related projects also appear on the list, with Trump’s official currency ranked 42nd with a value of $6.5 billion, and World Liberty Financial at 46th with a value of $6.2 billion.
Traditional financial players include Ark Invest in 63rd place with $4.2 billion, Bitwise in 54th place with $5 billion, and VanEck in 89th place with $2.4 billion. The list also contains Solana
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Meme platform Pump.fun is in 73rd place with $3.6 billion, and Tron founder Justin Sun is in 100th place with $1.9 billion.
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