Which company holds the most Bitcoin?

Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, is usually the largest public company Bitcoin holder. Use the live table on this page to compare Strategy with other public-company BTC treasuries.

Why do public companies buy Bitcoin?

Companies typically cite treasury diversification, inflation hedging, long-term asset appreciation, or alignment with a Bitcoin-focused business strategy.

How is entry value calculated?

Entry value represents the total USD amount reported for a company's Bitcoin acquisitions where public treasury data is available. Comparing entry value with current value estimates unrealized profit or loss.

Does this include ETFs and funds?

This view focuses on public treasury data returned by CoinGecko, especially public companies that hold Bitcoin directly. ETF and private wallet coverage depends on the source dataset rather than every on-chain holder.

How often does this data update?

Company holding data updates when new public disclosures and source data become available. Current-value calculations move with market prices through the shared CoinGecko-backed tracker.

What about Ethereum holdings?

Use the asset dropdown in the shared treasury tracker to switch to Ethereum, Solana or BNB where CoinGecko returns public treasury data.

Bitcoin Treasury Tracker: Public Company BTC Holdings

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The Corporate Bitcoin Race

The corporate Bitcoin treasury trend started on August 11, 2020, when Strategy, then MicroStrategy, announced it had converted $250 million of cash reserves into 21,454 BTC. The company framed Bitcoin as a superior store of value compared with holding cash on a balance sheet, and that first purchase turned Strategy into the reference point for public-company Bitcoin adoption.

Tesla followed in February 2021 with a $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase disclosed in its 10-K filing. Tesla later sold a large portion of that position, but the remaining balance is still watched because it shows how major public companies can treat Bitcoin as a liquid balance-sheet asset rather than only a speculative trade.

Mining companies represent another large category of public holders. Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms, Hut 8 and CleanSpark can accumulate BTC through mining output, then decide how much to hold, sell, or redeploy into operations. Those decisions matter because miners sit close to Bitcoin’s primary issuance.

Smaller public companies have also adopted Bitcoin-first treasury strategies. Semler Scientific and Metaplanet are examples of companies whose balance-sheet decisions became part of their market narrative. The live tracker above keeps this page focused on the current holder list while the editorial context explains why those balances matter.

What It Means for the Market

When public companies move Bitcoin onto their balance sheets, those coins often stay out of liquid exchange supply for long periods. That can reinforce Bitcoin’s scarcity story, especially around halvings, ETF demand, and broader institutional adoption.

Institutional legitimacy matters too. A public company buying Bitcoin forces analysts, auditors and boards to evaluate the same decision in a formal finance context. Each new disclosure lowers the perceived career risk for the next treasury team considering a small allocation.

The trade-off is balance-sheet volatility. Bitcoin can move sharply in both directions, and companies with large BTC positions can start trading more like Bitcoin proxies than their original operating businesses. The P/L and supply-share columns above help separate treasury exposure from headline hype.

Broader Treasury Research

This page now uses the same underlying tool as the broader Crypto Treasury Tracker. Start here for a Bitcoin-first view of public company BTC holders, or use the broader tracker for governments and other supported crypto assets.

For more Bitcoin context, see the Bitcoin price and overview page, the Bitcoin price prediction guide, and the crypto market overview.