Satoshi‑Era Bitcoin Holdings Jump $15B After Stunning BTC Rally
TL;DR
- Bitcoin’s rally increased holdings attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto by $15 billion, bringing their total value to $85.82 billion.
- Satoshi Nakamoto is believed to have mined around 1.096 million BTC distributed across approximately 22,000 addresses tracked by Arkham Intelligence.
- A Satoshi-era wallet holding 40 BTC inactive since May 2012 recorded an estimated gain of 1,535,911%.
The recent rally by Bitcoin pushed its price from a low of $62,679 on August 17 to a high of $81,265 on Tuesday, accumulating a gain of nearly 22% in seven days. The surge had a direct impact on the value of the holdings attributed to the protocol’s anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, whose estimated portfolio grew by around $15 billion during that period.
According to Arkham Intelligence data, Satoshi Nakamoto would control approximately 1.096 million BTC distributed across some 22,000 addresses. With Bitcoin’s price currently sitting around $78,280, the total value of those holdings reached $85.82 billion, up from $71 billion recorded before the rally began. At the peak of $81,000, the figure came close to $87 billion. The coins have remained unmoved since the network’s early years, making Nakamoto one of the largest individual holders of the cryptocurrency.
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