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BITCOIN PROFIT BY WALLET SIZE

Which Bitcoin holders are up, and which are down?

Every size of holder, the average price they paid, and whether they're sitting on a profit or a loss right now.

Bitcoin today$62,979
Size of holdingAverage buy priceUp or down today
10,000+ BTC
$56,580
up 11%
1,000 to 10,000 BTC
$61,382
up 3%
100 to 1,000 BTC
$66,733
down 6%
10 to 100 BTC
$27,572
up 128%
1 to 10 BTC
$48,694
up 29%
0.1 to 1 BTC
$47,498
up 33%
0.01 to 0.1 BTC
$47,954
up 31%
Usually daily
Number of Bitcoin address groups sitting on a profit over time chartmaketomaketo.com/bitcoin/profit-by-size024620122014201620182020202220242026TODAY6

How many of the seven size groups are sitting on a profit, over the years. The higher Bitcoin's price, the more groups sit above their average buy price — so this line rises through big rallies and falls after deep drops.

Latest displayed reading: 6 on Aug 15, 2026. This view shows 5,341 dated readings from Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 15, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 0 on Jan 14, 2015. The displayed high is 7 on Jul 18, 2012. Every day in this range has a reading.

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  • Address groups in profit (selected): 6
  1. Which holders are up, and which are down?

    6 of the 7 size groups are sitting on a profit

    The 10 to 100 BTC group is furthest ahead, up 128% on the average price they paid — while the 100 to 1,000 BTC group is the one underwater, down 6%.

    Bitcoin today: $62,979
  2. How much is each group sitting on?

    The same coins, valued at today's price. This shifts with the market every day even when no coins move — it is a dollar readout, not a change in who owns what.

    $781.4B
    held by the 100+ BTC groups
    19,982 addresses
    $394.5B
    held by the 1 to 100 BTC groups
    951,729 addresses
    $84.8B
    held by the under-1 BTC groups
    11,764,385 addresses
  3. What does this mean?

    The higher Bitcoin's price climbs, the more size groups sit above the average price they paid — so in a strong market most of the ladder glows. The rows worth watching are the exceptions: a group that is underwater bought, on average, higher than today's price.

    Right now the 100 to 1,000 BTC group is the one under water. Whether the smallest holders or the largest are deepest in profit shifts across the years — the chart above tracks how many of the seven groups are in the green over the whole history. This is a description of where each group stands today, read straight from the chain, not a prediction.

Who owns the coins?
The same size groups, by how many addresses and how much Bitcoin each holds.
Is Bitcoin above or below what people paid?
The whole market's profit-and-loss in one ratio, across history.
How much profit is on the table?
The share of all holdings sitting in profit versus loss right now.

Understanding Bitcoin Realized Profit by Wallet Size

Sort every Bitcoin address by how much it holds, then ask whether each size group is in profit. This page compares seven groups by their average buy price and today's price. It is not a total address count or an overview of how Bitcoin is split by balance size.

This is where two ideas meet. One is size: the smallest balances up to the very largest. The other is profit: above or below what they paid. Put them together and you can see, for instance, the largest holders barely in profit while a mid-sized group sits deep in the green, or a single group underwater while the rest are comfortably up.

Remember that an address is not a person. One person can hold many addresses, and a single exchange can hold the coins of millions of customers in a few. Coins that are lost forever still count. So read each row as a group of addresses of that size, never a headcount of owners, and read each average buy price as exactly that, an average with plenty of spread inside the group.

The chart tracks how many of the seven size groups are sitting on a profit across the whole history. The higher Bitcoin's price climbs, the more groups sit above their average buy price, so the line rises through big rallies and falls after deep drops, a plain and honest read on how widely the profit is shared.

Each group's average buy price is read straight from the chain — the price its coins last moved at, weighted by how much moved. These are addresses, not people: one person can hold many addresses, and a single exchange can hold millions of customers' coins in a few. So read every row as a group of addresses of that size, never a headcount of owners.