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ADDRESSES HOLDING 10,000 BTC OR MORE

How many addresses hold 10,000 Bitcoin or more?

The biggest addresses of all, mostly exchange-scale or long-lost coins.

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Addresses holding 10,000 Bitcoin or more over time chartmaketomaketo.com/bitcoin/wallets-10000-plus-btc608010012020112013201520172019202120232025Aug 14, 202689 addresses

How many addresses hold this amount of Bitcoin over time.

Latest displayed reading: 89 addresses on Aug 14, 2026. This view shows 5,405 dated readings from Oct 28, 2011 to Aug 14, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 63 addresses on Mar 14, 2012. The displayed high is 126 addresses on Jun 28, 2016. Every day in this range has a reading.

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Average buy price for addresses holding 10,000 Bitcoin or more over time chartmaketomaketo.com/bitcoin/wallets-10000-plus-btc$10$100$1,000$10.0K$100.0K20122014201620182020202220242026TODAY$56.6K

The average price this group's coins last changed hands at. Data through 2026-08-15.

Latest displayed reading: $56,580.02 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 $4.96 on Jul 10, 2012. The displayed high is $65,058.98 on Nov 18, 2025. Every day in this range has a reading.

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  • Average buy price (selected): $56,580.02
  1. What's the latest count?

    About 89 addresses

    hold 10,000 Bitcoin or more.

    The largest addresses on the network, mostly exchange-scale or lost.

  2. But addresses aren't people.

    An address is a slot on the blockchain, not a person or a wallet. One person can control thousands of addresses; a single exchange holds millions of customers' coins in just a few. Coins that are lost forever still count here too. So read this as a count of addresses, never a headcount of people.

    Nearly every address this large is an exchange or custodian holding coins for millions of people, or an early wallet whose coins may be lost. Almost none are individuals.

  3. How much Bitcoin is that, and what share of the whole?

    89
    addresses hold 10,000 Bitcoin or more
    3.0 million BTC
    held by this group
    $189B
    value on Aug 14, 2026
    14.93%
    of all the Bitcoin in the world
  4. Is this group growing or shrinking?

    The number of addresses that hold 10,000 Bitcoin or more has been shrinking over the last couple of years. The chart at the top tracks it across the whole history. It is one lens on whether this slice of the ownership ladder is filling up or thinning out.

  5. What does this mean for you?

    This handful of giant addresses is exchange cold storage and a few early-era relics, so the count barely moves and hardly ever means an individual acting. Treat any change here as a prompt to look at exchange news and Big Holder Activity, not as a signal on its own.

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Understanding Addresses Holding 10,000 BTC or More

This page counts only addresses holding at least 10,000 Bitcoin. This is the final balance band, so it has no upper limit. There are only a handful, and the page tracks their address count over time.

Almost none of these are individuals. They are mostly exchange and custodian wallets holding the coins of enormous numbers of customers, plus a few early addresses whose coins have not moved in many years and may be lost. A single address here can represent millions of people, or no living owner at all.

Because the group is tiny, its count moves rarely, and each change is notable: a new address crossing the line, or a giant balance splitting up. For what the largest wallets are doing with their coins, see Big Holder Activity.