Crypto Millionaires Surge 40% as Market Cap Tops $3.3 Trillion: Report

The number of cryptocurrency millionaires has jumped 40% over the past year, reaching 241,700 individuals globally, according to Henley & Partners’ latest Crypto Wealth ￰0￱ Takeaways: The number of crypto millionaires surged 40% to 241,700 as the market cap surpassed $3.3 ￰1￱ led the gains, with BTC millionaires up 70% and billionaires rising to ￰2￱ investment and ETF inflows have fueled much of the growth in crypto ￰3￱ surge coincides with a booming crypto market that pushed total valuations above $3.3 trillion by ￰4￱ continues to drive much of the ￰5￱ number of Bitcoin millionaires soared 70% year-on-year to 145,100, as BTC outperformed the wider market between July 2024 and June 2025.

Bitcoin’s Ultra-Rich Surge: Centimillionaires Up 63%, Billionaires Hit 17 The number of Bitcoin centimillionaires, those holding over $100 million in BTC, also climbed 63% to ￰6￱ billionaires rose to 17, marking a 55% ￰7￱ noted that the rise aligns with a broader trend of institutional involvement in the sector. “This significant growth coincides with a watershed year for institutional adoption,” the firm ￰8￱ into US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs have grown from $37.3 billion to $60.6 billion in 2025 ￰9￱ Ether ETFs also saw inflows quadruple to $13.4 ￰10￱ firms and hedge funds have been particularly active, boosting their spot ETH ETF holdings to $1.35 billion and $688 million, ￰11￱ equity firms and brokerages also increased ￰12￱ the rise in ultra-wealthy crypto holders, total user adoption grew more modestly—up just 5% to 590 million ￰13￱ Baumann, founder of Z22 Technologies, attributed the spike in Bitcoin wealth partly to the asset’s growing role as a “base currency for accumulating wealth.” Henley’s report is based on proprietary wealth-tier modeling, as well as data from CoinMarketCap, Binance, and ￰14￱ US, Singapore, and Hong Kong emerged as the top migration hubs for crypto investors, according to Henley’s Crypto Adoption ￰15￱ and the UAE rounded out the top ￰16￱ nations including El Salvador, Panama, and Uruguay are also developing policies to attract digital asset holders through favorable regulation and tax strategies. $1M Bitcoin in 2026 Would Signal US Economic Crisis As reported, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has pushed back on predictions that Bitcoin could hit $1 million in the near term, warning that such a move would likely reflect a collapse in the US economy rather than a crypto success ￰17￱ and lessons from a decade in crypto with Mike@Novogratz.

We talk about $GLXY , the 80,000 bitcoin transaction, whether Mike has any investing regrets, maxis and altcoin communities, Bitcoin's roadmap to $1 million and much more. Timecodes: 00:00 Meet Mike Novogratz:… ￰18￱ — Natalie Brunell (@natbrunell) August 12, 2025 “People who cheer for the million-dollar Bitcoin price next year, I was like, guys, it only gets there if we’re in such a shitty place domestically,” Novogratz told Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast last week. “I’d rather have a lower Bitcoin price in a more stable United States than the opposite.” Novogratz explained that extreme currency devaluations often fuel demand for alternative safe havens, and Bitcoin, often dubbed digital gold, becomes a hedge against economic turmoil.

However, he cautioned that such conditions would come at the expense of civil ￰19￱ month, Glassnode lead analyst James Check raised concerns over the longevity of the corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy, arguing the easy gains might already be gone for new entrants as the market ￰20￱ warning echoes recent comments from Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, who has voiced concerns over the Bitcoin treasury strategies adopted by some publicly traded firms.