Crypto Millionaires Surge 40%—Now Topping 240,000 Worldwide: Study

According to the Crypto Wealth Report 2025 by Henley & Partners, with data from New World Wealth, the number of crypto millionaires worldwide has risen to 241,700 — a 40% increase in 12 ￰0￱ accounts for much of that jump: 145,100 Bitcoin millionaires were recorded, up 70% ￰1￱ put the total digital currency market value at $3.3 trillion as of June 2025, up 45% from a year ￰2￱ Wealth On The Rise This growth is reflected at the very top of the ￰3￱ are now 450 centi-millionaires — people with crypto holdings of $100 million or more — up 38% versus last ￰4￱ billionaires rose to 36, an increase of 29%. According to Henley & Partners, these figures are changing how wealth managers and tax authorities think about money that has no fixed ￰5￱ executive described how, with only “12 memorized words,” a person can move or protect very large sums without a physical bank ￰6￱ Systems And New Roles For Bitcoin Institutional interest is being cited as a key part of the ￰7￱ learning systems are being used to run parts of institutional portfolios, and Switzerland is singled out as a major custody ￰8￱ market professionals are describing Bitcoin less as a short-term bet and more as a form of collateral or base currency within new financial setups.

A prominent voice in the report contrasts fiat’s tendency to expand with Bitcoin’s capped supply of 21 million, calling that a core difference shaping investor ￰9￱ The Money Is Moving Henley’s proprietary Crypto Adoption Index ranks jurisdictions that are friendliest to digital-asset ￰10￱ tops the list, praised for its infrastructure and ￰11￱ Kong scores well on economic factors and tax ￰12￱ US ranks high in public adoption and ￰13￱ and the UAE round out the top five, with the Emirates given a perfect 10 for Tax-Friendliness, citing no taxes on trading, staking, and mining in some ￰14￱ places mentioned as attractive include Malta, the UK, Canada, Thailand, and ￰15￱ was noted for a capital gains rule that benefits holders who keep crypto for more than one year.

Next-Wave Destinations And Incentives Some smaller jurisdictions are adapting fast to attract mobile ￰16￱ and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda accept crypto in citizenship ￰17￱ announced a five-year capital gains break for crypto ￰18￱ is building Digital Free Trade Zone initiatives, and Mauritius is pitching itself as a hub between Africa and ￰19￱ from Costa Rica to Uruguay have policies aimed at bringing digital-asset activity to their ￰20￱ have disclosed that more than 100 economies are looking into CBDCs, with 49 countries in pilot programs as of July ￰21￱ development is pushing states to rethink payments and oversight while wealthy crypto holders pursue options that give them legal certainty and cross-border mobility.

Henley’s report argues that diversification across jurisdictions is now a common strategy for those managing large crypto ￰22￱ image from Pexels, chart from TradingView