MicroStrategy: The Bitcoin Whale Dominating the Public Companies Category

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Recently, an announcement made by MicroStrategy’s business intelligence executive chairman Michael Saylor created headlines. It brought back the topic of Bitcoin Holdings to our discussion tables.

MicroStrategy's obsession towards Bitcoin is not a new thing. Since 2019, this public company has been consistently increasing its Bitcoin holdings. In this article, we will explore all the major data sets compatible to explain the current Bitcoin Holding scenario in the world. This will primarily focus on the top public companies by bitcoin holdings. Naturally, MicroStrategy is going to be the central point of this, as it is a company that holds nearly 68.45% of the total bitcoins held by the public companies category. This is expected to be a memorable journey. Please join!

Bitcoin Holdings by Category

Can we start with an attempt to understand how much bitcoin each category at present holds? Of the 21 million bitcoins (which is the maximum supply cap of Bitcoin), at least 2,609,343 is held by ETFs, Countries, Public Companies, Private Companies, BTC Mining Companies and DeFis

The category of ETFs holds over 1,057,839BTC, which is nearly 5.037% of the maximum supply cap of BTC. Thus, this category tops the list in terms of Bitcoin Holdings by Category. The category of countries follows with 2.58% (539,182BTC), and the category of private companies sits in the third position in the list above the category of private companies, with 2.502% (525,474BTC. The category of public companies only holds 330,862BTC, which is just 1.576%. DeFis and BTC Mining Companies show as low as 0.743% and 0.256% Bitcoin Holdings, respectively.

By now, we have learned that the category of public companies do hold a considerable amount of BTC, though not as much as the top three categories like ETFs, countries and private companies.

Top Public Companies by Bitcoin Holdings

Here is the interesting part. Nearly 68.45% of the total bitcoins held by the category of public companies is held by MicroStrategy, which is at least 226,500BTC out of 330,862BTC. This is why we need to analyse MicoStrategy separately.

When the category of public companies holds around 1.576% of the total BTC supply cap, Microstrategy alone holds at least 1.079%. The second top in the list of the top public companies by bitcoin holdings, Marathon Digital Holdings Inc only has 20,818BTC (0.099%). Tesla Inc, Hut 8 Corp and Riot Platforms Inc are the other top companies in the list. Tesla Inc and Hust 8 Corp show 9,720BTC and 9,109BTC respectively, and Riot Platforms Inc display 9,084BTC. Coinbase Global Inc and Galaxy Digital Holdings are also in the list with 0.043% and 0.039% Bitcoin Holdings percentage respectively. The BTC Holdings percentages of other major players like Block Inc, CleanSpark Inc and Bitcoin Group range between 0.038% and 0.018%.

As said earlier, MicroStrategy clearly dominates the category of public companies with 68.45%, that is this public company holds nearly 226,500BTC out of 330,862BTC (which is what the entire category holds). Marathon Digital Holdings Inc, though is a second topmost in the list, only has 6.29% share in the category total BTC holdings. Even poorer is the share of Tesla INC and the others. None of the others in the top ten list cross the mark of 3%. Tesla Inc and Hunt 8 Corp show 2.93% and 2.75% respectively.

MicroStrategy Bitcoin Holdings: An Overview

Are you wondering how MicroStrategy has become such a big player in the public companies category in terms of bitcoin holdings? Let’s understand the path through which it has reached such a staggering peak of 226,500. On March 5th, roli 2021, the bitcoin holdings of MicroStrategy was just 91,064BTC. In June the same year, it crossed the mark of 100,000BTC. On June 21st, 2021, it was nearly 105,085BTC. By the end of that year, it reached 124,051BTC. In 2022, the growth was slow. On December 24, 202