The number of crypto millionaires has increased by 40% in a year.

# The number of crypto millionaires has increased by 40% in a year.

Against the backdrop of Bitcoin's record growth in 2025, the number of crypto millionaires increased by 40% and reached 241,700 people. The number of crypto billionaires surged by 29% — to 36, according to a report by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth.

Source: Henley & Partners The total value of their assets exceeded $3.3 trillion — 45% more than last year's figure.

Nearly half of cryptocurrency billionaires became wealthy thanks to the first cryptocurrency. Among cryptocurrency millionaires, about 60% owe their wealth to digital gold. In just one year, the number of Bitcoin holders among individuals with a capital exceeding $1 million has increased by 70%.

The authors of the report linked the surge to "institutional adoption, the culmination of which was the launch of cryptocurrencies by the sitting president of the United States"

For context: 241,700 crypto millionaires make up 0.4% of approximately 60 million millionaires worldwide, according to UBS.

The methodology of the Henley & Partners and New World Wealth report is based on the analysis of the behavior of 150,000 wealthy individuals, blockchain data, and information from cryptocurrency exchanges as of June.

There are a total of 590 million digital asset owners in the world — 7.4% of the global population. Of these, 295 million invest in Bitcoin — 7% more than a year ago.

New Philosophy

The authors of the study identified a fundamental transformation in capital management strategies. According to them, the first cryptocurrency is increasingly used as collateral rather than an object of speculation.

The CEO of JAN3, Samson Mow, highlighted a key paradox of modernity: while fiat currencies follow a path of infinite issuance, Bitcoin, with its hard limit of 21 million coins, offers the opposite model — scarcity.

According to him, this confrontation poses an unprecedented challenge to governments, forcing them to deal with a form of sovereign wealth that exists outside the bounds of traditional monetary control.

Dominik Volek from Henley & Partners emphasized that cryptocurrencies have democratized capital management tools that were previously the privilege of global corporations.

"Capital management techniques that have been available only to corporations for decades can now be used by anyone with internet access. This is a powerful shift: people gain global control over their assets, while governments face a threat to their tax systems built on tracking financial flows," he said.

Acceptance of cryptocurrencies

The report also presents the "Cryptocurrency Adoption Index," ranking countries based on the level of public and infrastructural adoption of digital assets, innovations, taxes, and regulatory factors.

The United States leads in public adoption, Hong Kong in infrastructure, and Singapore in innovation. Australia and Singapore topped the ranking for the quality of the regulatory environment, while Monaco and the UAE excelled in tax attractiveness.

Volek noted that cryptocurrencies have changed the concept of geographical attachment of wealth:

"Today, with the help of 12 memorized words, a person can store a billion dollars in bitcoins, accessible instantly from Zurich or Zhengzhou"

Let us remind you that Ukraine and Russia ranked eighth and tenth respectively in the global cryptocurrency adoption index for 2025 from the analytical company Chainalysis.