Corporate Bitcoin Holdings Surge
The number of corporations investing in Bitcoin increased by 18% in the first quarter of 2025. In the first quarter of 2025, public corporations acquired a record-breaking 95,431 BTC, according to asset management Bitwise’s report on April 14. Corporate holdings of Bitcoin reached 688,000, or around 3.3% of the total supply, as a result.
The preceding quarter was also a significant one for Bitcoin accumulation, so this is an increase of 16% from that. The number of corporations investing in Bitcoin increased by 18% in the first quarter of 2025, with 12 new firms joining the ranks of the 79 existing corporate BTC investors.
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With 531,644 BTC after its most recent acquisition of 3,459 BTC for $286 million on April 14, MicroStrategy maintains a commanding lead. Approximately 77% of the asset value that firms have acquired falls into this category.
At an average price of $67,556 per BTC, the business announced that it had bought the asset worth $36 billion. As of March 31, Bitwise reported that MARA Holdings was the second largest corporation, with 47,531 BTC, or approximately 7% of the total.
The third- and fourth-largest Bitcoin mining businesses, in terms of total corporate BTC holdings, were Riot Platforms (2.8% share) and Cleanspark (1.7%). Additionally, on April 14, the Japanese Bitcoin investment company Metaplanet purchased 319 BTC, or around $26 million, at a discount. The company is Asia’s biggest Bitcoin holder, while owning less than 1% of all corporate Bitcoins.
The asset had fallen 24% from its all-time high on January 20th to close the three months period at $82,350, making the big purchasing quarter that much more impressive.
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