[BTC institutional tracker] Bitcoin holdings reach 4.22 million BTC; Strategy and IBIT lead

Institutional and government bitcoin holdings totaled approximately 4.22 million BTC across the tracked categories.

The October 26 snapshot showed ETFs and exchanges holding the largest allocation, followed by public companies and government entities.

Public companies: 1,296,085 BTC across 201 holders

ETFs and exchanges: 1,615,524 BTC

Government entities: 645,609 BTC across 12 holders

Private companies: 284,652 BTC across 68 holders

DeFi and other: 374,559 BTC

Public companies: 1,296,085 BTC | $103.94 billion | 6.17%

Strategy led public-company holdings with 848,517 BTC. Strive held 43,000 BTC, while MARA Holdings, Inc. held 35,577 BTC.

Strategy (MSTR): 848,517 BTC

Metaplanet Inc. (MPJPY): 44,000 BTC

Twenty One Capital (XXI): 43,514 BTC

Strive (ASST): 43,000 BTC

MARA Holdings, Inc. (MARA): 35,577 BTC

The next five were Bullish (BLSH) with 22,000 BTC, SpaceX (SPCX) with 18,712 BTC, Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) with 17,311 BTC, CleanSpark, Inc. (CLSK) with 13,530 BTC and Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) with 12,062 BTC.

The supplied public-company rankings included the following South Korean holders:

Rank 62: bitmax (377030.KQ), 551 BTC

Rank 73: Bitplanet (049470.KQ), 300 BTC

Rank 81: WEMADE (112040.KQ), 223 BTC

Rank 85: Parataxis Korea (288330.KQ), 200 BTC

Private companies: 284,652 BTC | $22.83 billion | 1.36%

Block.one: 164,000 BTC

Tether Holdings Limited: 100,000 BTC

Stone Ridge Holdings Group: 10,000 BTC

The Tezos Foundation: 2,903 BTC

Cardone Capital: 2,700 BTC

Ranks six through ten were Zap Solutions, Inc (Strike) with 1,500 BTC, GIGA Inc. with 1,252 BTC, Meanwhile Incorporated with 759 BTC, River Financial Inc. with 478 BTC and Melanion Digital with 342 BTC.

Government entities: 645,609 BTC | $51.77 billion | 3.07%

The United States had the largest recorded government allocation at 328,372 BTC, followed by China and the United Kingdom. El Salvador held 7,816 BTC.

United States: 328,372 BTC

China: 190,000 BTC

United Kingdom: 61,245 BTC

Ukraine (holdings of public officials): 46,351 BTC

El Salvador: 7,816 BTC

The United Arab Emirates followed with 6,420 BTC, ahead of Kazakhstan with 3,544 BTC.

ETFs and exchanges: 1,615,524 BTC

iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT led the listed funds with 811,115 BTC. Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund FBTC followed with 184,058 BTC.

iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT: 811,115 BTC

Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund FBTC: 184,058 BTC

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC: 131,528 BTC

Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust BTC: 62,874 BTC

Bitwise Bitcoin ETF BITB: 38,189 BTC

DeFi and other: 374,559 BTC

The DeFi and other category accounted for 374,559 BTC in the snapshot.

Editor's note: This tracker presents bitcoin holdings across public companies, private companies, government entities, ETFs and exchanges, and DeFi and other entities. The figures describe recorded holdings; the snapshot does not establish purchases, sales or changes over time.