Twenty-three people in the world hold more than a billion dollars in digital assets, and nine of them got there through Bitcoin alone.

The count comes from the Crypto Wealth Report 2026, published on Tuesday by Henley & Partners, the London firm that advises wealthy individuals on acquiring residence and citizenship in other countries. Its figures are based on market prices as at Aug. 31.

Below the billionaires sit 290 people holding $100 million or more, of whom 151 are in Bitcoin, and 135,694 holding at least $1 million, of whom 92,272 are Bitcoin millionaires.

The base is far broader. Some 742 million people now hold digital assets in some amount, 371 million of them Bitcoin, and that ownership kept widening even as prices…