
The number of crypto millionaires around the world has jumped by almost half to almost 250,000, according to a new report.
There are now 241,700 people globally who can measure their wealth in seven figures thanks to investment in crypto currencies, a 40% rise in a year.
The figure was revealed in Crypto Wealth Report 2025 from international residence and citizenship advisory specialists Henley & Partners.
The biggest and oldest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been the biggest driver with 145,100 millionaire holders, up 70% in a year, with a combined wealth of $3.3 trillion (£2.4 billion).
Bitcoin is currently trading at just over $113,000, close to its all-time high and up 21% this year alone.
The report claims there are now 450 individuals controlling crypto currencies worth at least $100 million - so called centi-millionaires - up 38%. At the very top of the wealth pyramid there are 36 crypto billionaires, an increase of 29%.
The report said 2025 has been “a watershed year for institutional adoption, highlighted by the first-ever cryptocurrencies launched by a sitting US President and First Lady.”
Dominic Volek, group head of private clients at Henley & Partners, said: “While roughly $14.4 trillion worth of wealth crossed national borders in 2024, the entire architecture of modern finance assumes that money has a home address — but cryptocurrency doesn’t. For millennia, storing wealth meant anchoring it to a place.
“Even with digital banking, you needed a residential address and tax ID just to open an account. Today, cryptocurrency has made geography optional — with nothing more than 12 memorized words, an individual can secure a billion dollars in Bitcoin, instantly accessible from Zurich or Zhengzhou alike.”
Philipp A Baumann, founder of research and quantitative asset management company Z22 Technologies said: “Bitcoin is becoming the foundation of a parallel financial system, where it is not merely an investment for speculation on fiat price appreciation, but the base currency for accumulating wealth.”
Andrew Amoils, Head of Research at New World Wealth. “We’re seeing crypto and gold emerge as the preferred alternative assets for the world’s wealthy. In previous decades, precious stones like diamonds were widely used to move money discreetly across borders thanks to their portability. Today, crypto and gold have largely taken their place as the modern stores of portable wealth.”
The Crypto Wealth Report benchmarks the world’s most crypto-friendly countries. Singapore leads followed by Hong Kong , the USA , Switzerland and the UAE .
Malta and the UK also score highly overall, “both offering sophisticated regulatory frameworks.”