Corporate Giants to Gobble Half of All Bitcoin by 2045—Here’s Why It Matters
Wall Street’s appetite for Bitcoin isn’t slowing down—it’s accelerating. A chilling prediction suggests institutional players will control 50% of the entire Bitcoin supply within two decades.
Why the corporate land grab? The same firms that once mocked crypto now see dollar signs. BlackRock’s ETF approval was just the opening act.
This isn’t your 2017 ’retail investor moon mission.’ The next bull run will be fueled by hedge funds quietly accumulating while regulators nap at the wheel. Expect more ’risk management’ speeches—and less actual risk-taking.
One cynical take? The suits will turn Bitcoin into just another asset class—then charge you 2% annually to hold it in their ’innovative’ custody solutions.
Treasury Firms Aiming for 10.5 Million Bitcoin
In a thread on X, Myers sketched a scenario in which dedicated treasury vehicles—public companies whose raison d’être is to arbitrage the spread between cheap fiat funding and a growing BTC balance—become the dominant marginal buyers of the asset through 2045. His starting premise borrows directly from Michael Saylor:
“Half of all capital is simply looking for the best store of value. bitcoin is the best SoV asset. SoV capital will osmotically flow towards Bitcoin,” Myers quoted Saylor as saying, before noting that the MicroStrategy founder projects a $280 trillion market capitalization within two decades, implying roughly $13 million per coin.
The intellectual backdrop matters because MicroStrategy—renamed Strategy in February—has already offered a proof-of-concept. The Virginia-based firm holds about 550,000 BTC today after accelerating purchases through a series of high-yield preferred-stock programmes.
The funding engine is now institutional. Two preferred instruments—Strike (STRK) and Strife (STRF)—offer coupons of eight percent and ten percent respectively, terms rarely available in traditional fixed-income markets for an investment-grade name. Net proceeds of $1.27 billion from the twin offerings are expressly earmarked for further BTC purchases.
Myers argues that such structures turn Strategy into a “capital pump” that channels yield-hungry bond flows—an estimated $318 trillion pool, by his count—into BTC. If growth tracks Saylor’s trajectory, Strategy alone WOULD accumulate five million Bitcoin, or nearly one quarter of eventual supply, by 2045.
Japan’s Metaplanet is already following suit. The Tokyo-listed investment house lifted its treasury to 7,800 BTC this week after a ¥16.2 billion bond sale, stating a target of 10,000 BTC before year-end. Similar moves by major vehicles such as 21 Capital – which has significant backing from major players including SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex – suggest, in Myers’s words, “the birth of an industry.”
His distribution model places treasury companies at three percent of supply today (about 630,000 BTC) but projects a fifty-percent share—10.5 million BTC—by 2045, leaving roughly equal portions for governments, traditional corporations, and individuals. At a $13 million spot price, that corporate half would be worth $140 trillion; Strategy’s slice, by his estimate, would top $70 trillion.
At press time, BTC traded at $110,816.
