Corporate Bitcoin Hoard Tops 1 Million by 2026—Wall Street’s New ‘Digital Gold Rush’

Public companies are on pace to amass over 1 million BTC within 18 months—turning balance sheets into de facto crypto ETFs. Guess those ‘risk management’ seminars paid off.

Wall Street’s playing a new game: Bitcoin maximalism with shareholder money. And why not? With institutions now front-running retail traders, the ‘volatility’ narrative makes great cover for the biggest accumulation play since Tesla’s 2021 buy-in.

Funny how ‘unstable’ assets become boardroom darlings when treasury yields flatline. Maybe those corporate treasurers finally read the Satoshi whitepaper—or just realized gold ETFs are so 2019.

• Institutions could hold 20% of Bitcoin’s supply by 2026, with public companies alone doubling their BTC holdings to over 1 million.

• Sovereign nations and U.S. states will continue to adopt Bitcoin as a reserve asset, according to the report.

• Legislation like the proposed BITCOIN Act and institutional demand would further reinforce Bitcoin’s role as a global store of value.

Bitwise and UTXO management have predicted that 20% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) supply would be on the balance sheets of corporate organizations by the end of next year. The study reveals a significant change in how institutional investors like wealth managers, sovereign wealth funds, and corporations approach Bitcoin accumulation.

Institutions to Acquire 4.2M BTC as Nations and Corporations Embrace Crypto Reserves

The report predicts that institutions will acquire over 4.2 million BTC by the end of next year. It predicts that public companies will own more than 1 million BTC, which WOULD be a double of their current holdings.

With sovereign nations and the United States increasingly considering this cryptocurrency as a reserve asset, at least five more states and four more nations will likely add BTC to their official reserves.

Legislative actions like the proposed bitcoin act, could accelerate this trend. If passed, the act allows the U.S. Government to purchase one million BTC, which would be a precedent worldwide and reduces market volatility.

Juan Leon, a top-level executive at Bitwise, said that the leading cryptocurrency has become a part of most institutions’ portfolios. They’ve now recognized it as a hedge against currency devaluation and economic instability.

In addition, several wealth management companies are also expanding access to Bitcoin through ETFs. Institutions seeking greater returns are exploring new BTC-native financial products such as BTCH, a yield-generating strategy.

How Accumulation Fuels Bitcoin’s Rise as a Store of Value

Corporations like Metaplanet and Strategy (founded by Michael Saylor) are using similar yield methods to boost their reserves without issuing any equity. The report also predicts that with rising demand, the coin’s scarcity which is limited to 21 million coins could reshape global finance.

Bitcoin could solidify its position as a primary store of value as more institutions lock up a greater portion of its supply. Many states in the U.S, have approved the use of 10% of their funds to purchase BTC.

The authors called this a game-theory loop, where each accumulation reduces the coin’s circulating supply. They pressure others to act, even though the huge accumulations will keep causing a rise in the cryptocurrency’s price.

Bitwise and UTXO believe that the BTC accumulation trend between institutions, companies, and nations would further push the cryptocurrency’s adoption beyond speculative trading into investment strategies.

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