Satoshi Nakamoto remains the richest person in crypto, holding an on-chain fortune of $92 billion, according to data published by Arkham Intelligence. The Bitcoin creator's wealth sits in rou
Satoshi Nakamoto remains the richest person in crypto, holding an on-chain fortune of $92 billion, according to data published by Arkham Intelligence.
The Bitcoin creator's wealth sits in roughly 22,000 wallets and would rank among the top 30 richest people on earth by Bloomberg's billionaire index.
Tron founder Justin Sun follows in second place with an on-chain net worth near $2.2 billion, though Arkham separately estimates his broader fortune at $5 billion to $7 billion.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin ranks fifth at $629 million, most of it in ETH accumulated since the network's 2015 launch.
Not every crypto fortune ends on a yacht. Some end in a lost password. Estonian banker Rain Lohmus holds $684 million in ETH from Ethereum's 2014 sale but has lost the private keys. Programmer Stefan Thomas has just two password guesses left to unlock $590 million in Bitcoin.
Others end in a landfill or in missing fishing rod case. Welsh IT worker James Howells, worth $675 million, famously threw away a hard drive now buried in a landfill.
Irish cannabis dealer Clifton Collins built a $338 million Bitcoin stash in 2011-2012, but hid the keys in a fishing rod case that was discarded after his 2017 arrest. Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau has since accessed some of his wallets.
One of his supposedly dormant wallets stirred back to life in March 2026, prompting Irish police to seize $35 million.
POAP founder Patricio Worthalter and Gnosis co-founder Stefan George round out the middle of the list, their wealth tied to projects they built.
At number ten sits Ansem, the trader known for spotting Solana's memecoin wave early, holding an on-chain fortune of $88 million.
