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China — sovereign Bitcoin

China holds 190,000 BTC ($12,139,100,000) · status Seized — held · tier 1. As of 2024-12-31.

Holdings: 190,000 BTC
USD value: $12,139,100,000
% of supply: 0.957%
Tier: T1

Framework

Holdings comprise BTC seized in PlusToken and related fraud cases. Held by Chinese state agencies. No public strategic-reserve framework and no recent on-chain confirmation; figure is a widely cited estimate.

Notes

Highest-uncertainty data point in the Monitor. Treat as estimate, not verified.

Status history

2019-07-01 → present
Seized — held

Sources

National Crypto Reserves Tracker — CCN (secondary)

as of 2024-12-31

Keep reading

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Other sovereigns

🇺🇸 United States325,000 🇬🇧 United Kingdom61,000 🇺🇦 Ukraine46,351 🇸🇻 El Salvador7,565 🇧🇹 Bhutan3,654 🇫🇮 Finland90 🇵🇰 Pakistan0 🇧🇷 Brazil0

Observable government Bitcoin holdings, primary-source cited and dated. Figures are point-in-time and can change. Information, not financial advice. How this is compiled: methodology. Machine-readable: coinbucha.com/sovereigns.json.