Chair

Foundry

Arkham

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claimed to have identified “98% of MicroStrategy’s on-chain holdings” — roughly 186,000 Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) out of the firm’s total 190,000 BTC in wallets.
In a Feb. 16 X post, Arkham <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1758459803506991189" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> it added business intelligence firm MicroStrategy to its publicly available cryptocurrency wallet database. According to the firm, roughly 107,000 BTC of MicoStrategy’s crypto “appears to be held with Fidelity pooled with other clients’ BTC,” while 79,000 BTC was “held in segregated custody including Coinbase Prime.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
 MICROSTRATEGY IS NOW ON ARKHAM We believe we have identified 98% of Microstrategy’s on-chain holdings, totaling 186K BTC. Arkham is the first to publicly identify these addresses. 107K appears to be held with Fidelity pooled with other clients’ BTC, hence is included in our… <a href="https://t.co/kapesz2b5C" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/kapesz2b5C</a>— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1758459803506991189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">February 16, 2024</a>
</blockquote>
Arkham’s research accounted for the overwhelming majority of MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin holdings — roughly $9.7 billion at the time of publication, with a BTC price of $52,000. The firm’s data on Fidelity Custody <a href="https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/entity/fidelity-custody" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">showed</a> wallets totaling more than 174,000 BTC, with transactions from Coinbase, Foundry USA and Gemini. It’s unclear where the other 4,000 BTC controlled by MicroStrategy may be held.
MicroStrategy Executive Chair Michael Saylor announced on Feb. 7 that the firm had <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-q4-earnings-buys-850-bitcoin-michael-saylor" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">acquired 850 BTC in January</a>, bringing the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 190,000. The company began buying Bitcoin in August 2020, announcing a $250 million crypto purchase as part of its push to adopt BTC as a reserve asset.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-listing-sp-500-index-exposes-millions-bitcoin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">MicroStrategy listing in the S&amp;P 500 index could expose millions to Bitcoin</a>
Arkham, a platform that said it aimed to “deanonymiz[e] the blockchain,” had previously <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-approves-bounty-do-kwon-terra-wallets" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">offered bounties to crypto sleuths</a> able to provide information leading to the identification of wallets held by high-profile individuals, including Terra co-founder Do Kwon. After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved spot BTC exchange-traded products in January, Arkham <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etfs-address-identified-transparency" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">identified the on-chain locations</a> of ETFs from BlackRock, Bitwise, Fidelity and Franklin Templeton.
Many crypto users have <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-on-chain-intel-exchange-labeled-snitch-to-earn-by-crypto-twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">criticized Arkham’s approach</a> to making wallet addresses and their owners public, branding the firm as a “snitch-to-earn” service. Some wallet holders have been attacked after online sleuths were able to <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/swedish-bitcoiners-targeted-by-armed-criminals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">determine their physical address</a> and other identifying information.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/big-questions-can-bitcoin-payments-make-a-comeback/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Big Questions: How can Bitcoin payments stage a comeback?</a>

Arkham Intelligence identifies MicroStrategy Bitcoin holdings pooled with Fidelity

Cointelegraph

Other articles published on Feb 16, 2024

Transak Integrates with LUKSO for Easy $LYX Purchases

BlackRock Now Holds $6 Billion BTC As Bitcoin ETF Notes $477 Mln Net Inflow

Solana (SOL) and Sui (SUI) Remain Top Investment Picks with Pushd (PUSHD) Presale Grabbing Big At...

Aptos Foundation Launches Affordable JamboPhone with Web3 Integration

Starknet Airdrop Plan Faces Backlash over Unlock Schedule

OpenAI text-to-video model Sora wows X but still has weaknesses

Join our free newsletter for daily crypto updates!