Public Bitcoin investments by Publicly Traded Companies / Big Companies

Last Updated on 2 November 2023 by CryptoTips.eu

Current investment value, profits, losses and percentage of Bitcoin in circulation are updated every hour.

The above overview shows Publicly Traded Companies which made a large Bitcoin investment. The overview is sorted based on their total Bitcoin investment. You can easily see how much Bitcoin they’re currently holding and what percentage of the circulation this is. The table shows you the total USD investment and at what price they bought their Bitcoin. The last column tells you if they made money out of their investment or not.

MicroStrategy inc.

MicroStrategy Inc. was founded in 1989 is a three decades old publicly traded company. MicroStrategy has been in the news for quite some time regarding their Bitcoin investment. It is known for its business intelligence, mobile software and cloud-based services. They develop software that helps humans to take and make decisions after thoroughly analyzing the internal as well as the external data of the business.

MicroStrategy Inc. is listed in Nasdaq (NASDAQ:MSTR). They have invested around $250M in August 2020 and another $175M in September 2020, which also makes it the largest publicly traded company that invested in Bitcoin. The founder also states that:

Bitcoin is a swarm of cyber hornets that are serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy.

Galaxy Digital Holdings

Galaxy Digital Holdings, founded in January 2018, is another publicly traded company which is a limited partner of Galaxy Digital. They are listed on the Toronto Security Exchange (TSX:GLXY). They are directly connected with digital assets and the blockchain technology sector.

The firm operations in four different lines:

  1. Asset Management.
  2. Advisory Services.
  3. Principal Investments.
  4. Trading.

Apart from providing services related to blockchain and cryptocurrency, they have invested $134M in June 2020. The CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings believes that Bitcoin may not become a transactional currency in the future, but may see a significant rise in the prices after many corporates have shown their interest to support cryptocurrency alongside fiat.

Square inc.

Square inc. was founded by Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter) and Jim McKelvey in February 2009. It is a financial payment company which provides mobile payment solutions (Cash App). They believe in providing an instrument for economic empowerment and providing a way for the world to participate in a global monetary system.

They develop hardware and software payment solutions for businesses. They are listed on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:SQ). Being a payment company, they have also shown interest in Bitcoin. It has reportedly invested $50M in October 2020 as it feels that investing in Bitcoin aligns with the purpose of the company and also believes in the growth potential of the cryptocurrency in the future.

Hut 8 Mining Corp.

Hut 8 Mining Corporation was founded in 2017. It is a mining and blockchain infrastructure company which is focused towards bitcoin mining. They have data centers all around North America and Canada strategically placed to mine Bitcoins efficiently and at the lowest costs.

They are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:Hut-8). Also, they have reportedly invested $36M in the 2nd Quarter of 2020. However, this investment might not be a shocker as the company is based on the fundamentals of Bitcoin despite being a publicly traded company.

Voyager Digital LTD

Voyager Digital Limited is a crypto-asset broker who works along with both the retail and the institutional buyers. It provides advisory, consultancy and custody services, dealing in 50+ cryptocurrencies.

Also, it is listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE:VYGR). They have invested approx. $8M in March 2020. While providing brokerage services to others, it believes in the future and power of digital assets. Voyager has also been in the news for buying one of the topmost France cryptocurrency exchange LGO Markets to gain access to the corporate buyers.

Riot Blockchain inc.

Riot Blockchain inc. was founded in 2000 and is another publicly traded company which invested heavily in bitcoin in 2020. Riot Blockchain is a company which deals in trading of cryptocurrencies, apart from trading it also shows interest in buying blockchain businesses. While also supporting newer blockchain technology companies.

It intends to support and grow the blockchain firms. They are listed on the Nasdaq (NADQ:RIOT). Riot has not only shown interest in Bitcoin, but also in Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. They have reportedly invested $7M in June 2020. Riot seems not only interested in cryptocurrency, but Bitcoin mining too as it has invested $17.7M by purchasing 8,000 Bitmain S19 Pro Antminers (110 TH) from Bitmain in August 2020.

Bit Digital inc.

Bit Digital inc. earlier known as the Golden Bull Limited is a Bitcoin mining company which was incorporated in 2020. The main business of Bit Digital inc. is bitcoin mining, and they have their services set up in different parts of China. Apart from their main strategic focus on Bitcoin mining, they also provide car rental services in the United States. They are listed on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:BTBT).

They have been in the news first for the changes they made to their name to create a more corporate image of their main business. Afterwards they have also reportedly invested $10M in September 2020 in Bitcoin. However, this was expected as they are involved in the Bitcoin business. It feels good when publicly traded companies show interest in the currency of the digital era.

Coin Citadel inc.

Coin Citadel inc. is a three-decades-old company which was founded in 1986, though being an old company it still keeps up its pace with the technological advancements happening. It is a fintech company offering scalable solutions to banks and other Wall Street Financial firms who want to extend their services in the IT and blockchain sector.

Earlier, they used to assist regarding paper money, but now they believe in the digital decentralized ledger. Apart from their primary business to provide financial services, they also focus on providing data center solutions at low costs. They are listed in the United States (OTCMKTS:CCTL).

Coin Citadel inc. helps securing the Bitcoin network since 2017 by mining Bitcoin and invested in mining hardware. They have invested $180k in Bitcoin way back in December 2015. If we talk about the returns they have gathered over the last years, it should be over 3500%, which is a fantastic return on investment.

Advanced Bitcoin Technology AG

Advanced Bitcoin Technology AG was founded in 2019 and is a German company. They intend to connect the world of both fiat and cryptocurrency for the customers as well as businesses to transact safely and securely.

The company develops blockchain specialized products to provide solutions for technological problems for B2C (Business to Consumer) and B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer).

They are listed on German Stock Exchange (ABT:GR). They have invested $2M in Bitcoin back in the first quarter of 2018. This investment is aligned with their vision to provide and connect people around the world with a safe and comfortable medium to transact in cryptocurrency as well as fiat.

DigitalX

DigitalX is an Australian company founded in 2013 which develops and provides innovative fintech software consultancy solutions for mobile bill payments and remittance space. To build its software, it leverages the blockchain and decentralized ledger system. Apart from delivering software solutions, it also focuses on digital asset management services alongside. They have also been covered by some of the big publishing houses like: The Sydney Morning Herald, Forbes, Sky News, to name a few.

They are  listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:DCC). Despite being a public traded company, its vision and belief on the blockchain have made it invest in Bitcoin back in 2019. They invested $870K back in the last quarter of 2019.

Hive Blockchain Technologies Limited

Hive Blockchain Technologies Limited is another company founded in 1987, which plans to bridge the gap between blockchain and cryptocurrencies to traditional capital markets with the help of its blockchain infrastructure. The fact that makes it unique is that it is the first-ever publicly listed blockchain company. It believes in providing a blockchain investment for the capital market while creating shareholder value along with it.

The main business of Hive Blockchain is to mine cryptocurrencies efficiently. They try to do this at the lowest cost possible and it carries out its operations for colder regions where the electricity costs are lower and have an abundant source of renewable energy like Canada, Sweden and Iceland.

They are listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CVE:HIVE). They made its first investment in Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2020 worth $2.7M.

Cypherpunk Holdings inc.

Cypherpunk Holdings inc. Founded in 2002, is an investment company which also operates a merchant bank that shows interests towards digital privacy cryptocurrencies and equity investments in blockchain technology. Cypherpunk Holdings inc. was earlier named as Khan Resources inc. later renamed itself in November 2018.

The interesting fact behind selecting Cypherpunk is because it was a group of computer scientists who played a significant role in the development of cryptography and also to create its corporate image related to blockchain technology.

They are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE:HODL).In addition to holding various security tokens that own following cryptocurrency companies:

  1. Wasabi Wallet
  2. Samourai Wallet
  3. Hydro66
  4. Chia

They have invested in two cryptos: Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR), they have invested $1.63M in Bitcoin in June 2020 while the data for the investment in Monero isn’t disclosed.

BIGG Digital Assets inc.

BIGG Digital Assets inc. was founded in October 2014. It renamed itself in September 2019 to Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG). The main business of BIGG Digital Assets inc is to develop search and analytical blockchain solutions for financial as well as e-commerce businesses, mainly in Canada, Japan, the United States and Germany.

It provides QLUE.io which enables the investigators to follow the virtual money behind Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions to minimise terrorist financing and money laundering. The other product of this company is BitRank which gives scores to wallets or transactions to rank them according to their safety.

Some of their other services include Netcoins, Expert training related to blockchain transactions and investigations, also having a forensic service division for the forensic level of investigation. They are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE:BIGG). However, they have invested $1M in Bitcoin.

Argo Blockchain

Argo Blockchain PLC was founded in December 2017. It provides services relating to finance. They provide Ethereum mining solutions in the United Kingdom. They are focused on propelling the future of blockchain by mining cryptocurrencies on a large scale. The thing which makes them stand out from the crowd is their mining infrastructure which has the highest PH (petahash) to MW (megawatt) ratio, which makes them the most energy-efficient mining company.

They are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ARB). Apart from their mining facility, they have made their share of investment in Bitcoin worth $1.3M in September 2020.

FRMO Corp.

FRMO Corp. was founded in November 1993. It is a financial risk management company which works towards analyzing various public companies. They identify and prepare multiple investment strategies and techniques to reduce the risks involved in the investment. The business particularly identifies the opportunities in the early stages for an ultimate return on investment.

They are listed on the United States stock exchange (OTCMKTS:FRMO). According to their nature of identifying opportunities in various sectors to gain an ultimate return, it would not come as a shock that they have invested $800K in March 2020 in Bitcoin.

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