40% Surge In Crypto Millionaires Over 12 Months: Report Reveals Global Elite Favor Crypto And Gold
Over the past year, the number of crypto asset millionaires has skyrocketed by 40%, reaching an unprecedented total of 241,700 worldwide. Clearly, affluent investors are increasingly opting for crypto asset and gold instead of conventional assets. The Crypto Wealth Report 2025 published by Henley & Partners on September 23, 2025, highlights a dramatic increase not only in crypto millionaires but also in crypto billionaires.
Institutional adoption has reached unprecedented levels. The number of crypto billionaires rose by 29, totaling 36 globally. Even the current US President and First Lady are launching their own cryptocurrencies!
“At the top of the crypto wealth hierarchy, the count of ultra-rich individuals is escalating rapidly,” stated the report. Currently, 450 centi-millionaires manage crypto portfolios valued at $100 million or more, a 38% increase from the previous year.
(Source: Henley & Partners)
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What Drives the Wealthy Towards Crypto and Gold?
A record-breaking year for crypto millionaires!
Henley & Partners indicates that global crypto millionaires increased by 40% YoY to 241,700:
– Bitcoin millionaires: 145,100 (+70%)
– Centimillionaires (> $100M): 450 (+38%)
– Crypto billionaires: 36 (+29%)
— Degen Station (@Deg3nstation) September 24, 2025
Due to the borderless nature of crypto and gold, traditional assets are falling out of favour among the wealthy. Andrew Amoils, Head of Research at New World Wealth, elaborated on how crypto and gold have become the preferred portable wealth stores as global mobility rises. “In earlier decades, diamonds served as a means to discreetly relocate wealth. Today, crypto and gold have mainly taken their place,” he noted.
“Nowadays, crypto asset has made geographic location irrelevant — with merely 12 memorized words, anyone can secure a billion dollars in Bitcoin, instantly obtainable from either Zurich or Zhengzhou,” remarked Dominic Volek, Group Head of Private Clients at Henley & Partners.
Interestingly, $14.4 trillion worth of wealth transited across borders in 2024. “The entire structure of contemporary finance presumes that money has a physical address — yet cryptocurrency does not,” stated Volek.
The report notes that the most crypto-friendly jurisdictions are competing to attract mobile digital asset investors, reflecting a surge in luxury migration.
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“Bitcoin is becoming the cornerstone of an alternative financial system”
“Bitcoin is evolving into the foundation of a parallel financial system, where it is not solely viewed as an investment for speculation on fiat appreciation but rather as the principal currency for wealth accumulation,” stated Philipp Baumann, founder of Z22 Technologies.
Bitcoin has transitioned from being perceived as a highly volatile speculative asset to a fundamental collateral in an alternative financial framework. Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, describes this transformation as “the defining paradox of our era.”
Volek explains that crypto enables people to manage their wealth on a global scale while simultaneously challenging governments that rely on monitoring, regulating, and taxing economic activities.
Meanwhile, Strategy CEO Michael Saylor recently shared on X, “Bitcoin is currency. Everything else is credit.”
Today with @MorganLBrennan, I talked about the distinctions between BTC, Gold, and various crypto networks — along with the emergence of Digital Treasury Companies, Digital Credit, and Digital Finance. pic.twitter.com/sdbWWEIq0E
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) September 23, 2025
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Key Takeaways
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Henley & Partners indicates that the number of global crypto millionaires has grown by 40% YoY, reaching 241,700.
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Leading locales for crypto investment migration include Singapore (due to innovation and regulatory strength), Hong Kong (prosperity and tax advantages), the USA (public acceptance and technological advancement), Switzerland (security and custody), and the UAE (no taxes on crypto trading and crypto mining).
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