Bitcoin News: Public Companies Holding 1,000+ BTC Grow 46% in 2025

According to Fidelity Digital Assets research, corporate Bitcoin holdings are surging, in recent Bitcoin news update. By mid-2025, 35 publicly traded companies each hold at least 1,000 BTC.

That is up from 24 firms at the end of Q1 – a 46% jump over two quarters. Together those companies control roughly 900,000 BTC (about $116 billion at mid-2025 prices).

This marks an unprecedented pace of corporate accumulation.

Chart: Count of public companies with ≥1,000 BTC each (quarters since 2017). A steep rise is evident in 2024–25, reaching 35 firms by Q3 2025|source: Fidelity

The chart above illustrates the jump. Very few firms held 1,000+ BTC until 2021; the number climbed slowly through 2022–2023 and then spiked.

By Q3 2025 the count hit 35. This acceleration reflects fresh corporate buying this year.

In Q2 2025 alone, public companies added 134,456 BTC, up 35% from the 99,857 BTC they bought in Q1. These purchases lifted their aggregate hoard close to 900,000 BTC by mid-year.

The chart above plots this accumulation over time. Holdings were near zero in 2017 and crept upward until the recent quarters.

The latest data show a sharp vertical climb, underlining the surge in corporate demand.

Bitcoin News: Broader Institutional Buying and Market Impact

Fidelity notes the Q2 buying was far more broadly based. Analyst Chris Kuiper reports that Bitcoin purchases in Q2 “became more widely distributed across public companies rather than concentrated among a few large buyers.”

In other words, many firms joined in the buying instead of just one or two. This broadening of participation “could provide more sustained demand” compared to past quarters dominated by single whales.

The strength of institutional interest is also visible in derivatives markets. Nexo analyst Iliya Kalchev points out that futures open interest recently exceeded $45 billion, near an all-time high.

These data imply a deepening base of Bitcoin demand. In fact, a total of 278 public entities now hold some Bitcoin, up from 124 just weeks earlier.

The United States alone has 94 such companies, followed by Canada (40) and the UK (19). More firms across multiple countries are adding crypto to their balance sheets, a sign of widening adoption.

Industry analysts emphasize that this cycle differs from previous ones. Fidelitys Kuiper underscores the shift: he notes that many companies—beyond the early adopters—are now buyers.

In a further Bitcoin news update, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has gone further, declaring the old “Bitcoin cycle theory” dead. Ju observes that in past cycles whales would offload to retail; now “old whales are selling to new long-term whales.”

Source: X

He points out that spot ETFs, corporate treasuries and even sovereign funds are coming into play, making Bitcoin “a globally recognized macro asset”. In Jus view, this is “uncharted territory” where traditional cycle models “may no longer apply.”

In practical terms, early corporate adopters like MicroStrategy, Tesla and Block Inc. helped pioneer on-chain reserves. Now, dozens more firms are joining them.

Fidelity analyst Zack Wainwrights data shared by Chris Kuiper on July 24, 2025, show the steepest growth curve of corporate BTC holdings in years.

This suggests Bitcoin is advancing along an adoption S-curve: innovators have paved the way and early majority players are stepping in.

As one analyst summarized, the recent surge “signals a notable increase in Bitcoin exposure” for companies. The fact that corporate treasuries hold nearly 900,000 BTC — up from virtually none a few years ago — indicates a profound shift.

This year‘s data mark a critical inflection point in Bitcoin’s adoption cycle: corporates are moving from the sidelines to the forefront of demand.