Henley & Partners counted 135,694 people worldwide with at least $1 million in digital assets, including 92,272 bitcoin millionaires. The report also identified 290 crypto holders with more than $100 million and 23 crypto billionaires, including nine whose fortunes were built through bitcoin. The global crypto market was worth about $2.6 trillion as of August 31, with bitcoin accounting for roughly $1.6 trillion. Bitcoin is trading about 38% below its October 2025 record, a smaller decline than the drops of more than 75% recorded after peaks in 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2021. An estimated 742 million people now hold digital assets, including 371 million bitcoin holders. Singapore topped Henley’s 2026 Crypto Adoption Index for the fourth consecutive year, followed by the UAE, Hong Kong, the United States and Switzerland. Stablecoins (crypto tokens designed to maintain stable values) are helping move dollar-linked funds across borders in minutes, while the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation took full effect in December 2024 across 30 countries. Under a new OECD framework, 76 countries will share crypto tax data, with the first exchange among 46 countries scheduled for September 2027.