It has been over a decade since the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin was founded by an unknown person (or group) with the name Satoshi Nakamoto, and it is still not known who exactly that person or group is.
Nevertheless, the crypto market has flourished exponentially in the past years, with several new cryptocurrencies introduced by different startups, banks, and organizations. Also, companies worldwide have started realizing the importance and potential of the blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin, for resolving the ongoing issues of various industries.
It is time to take a look at some of the Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency statistics reached by a blockchain orICO developmentcompany to see how these currencies have managed to dominate the finance market for good.
102 Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Statistics & Facts That Will Surprise You
BitcoinStatistics and Facts:
1. As of 2025, Bitcoin accounts for approximately 45% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
2. Bitcoin was founded in 2009 with the idea to decentralize the control of money and any other valuable asset.
3. The first merchant transaction using Bitcoin was made on 22 May 2010 by Laszlo Hanyecz, who paid 10,000 BTC in exchange for two Papa John’s Pizzas.
4. As of 2025, the value of 10,000 BTC is more than $260 million.
5. As of 2025, there are approximately 19.2 million Bitcoins in circulation. The total supply of Bitcoin is capped at 21 million, meaning only 1.8 million Bitcoins remain to be mined.
6. The highest price of Bitcoin to date is $20,089 per coin, which was recorded on 17 December 2017.
7. As of 2025, the total number of Bitcoin transactions has surpassed 700 million.
8. 107 out of 251 countries do not have any regulation regarding the purchase or use of Bitcoins.
9. As the creator of Bitcoin is still unknown, some people even say that the coin was created by four companies – Samsung, Toshiba, Nakamichi, and Motorola – in collaboration.
10. According to a TheNextWeb article, 350,000 Bitcoin transactions are performed every day on average.
11. As of April 7, 2025, the richest Bitcoin wallet address holds approximately 248,598 BTC, valued at around $19.8 billion USD, based on the current Bitcoin price of $77,000 USD. This wallet is associated with Binance’s cold storage.
12. Bitcoin is private (as your name/identity is not made public), but Bitcoin transactions are public (as anyone with your wallet address can see your balance & transactions.)
13. Bitcoins once gone cannot be recovered. If you forget your Bitcoin wallet password or lose your private key, your Bitcoins are gone forever.
14. As of November 2017, a total of 3.79 million Bitcoins (worth 20,15,52,57,900) is already lost.
15. According to a 2015 survey of CoinDesk, over 90% of Bitcoin holders/users are male, while only 3% of the users are female.
16. Unlike paper money, Bitcoins are totally virtual, which means you cannot touch or feel these coins but can still use them for payments.
17. Unlike fiat currencies, Bitcoins cannot be printed but they have to be mined on a Bitcoin network.
18. As of November 2017, Bitcoin transactions worth $2 billion were being processed on a daily basis.
19. As of 2015, 60% of Bitcoin holders were under 35 years of age.
20. The mining power of the Bitcoin network is nearly 300 times the combined power of the world’s top 5 supercomputers.
21. The last Bitcoin will be reportedly mined in 2140, after which Bitcoin mining will be closed.
22. 16 November 2017 was the day when the Bitcoin network witnessed the highest-value transaction of $2.8 billion.
23. The US dollar and the Japanese yen are the two leading currencies to be exchanged for Bitcoin.
24. As of now, Bitcoin is accepted by a number of prominent merchants and businesses worldwide, including Starbucks, Virgin Galatic, Purse.io, Tesla, Peach Airline, Overstock.com, Microsoft, Namecheap.com, and Shopify, among others.
25. As of 2025, the total market capitalization of Bitcoin is approximately $1.9 trillion USD, based on a Bitcoin price of around $77,000 USD. The 24-hour trading volume has also seen significant growth, reaching around $40 billion USD.
26. For those who purchased Bitcoin at the time of launch, the ROI at the time of writing this article is 3,879.56%.
27. The lowest recorded price of Bitcoin is $65.53, according to coinmarketcap data.
28. In the last months of 2017, Bitcoin became so popular that 321,775 Bitcoin transactions were being performed on average each day.
29. Between 2010-2017, 2014 was the only year when the price of Bitcoin dropped by 62% between the beginning and end of the year. This was because of the hack of the MtGox exchange.
30. As of 2025, Coinbase has approximately 98 million registered users, a significant increase from 25 million users in October 2018. The platform continues to grow as cryptocurrency adoption expands globally.
31. Bitcoin’s price increased by over 2000% between January-December 2017.
32. Close to 64% of Bitcoin wallets have not been used (called ghost wallets) since their inception.
33. There was a time when you could mine Bitcoins using any CPU, as the difficulty was just 1.
34. The value of Bitcoin in early 2010, a year after its launch, was 2 cents per coin.
35. Bitcoin is not owned or controlled by any single person, as the original founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, never claimed the code ownership.
36. James Howells is a British man who accidentally threw away his hard drive containing the private keys to his Bitcoin account having 7,500 Bitcoins (worth $39 million today) in mid-2013.
37. The number of search queries and interest for ‘Bitcoin’ on Google was the highest in December 2017.
38. The Bitcoin mining difficulty was the lowest at the time of launch and has gradually increased over the years. Between January 2017 and January 2018, the average Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by six times.
39. Bitcoin has nearly 9,000 mining nodes, while its closest competitor Ethereum has about three times, 25,000 nodes to be exact.
40. As of 2025, approximately 19.2 million Bitcoins have been mined, with a total market value of around $1.5 trillion USD, based on the current Bitcoin price of $77,000 USD.
41. It took five years (from 2009 to 2014) for Bitcoin price to reach the $1,000 milestone, while it took only one year (from January 2017 to January 2018) for the price to increase by $13,000.
Interesting Statistics & Facts About Cryptocurrencies in General:
42. Now that you know every interesting thing there is to know about Bitcoins, let’s get to know about some other, more general cryptocurrency facts and statistics.
43. As of 2025, the cryptocurrency market capitalization has exceeded $2.5 trillion USD, a huge rise from $100 billion USD in December 2018, surpassing the GDP of many countries.
44. As of 2025, there are approximately 10,500 cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap, with a total market capitalization of around $2.5 trillion USD. Bitcoin still maintains a dominant position, accounting for 45% of the total market cap.
45. Ethereum is the second most popular and valued cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, with a market cap of $17.1 billion.
46. Google recently lifted its ongoing ban on cryptocurrency ads in search results, indicating that it might be exploring a future in cryptocurrencies.
47. Cryptocurrencies are exceptionally volatile in nature. Moreover, their trading on crypto exchanges rather than central exchanges further adds to their volatility.
48. Cryptocurrencies aren’t controlled or managed by any centralized government or bank and have no tangible parameters for valuation. Basically, it is quite difficult to determine the value of a cryptocurrency.
49. Mt Gox, an abbreviation for Magic The Gathering Online eXchange, was once a very popular crypto exchange. However, it was originally created as an exchange platform for Magic The Gathering cards.
50. Cryptocurrencies are prohibited in a number of countries, including Nepal, Bolivia, Lebanon, Ecuador, Indonesia, etc. Some countries have even declared the use of digital currencies as illegal.
51. Cryptocurrency mining continues to remain a lucrative business, and China is the biggest industry player with 75% control over the mining network.
52. ICO or Initial Coin Offering refers to the sale of cryptocurrencies in the exchange for investor funding for a blockchain-based startup.
53. In terms of funds raised, EOS (6/26/17 – 6/18/18) has been the most successful ICO of all time, with $4.1 billion total amount raised in a period of one year.
54. Cryptocurrency is practically usable in every industry that deals with financial or digital transactions.
55. Another interesting thing about cryptocurrencies is that anyone can create one. You don’t need special authority or permissions in order to create a digital currency.
56. Blockchain is the real power behind everything a cryptocurrency can do.
57. It is ‘physically’ impossible to ban cryptocurrencies, as these are digital currencies unregulated and decentralized in nature.
58. According to ICOdata.io report, 875 ICOs (Initial coin offerings) collectively raised over $6 billion in 2017.
59. The fund raised by 1258 ICOs in 2018 was nearly $8 billion.
60. Miners are a crucial part of the cryptocurrency system, as they are required to verify and process the transactions in an unregulated blockchain system.
61. Noted investor and one of the world’s richest man Warren Buffett said in an interview in 2014 that he thinks Bitcoin was nothing more than a “mirage” and just a way to transfer money.
62. Until 2017, institutional investors avoided investing or even talking about cryptocurrencies. This changed in December 2017 when CBOE Global Markets introduced its Bitcoin futures trading platform.
63. Although most people (more than 80% of Americans) are aware of Bitcoin, many of them have never heard of other cryptocurrencies such as ETH.
64. About 75% of people have no idea what an initial coin offering (ICO) is.
65. Even more surprising fact is that many people are not even aware of whether cryptocurrencies are legal or not in their respective countries.
66. As of 2025, Bitcoin remains the most expensive cryptocurrency, valued at around $77,000 USD per unit. The second most expensive cryptocurrency is Bitcoin Cash (BCH), priced at approximately $3,200 USD per unit.
67. As of January 1, 2025, the global Bitcoin ATM network has expanded significantly, reaching a total of 38,768 machines, a 6.02% increase from the previous year.
68. Ironically, security is one of the primary reasons people give for not use cryptocurrencies for online transactions.
69. The market capitalization of Bitcoin was 86% in 2015, which dropped to 48% in 2018.
70. As of 2025, the price of 1 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is approximately $2,100 USD.
71. As of December 2018, 259,000 Bitcoin transactions were being performed on a daily basis.
72. As of 2025, the Bitcoin mining difficulty is around 56 trillion, and the hash rate is approximately 400 EH/s (400,000,000,000 GH/s), reflecting significant growth in mining activity and network security.
73. Satoshi Nakamoto, the so-called founder of Bitcoins, is said to own 980,000 BTC.
74. As of 2017, most of the Bitcoins (96% to be exact) were owned by only 4% of all BTC addresses.
75. The increasing price and competitiveness of Bitcoin gave birth to many other alternate coins, commonly called altcoins.
76. 4.68% of youngsters have invested in some kind of cryptocurrency.
77. Only about 21.05% of cryptocurrencies have been mined, the remaining have been bought by their owners.
78. Bitcoins are so popular that they get a social media post every 3 seconds.
79. In 2017 alone, there were 914 new cryptocurrencies introduced in the market.
Here are some Interesting Facts & Stats about Blockchain (other than Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency statistics, facts):
80. Blockchain is the biggest technology evolution the world has seen after the Internet.
81. In simplest words, blockchain is a protocol for transferring money globally over a secure, transparent and immutable network.
82. In more complex terms, blockchain is an immutable, digital ledger of records, which are connected via cryptography and store verified transactions and data.
83. The Blockchain ledger is managed by a cluster of distributed nodes (computers), each of which has the same copy of records.
84. Decentralization is the main feature of blockchain which ensures that there is no centralized storing of data, which enhances the transparency and security of digital assets/data.
85. Blockchain has applications in virtually any industry that has anything to do with the storage, management, and/or transfer of digital data or assets.
86. Blockchain transactions are faster, more secure and global, as blockchain miners are working 24*7, unlike banks which operate during specific business hours only.
87. Blockchains do not have any middleman, which means the transaction costs are much lower in a blockchain as compared to the traditional banking system.
88. The global blockchain technology market was valued at USD 27.85 billion in 2024. It is expected to grow significantly, reaching USD 44.29 billion in 2025 and surging to USD 746.41 billion by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.7% during the forecast period.
89. The Finance sector, with over 60% market capitalization, is at the top of the list of industries investing in and utilizing the benefits of blockchain.
90. Owing to its immutable distributed ledger technology, blockchain tech offers possible uses to businesses in a wide range of industries.
91. As of now, supply chain management, digital currency & payments and the internet of things (IoT) were the three most common applications of the blockchain in organizations.
92. As of the first quarter of 2019, there were approximately 34.66 million blockchain wallet users worldwide. By 2025, this number has surged to around 269.47 million users, reflecting the growing adoption of blockchain technology.
Cryptocurrency Mining Facts & Statistics:
93. Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin Mining is the process of creating new blocks by verifying transactions involving various cryptocurrencies.
94. Miners are the individuals who verify blockchain transactions and get paid for each new block mined in the network.
95. Bitcoin mining difficulty is a parameter which determines how many coins will be mined in how much time.
96. The Bitcoin mining difficulty is adjusted after every 2016 blocks to ensure that it takes about 10 minutes (600 seconds) to discover each new block.
97. The price of Bitcoin is related to the mining difficulty. As the price drops, the difficulty is reduced, making it easier to mine the coins.
98. Bitcoin mining rewards are halved (reduced by 50 per cent) after every 210,000 blocks or once every four years.
99. As of April 2024, the Bitcoin mining reward was 6.25 BTC per block.
100. The third Bitcoin halving took place on May 11, 2020, reducing the reward to 6.25 Bitcoins per block. The fourth halving occurred on April 20, 2024, after block 740,000 was mined, cutting the block reward in half again from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.
101. As per the report, an average of 1800 new bitcoins are mined per day. This can be calculated by multiplying the average blocks mined per day (144) x a block having 12.5 bitcoins, so 144×12.5 = 1800.
102. As of 2025, there are approximately 1.8 million Bitcoins left to be mined.
The worth of blockchain technology lies in its usability and capability for solving real-world problems. There are a number of projects which are trying to implement the same.
Amit Gupta, who is the CEO and Founder of SAG IPL, founded this company with the vision to become the #1 provider of quality-driven and cost-effective blockchain marketing and development services in the world. As a Chartered Accountant with a keen interest in software and web development, he manages a team of over 200 professionals, comprising designers, developers, and marketers, committed to delivering top-notch web, software, mobile, and blockchain solutions to clients worldwide.
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