The Royal Government of Bhutan Becomes ‘Bitcoin King’, Now Holds 1 Billion Worth BTC

The Royal Government of Bhutan recently received earned 2.96 Bitcoin from mining and now holds around 12.562K BTC which is worth 1 Billion.

According to the blockchain intelligence platform, Arkham Intel, the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan had received a series of Bitcoin payments from Asset Mining and Staking firm, Foundry Digital a day ago. 

Courtesy: Arkham Intel

Since yesterday, Bitcoin, which was trading around $77K, has surged by 2.65%, and is trading at 81, 236 (at the time of writing). This surge seems to set in motion a new rally era for Bitcoin and other cryptos as well.. As a result of this, Bhutan’s BTC holdings value grew by 2.38%, to 23.59 Million. We had earlier reported about Bhutan’s mining endeavors which intend to utilize its hydropower that accounts for 30% of Bhutan’s GDP. Bhutan had received Bitcoin mining reward of 4.1BTC in two different transaction from ANT Mining firm.

Courtesy: Arkham Intel

Apart from Bitcoin, the isolated and sparsely populated country, also holds 656.039 Ethereum worth 2.06 Million. In total, the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan holds $1,018,291,675.99 worth of cryptocurrencies. Bhutan holds fifth place amongst the countries with highest Bitcoin holdings. 

As of November 10, the US holds the most Bitcoin with 207,189 BTC under its name, China holds 194,000 BTC, the UK holds 61,000 BTC, and Ukraine holds 46,351 BTC.

Bitcoin’s consistent surge was triggered especially after pro-Bitcoin Republican Donald Trump won the US Elections 2024. Our recent Bitcoin Prediction aligns with the expectation of a more favorable regulatory environment under Trump, which could further fuel BTC’s upward trend.

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