This is how much Bitcoin there is left to mine and who owns all of it so far
Published on Feb 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM (UTC+4)
by Daisy Edwards
Last updated on Feb 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
This is how much Bitcoin there is left to mine and who owns all of it so far – and honestly, the numbers are wilder than most people expect.
Bitcoin has a built-in limit of 21 million coins, full stop.
As of February 2026, about 19,127,250 BTC have already been mined, which means only 1,872,750 are still up for grabs.
That is just 8.9 percent left, and with Bitcoin recently hitting an all-time high of around $120,781, the race for the remaining slice is heating up.
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There isn’t much Bitcoin left
When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, nearly the entire 21 million supply of cryptocurrency was untouched, but fast forward 17 years, and more than 91 percent is already out in the world.
New Bitcoin does not just appear overnight, either, because the system cuts mining rewards every four years, meaning fewer and fewer coins are released as time goes on.
The final Bitcoin is not expected to be mined until around 2140, but most of the action has already happened.
There is also a twist: around 12.1 percent of all Bitcoin, roughly 2,550,000 BTC, is considered lost or tied to early wallets that have never moved.
That includes coins believed to belong to the cryptocurrency’s mysterious creator, which means that, in other words, a big chunk of supply is basically frozen in time.
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Who owns all this digital gold?
So who is actually holding all this digital gold?
Regular people dominate the scene, controlling 62.7 percent of the total supply, or about 13,156,748 BTC.
That means everyday investors still make up the biggest slice of the pie.
Big players are in the mix too: ETFs and funds hold 7.6 percent, companies account for 5.6 percent, and governments sit on around 3.1 percent, which works out to roughly 647,000 BTC.
With less than nine percent left to mine and ownership already spread across millions of wallets, Bitcoin is starting to look a lot like a treasure chest that has been looted.
The countdown is on, and the remaining coins are getting harder to find by the day.
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