The latest holder data from Santiment shows crypto adoption continuing to rise even as prices lack a clear bullish trend. Santiment’s holder count measures addresses with non-empty balances, and Bitcoin, XRP, and Ethereum stand out in the snapshot.
Bitcoin’s non-empty wallet count sits at about 59.08 million, bringing the network close to the 60 million mark. That sizable ownership base has developed despite several months of difficult price action and a correction from its 2025 peak. The timing of this wallet growth coincides with a renewed pickup in institutional demand: SoSoValue data show Spot Bitcoin ETF flows were positive in March and April after four straight months of net outflows from late November 2025 through February 2026, which totaled roughly $4 billion.
Santiment places XRP’s non-empty wallet count at 7.8 million. While modest compared with Bitcoin, this figure reflects steady adoption over the past 18 months since XRP began trading again in the U.S., a trend that has not been matched by equally strong price performance.
The broader market comparison emphasizes Ethereum’s dominance by user count. Ethereum is nearing 190 million non-empty wallets for the first time, with about 189.5 million — roughly 3.2 times Bitcoin’s holder count. Other asset counts reported by Santiment include Tether on Ethereum at 13.61 million, Dogecoin at 8.25 million, USDC at 6.76 million, Cardano at 4.63 million, and Chainlink at 870,720 non-empty wallets.
These holder numbers underline how far crypto adoption has come. Research estimates around 559 million people owned cryptocurrency in 2026, a roughly 9.9% global adoption rate, with further growth expected as clearer regulations emerge in the U.S. and other major jurisdictions.