Bitcoin Treasury Survey Shows Investors Expect Major Balance Sheet Growth in 2026
Bitcoin treasury investors and observers are heading into 2026 with confidence, expecting public companies to hold significantly more bitcoin, expand digital credit offerings, and weather external pressures with balance sheets largely intact.
Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Poised for Expansion in 2026, Survey Finds
That optimism comes through clearly in the first-ever audience survey conducted by bitcointreasuries.net, which gathered responses from individual investors, executives, and institutional participants closely tracking corporate bitcoin strategies.
According to the results, respondents overwhelmingly expect growth—not retrenchment—across the treasury sector. The most striking projection centers on total corporate bitcoin holdings. Survey participants noted that public companies collectively held nearly 1.1 million bitcoin after adding roughly 500,000 bitcoin in 2025.
Looking ahead, nearly one-third of respondents expect that figure to climb to about 1.7 million bitcoin by the end of 2026, while another 30.9% anticipate holdings reaching 2.2 million bitcoin or more. Only a small minority expects overall holdings to decline.
Company-specific expectations follow a similar pattern. Nearly 90% of respondents believe Strategy will increase its bitcoin stack, with the most common estimate placing its 2026 holdings near 1 million bitcoin. Metaplanet also drew strong support, with roughly half of respondents expecting the Japanese firm to meet or exceed its 100,000- bitcoin target by the end of 2026 and many projecting continued progress toward its longer-term goals.
