Bitcoin Has Now Mined 20 Of 21 Million Coins: Here’s Why It Matters
Posted On March 9, 2026
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has crossed a major milestone with the mining of 20 million coins, leaving less than 5% of the total supply yet to be issued
Kraken noted in a Monday blog post that unlike traditional assets such as gold, Bitcoin has a hard supply cap enforced by its code and decentralized network of nodes.
The fixed limit was embedded in Bitcoin’s design by its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto in the 2009 genesis block.
Bitcoin’s issuance schedule is governed …
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