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HMRC Data Reveals 240 UK Crypto Millionaires
Two hundred and forty people reported more than £1 million each in crypto capital gains for the 2024–25 UK tax year, according to new HMRC data. The figures measure declared taxable gains—not total crypto wealth or every profit generated in the country.
The group reported £717 million in combined gains. Across 17,600 individuals, HMRC recorded £1.38 billion in taxable crypto capital gains, an average of roughly £78,000 among those reporting.
Taxpayers in the dataset declared approximately £13.8 billion in disposal proceeds. That number is not profit: disposal value includes the gross proceeds from transactions before allowable costs and losses determine the taxable gain.
A partial view of the market
The statistics capture self-reported tax data. They do not measure wallets whose owners did not report, assets that were not disposed of, unrealized appreciation or the complete crypto holdings of UK residents.
Blue Rogues interpretation: the release is important because it replaces anecdotes about crypto wealth with a documented tax base. It also shows how incomplete current visibility remains. Enforcement depends on accurate taxpayer reporting and the quality of data available to HMRC.
That information environment is changing. The UK began implementing the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework in January 2026, with HMRC expecting new international reporting data from 2027. The framework is intended to increase automatic exchange of information between tax authorities and crypto service providers.
What changes next
The most consequential development is not the count of 240 high-gain taxpayers. It is the move toward transaction-level reporting capable of matching platform activity with tax declarations.
Future HMRC releases should reveal whether declared participation and gains rise as reporting coverage improves. Until then, the published figures should be treated as a verified floor within the reporting system—not a complete map of UK crypto wealth.
Sources:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/240-crypto-millionaires-revealed-in-new-government-data
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/capital-gains-tax-statistics