Bitcoin Smashes $2 Trillion Barrier—Leaves Google and Meta in the Dust. Apple, You’re on the Clock

Bitcoin just bulldozed past a $2 trillion market cap—overtaking tech giants Google and Meta in a single bound. The crypto asset now sits comfortably in the big leagues, rubbing shoulders with the likes of gold and mega-cap stocks.

Wall Street analysts are scrambling to update their spreadsheets, while traditional finance pundits mutter about ’bubbles’ between sips of overpriced coffee. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s relentless climb begs the question: Who’s next in its crosshairs? Apple’s $3 trillion throne looks shakier by the day.

Funny how the ’magic internet money’ skeptics laughed at in 2010 now makes their beloved blue-chip stocks look like slow-moving tortoises. The decentralized upstart isn’t asking for permission—it’s rewriting the rules.

Source: CoinMarketCap

The world’s largest digital asset first hit the milestone late last year, but Q1 2025 headwinds contracted its market size to nearly $1.5 trillion. 

Given the renewed risk-on sentiment after the China-U.S. trade deal, the asset reclaimed the $2 trillion market cap again, making it the 6th most valuable commodity globally. 

BTC to become a top 5 global asset

At press time, the asset traded at $102K, and the market cap was $2.046 trillion.

There were only seven assets with a market size of over two trillion. Google ranks seventh while Amazon was in the top five with $2.182 trillion. 

Source: Companies Marketcap

Assuming the market sizes of the top five remain constant, BTC WOULD need to hit $110K to flip Amazon as the fifth-largest asset. 

To replace Apple from the fourth position at a market cap of $3.155 trillion, the BTC price must surge above $158K.  

Since the $110K-$200K range has been cited as a potential BTC target by December 2025, the asset could become the fourth most valuable asset in the world this year. 

So what’s driving BTC’s explosive market growth? 

According to CryptoQuant, the U.S. spot BTC ETF inflows were the main catalyst for the growth, per realized capital (realized cap). 

Between April lows and BTC’s current level above $100K, the realized cap surged from $869 billion to $906 billion. In short, over $36 billion in new capital flowed into the market in the past six weeks.

CryptoQuant noted that the growth trend in realized cap could push BTC to a new ATH (all-time high). 

“If the trend of increasing realized capitalization continues, suggesting ongoing investor confidence in Bitcoin, it is very likely that Bitcoin will surpass its ATH in the near future.”

Source: CryptoQuant

If the projection is validated, BTC could at least knock out Amazon from the top five global asset position.