Cryptocurrency traders in the US earned roughly $4 billion last year from Bitcoin investment, Chainalysis reveals A recent report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has shown that US crypto users hauled in $4.1 billion from trading in the leading crypto Bitcoin. China came in second place with an estimated gain totalling $1.1 billion, closely followed by Japan, whose investors brought in 0.9 billion. The UK completed the top four list with an estimated realised crypto gain of $0.1 billion less than Japan. “US investors collectively made over $4 billion in realised Bitcoin gains in 2020, more than 3x the next highest country, China. This may seem surprising considering that China historically has by far the highest raw cryptocurrency transaction volume, but […] US-focused exchanges saw huge inflows in 2020 that appear to have been realised toward the end of the year….”