ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine editor The Bitcoin Historian, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto has become the 16th richest person in the world with a personal wealth valuation of $106 billion, as the price of Bitcoin reached $106,000, surpassing Michael Bloomberg.

ChainCatcher message, regarding the recent market attention on the quantum computer chip Willow and the freezing of Satoshi Nakamoto's private key, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian quoted crypto researcher Jeffrey Scholz's tweet: "The current dozens of quantum gates are still millions of gates away from being able to crack Bitcoin private keys. Increasing this number of quantum gates is not easy, and the noise and error rates will also increase, ultimately resulting in a quickly produced waste in the real world... Let's worry about Satoshi's private key in a few decades."

ChainCatcher news, Ava Labs founder Emin Gün Sirer stated, "While the latest developments in quantum computing are astonishing, they do not pose a threat to the security of cryptocurrencies, at least not at this moment! As for the question of whether Satoshi's 1 million bitcoins might be at risk from quantum threats, it uses a very old payment public key (P2PK) format, which exposes the public key and gives attackers time. As QC becomes a threat, the Bitcoin community may want to consider freezing Satoshi's tokens, or more generally, providing a shutdown date and freezing all tokens on P2PK utxos."

ChainCatcher message, Bloomberg senior analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform: "The total Bitcoin holdings of U.S. spot ETFs have just surpassed the holdings of Satoshi Nakamoto, currently holding over 1.1 million coins, more than anyone else in the world. These funds have been established for less than a year, they are simply at the 'baby' level."

ChainCatcher news, according to U.today, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz stated in a recent interview with CNBC that he does not believe Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is still alive. Novogratz commented on Bitcoin's historic surge, saying: "If Satoshi is still alive (because I believe he is no longer with us), I am sure he would have a radiant smile on his face when he sees Bitcoin breaking the $100,000 price barrier for the first time in history; Bitcoin is the best example of a collective achievement."Novogratz also pointed out that there is a global surge in Bitcoin purchases, making it one of the first global assets. He warned that there is a lot of leverage in the system, so he is certain there will be one or two sharp corrections that will "test your soul," and this leverage will ultimately be cleared out.

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng commented on a social media post discussing the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, stating, "The best part of Bitcoin's design is that Satoshi retired early and will never come back."

ChainCatcher news, according to data disclosed by Cointelegraph on the X platform, the holdings of Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States are just 13,000 coins away from surpassing those of Satoshi Nakamoto, holding 1,083,000 coins and 1,096,000 coins respectively.

ChainCatcher news, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor expressed gratitude to Satoshi Nakamoto on Thanksgiving in the United States. He wrote on the X platform: "Thank you, Satoshi Nakamoto."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin research company BTCparse recently published an article stating that a large number of Bitcoin wallet addresses were created in 2010, each holding 50 Bitcoins. These addresses were not transferred until they were "activated" for the first time in November 2019, and the article referred to them as the "2010 giant whales."The theory suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto owns these wallets and has been slowly selling off the holdings while deliberately ignoring the wallets from 2009 to avoid drawing attention. "This makes me suspect that the mysterious 2010 giant whales might actually be Satoshi Nakamoto." However, BTCparse emphasized that this is just a "theory, not a conclusion."

ChainCatcher news, in an interview on stage at the Cantor Crypto conference, NBA retired star Scottie Pippen revealed that he personally met Satoshi Nakamoto in 1993.Pippen posted on the X platform in September that he had "met" Satoshi Nakamoto again in a "dream." Pippen revealed that Satoshi indicated Bitcoin would reach "$84,650" on November 5, 2024.While participating in the show "Making Money," Pippen stated, "Satoshi didn't explain anything to me back then (in 1993). If he had explained it at that time, I would definitely be ahead by a lot now. Like most people, I also started late. I only began to really understand Bitcoin last year when its price was about $33,000 each. So I started to seriously study the entire cryptocurrency world, trying to learn a bit more about it."

ChainCatcher news, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated on social media, "The total supply of Bitcoin is 21 million, of which nearly 20 million Bitcoins have been mined.It is estimated that 4 to 5 million Bitcoins are permanently lost. Satoshi Nakamoto's address holds over 1 million Bitcoins. Spot ETFs have already held over 1 million Bitcoins.The number of Bitcoins held by MicroStrategy (MSTR) is expected to reach 400,000. This is not a price prediction, but the number of Bitcoins available for circulation is indeed limited."

ChainCatcher message, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, yesterday, a Bitcoin wallet from the Satoshi era woke up after 14 years of dormancy, containing 2,000 BTC (178 million USD). In the past 24 hours, this wallet has deposited all its BTC into exchanges, including:1,038.87 BTC (92.93 million USD) deposited into Coinbase;591.46 BTC (52 million USD) deposited into BitFlyer;369.66 BTC (33.04 million USD) deposited into Bitstamp.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, the total holdings of Bitcoin ETFs worldwide have now surpassed the holdings of Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet address.