Exactly 4 months ago, a historical maximum of Bitcoin was recorded. Since then, the coins in Satoshi Nakamoto's wallets have decreased in value by tens of billions of dollars.
The condition of the anonymous creator $BTC of Bitcoin, known as Satoshi Nakamoto, has decreased by more than $60 billion since the fall amid the collapse of the leading cryptocurrency's price. Exactly four months ago, the coin set a historical record, but since then it has fallen in price by almost half.
Wallets associated with Nakamoto hold about 1.1 million bitcoins. According to the analytics platform Arkham at 4:00 PM Moscow time on February 6, they are valued at $72.6 billion. On October 6 of last year, their price reached $135 billion.
On Friday morning, the bitcoin exchange rate fell to $60,000 for the first time since October 2024. During the day, the asset recovered to $66,000, trading at 47% below its peak.
There are many theories about who may be behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, but none of them have yet received irrefutable evidence. The creators of the documentary film Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, released in October 2024 on the American television channel HBO, named developer Peter Todd as the alleged creator of bitcoin. Other popular contenders include Hal Finney, Nick Szabo, and Adam Back. All of them deny being Satoshi. There is also a widespread version that bitcoin was developed by the CIA.
On February 5, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that his personal cryptocurrency assets have depreciated by more than $3 billion. However, he does not intend to sell his coins, although he believes that the market situation will worsen.