Bitcoin’s Anonymous Founder Nears Top 10 Wealthiest—Without Selling a Single Satoshi

The shadowy genius behind Bitcoin just cracked the billionaire elite—without lifting a finger. Again.

How? By doing absolutely nothing. No VC rounds, no IPO cashouts—just pure cryptographic magic and a decade of diamond-handed HODLing.

Meanwhile, Wall Street fund managers are still charging 2-and-20 for underperforming the S&P 500.

Satoshi's wallet, which got all its holdings from mining the network in its earliest days, has remained untouched since 2010. The network was still able to be run on a few laptops at the time.

None of the BTC has ever moved, sparking endless speculation about whether Nakamoto is dead, missing or simply committed to never interfering with the project again.

Unlike most billionaires, Satoshi didn’t build a company, pitch to VCs, or list anything on the stock market. And 16 years later, that quiet drop has helped spawn a $2.4 trillion network at current valuations.

Bitcoin notched a new all-time high this week, buoyed by renewed ETF inflows, inflation-hedge narratives, and persistent demand from institutions. While Satoshi’s fortune is theoretical — as none of it has been sold or verified as accessible — the valuation highlights just how far crypto has come since Satoshi's final forum post in 2011.