Bitcoin’s Mysterious Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Now Ranks as World’s 11th Wealthiest Person

The crypto world's biggest ghost just got richer—way richer. Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto has quietly slid into the top 11 wealthiest people on Earth, proving once again that the best trade is inventing the damn asset class.

Move over, Zuckerberg—there's a new tech oligarch in town (even if nobody knows who they really are). Nakamoto's estimated 1M BTC stash—untouched since 2010—is now worth over $60B thanks to Bitcoin's relentless climb. Not bad for code written in a basement.

Wall Street bankers are reportedly grinding their teeth to nubs. While they chase 2% management fees, some anonymous coder's decade-old side project outpaces entire hedge fund careers. The ultimate HODL pays off—with interest.

In Brief

• With bitcoin at $122,500, Satoshi Nakamoto’s fortune reaches about $134.26 billion, placing him 11th among the world’s richest.
• He would need bitcoin to reach $370,000 to surpass Elon Musk and his $404 billion. 
• Nakamoto, who still holds 1.096 million bitcoins, has never sold a single token since the network’s creation.

What if silence became heavier than gold?

There are fortunes that shine under photographers’ flashes, and others that lie dormant in the shadows, like well-kept secrets. Satoshi Nakamoto, this name that is neither a name nor a person, but a myth, a mystery, a story half-whispered in the digital corridors of the modern world. And now this faceless figure has just knocked on the door of the ultra-rich club. We did not hear him enter, but bitcoin shouted for two.

At $122,500 per token, the VIRTUAL currency has propelled its creator to the 11th rank among the world’s richest. Higher than Michael Dell. Higher than many men who have shown everything, said everything, displayed everything. 

Satoshi, however, has never sold anything. He still holds 1.096 million bitcoins, spread across a constellation of dormant wallets. Frozen figures, but behind them, a vertigo: the world’s most silent fortune.

Climbing to the top with bitcoin without ever climbing the ladder

The summit is still far away. To surpass Elon Musk, still perched at the top with $404 billion, bitcoin would have to reach about $370,000, a 202% increase. A climb that seems crazy, but is not so much in the crypto universe, where the unreal often becomes reality.

Predictions are running wild. Bloomberg mentions an annual growth of 50%, Bitwise talks about $200,000 by the end of 2025, and Arthur Hayes aims for $250,000 this year. Meanwhile, Satoshi Nakamoto says nothing. He sells nothing. He remains there, like a lighthouse that shines without ever moving.

This detachment fascinates. Why keep these coins intact? Why never have cashed out a single profit? Some see it as an ethical stance, others, a conviction. As if Satoshi never wanted to be rich, but only to change the rules of the game.

The true power of Nakamoto is not his wealth. It is his absence. His refusal to exist in this globalized theater that is modern capitalism. A ghost billionaire in a world of lights.

So yes, if bitcoin reaches $370,000, he or she, or the group, will become the richest person in the world. But without ever showing up. Like an idea that takes power without uttering a word. Maybe that’s the real revolution: not the one imposed by force, but the one that moves forward silently. While everyone is looking for a leader, bitcoin climbs higher, surpasses Amazon, and becomes the fifth most powerful asset in the world.

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