Binance’s CZ Drops Bombshell: ’Satoshi Nakamoto Could Be a Time-Traveling AI’

In a twist that cuts through crypto’s usual conspiracy theories, former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speculates Bitcoin’s creator might be artificial intelligence from the future. The claim bypasses typical ’whodunit’ debates—replacing them with sci-fi intrigue.

Why now? With regulators clawing at crypto’s legitimacy, what better distraction than an existential curveball? (Bonus jab: Wall Street analysts still can’t decide if this would make BTC more or less volatile than their morning coffee trades.)

One thing’s certain: if true, this AI played the ultimate long game—launching decentralized money before humans could regulate it into oblivion.

The future of Bitcoin after Satoshi Nakamoto

During the interview, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao declared that Bitcoin will be “bigger than gold.” He explained that most people tend to compare Bitcoin to gold because they need something they are already familiar with to make sense of something new.

However, he does not believe gold is an equal match for Bitcoin.

“Humans also have a tendency to not always use something old to estimate something new. We do not estimate the potential of Tesla using digital cars. We do no estimate the future of what Bitcoin can do based on what gold can do,” said CZ.

“So Bitcoin will be way bigger than gold. I’m very convinced on that, it just takes time. I just don’t know when it will happen. But it will happen,” he continued.

Most recently, on April 23, Bitcoin became the fifth largest asset by market cap, beating silver, Amazon, and Google. Many people like ARK Investment CEO Cathie Wood also predicted Bitcoin’s market cap may someday surpass gold’s.

At press time, Bitcoin has fallen to seventh place with a market cap of $1.88 trillion. While gold maintains its top spot with a market cap of $22.1 trillion.