Samson Mow leaked a "spoiler" on Twitter, claiming that Adam Back is actually Satoshi Nakamoto 🙀

🚀 After this, Back briefly surged to the top on Polymarket, where users are betting on who will be revealed as Satoshi in the upcoming HBO documentary. Yesterday, 22% of the site's users voted for Back. However, Adam Back denied the claim, calling it "just a joke." 🤷

📊 As of today, the leaderboard on Polymarket has evened out. Adam Back now shares the top spot with Len Sassaman and Nick Szabo, all of whom have between 10-13% of the votes.

🗣 The debate about the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto continues, with the HBO documentary further fueling speculation.

Results of Bitcoin's growth last nine fourth quarters 🧐

The worst periods are tied to bear markets, which suggests that we might be heading into a more optimistic phase. 📈

Holders of VAI, TORN, OMG, WAVES, XEM, BOND, DOCK, MDX, POLS, and PURSE tokens on Binance will face a forced conversion of these assets into USDC based on the average token-to-USDC rate between 2024-10-29 00:00 (UTC) and 2025-04-28 23:59 (UTC).

These tokens will also be delisted from Binance. 🤷

Those who are dissatisfied can withdraw their coins before October 28.

In 2024, the global number of cryptocurrency holders has surpassed 650 million. 🚀

This figure is still lower than the number of internet users back in 1999. 🤷

The internet hit 1 billion users by 2001 and crossed the 2 billion mark in 2007. However, the rate of growth of cryptocurrency users is higher, so we may not have to wait several years for the first billion 🧐.

Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg ETF specialist, faced heavy backlash after claiming Ethereum (ETH) is less secure than Bitcoin (BTC). 🧐

🕵️‍♂️ In a now-deleted post, he referenced a book that suggested the U.S. government could shut down Ethereum by turning off Amazon Web Services (AWS) and even proposed a bizarre theory involving Vitalik Buterin being kidnapped to manipulate ETH.

🔴 Critics, including Ethereum educator Anthony Sassano, slammed the post as “blatant misinformation” and “propaganda.” Sassano didn’t hold back, calling Balchunas irresponsible for spreading the claims.

🔍 Facts: Only 28.4% of Ethereum nodes rely on AWS, and the idea of government shutdowns or kidnapping schemes has been thoroughly debunked.

Despite the backlash, Ethereum developers continue pushing for more decentralization with solo staking and lower hardware requirements. 💻

Here’s how the prices of cryptocurrencies that formed the core stack of the bankrupt FTX exchange have changed since November 2022. 🧐

The amount of staked Ethereum has reached 34,435,000 ETH ($84 billion), which is 29% of the total supply of the second-largest cryptocurrency. 🔥

It's worth noting that at the beginning of the year, this figure was 23.8%, and around 5,165,000 ETH have been staked for more than 3 years. 📈

Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd, according to HBO

The main piece of evidence HBO presents is that Peter Todd left a strange comment on Satoshi's post in 2010, allegedly forgetting to switch accounts. 😳 However, this is more of an ancient legend, unverified by facts.

Other arguments are downright laughable:

▪️Satoshi posted on a schedule that coincides with a student’s, posting more on weekends. At that time, Todd was a student. 😁

▪️Todd implemented the "replace-by-fee" (RBF) concept, which was discussed in a thread on the same forum. Todd used the alias "John Dillon" to promote RBF. 🤔

▪️Both used British/Canadian spelling.

▪️At one point, Todd discussed "donating" BTC — it's suggested this refers to Satoshi's coin destruction. 🤯

Peter Todd himself denies any involvement in the creation of BTC.

The market has not reacted to the "revelation" of Satoshi Nakamoto's identity. 🤷

Today, live on X, tokens DOGS and NOT worth $4,000,000 will be burned at 1 PM UTC. 🔥

A second application for an XRP ETF has been submitted to the SEC by Canary Capital, following Bitwise. 🚀

This is the company founded by Valkyrie creator Stephen McClurg.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reacted violently to this news. 😏

The number of TON holders has reached 100 million! 🚀

At the beginning of the year, there were only 4.3 million TON holders.

Mass adoption through Telegram is going well! 👍

Peter Todd, whom HBO has identified as the real Satoshi Nakamoto, mentions that he will probably have to run for president now. 🤷😁

🚨 US Government's $4.38B Bitcoin Stash: To Sell or Not to Sell? 💼💰

As Uncle Sam takes full custody of 69,370 Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road, speculation is heating up! 🚀 Critics like Peter Schiff are having a field day, suggesting the government might offload the stash before the 2024 elections—just like Germany’s crypto sell-off! 🇩🇪

Schiff even took a playful jab at Bitcoin mega-bull Michael Saylor, saying MicroStrategy should borrow $4.3B and buy the whole lot! 😆 But the big question remains:Will Saylor step in? 🧐

With Bitcoin potentially dropping below $50K if a liquidation happens, traders are on edge. 🛑 And with the election around the corner, selling off Bitcoin could sway those crypto-friendly voters! 🗳

👴 86-Year-Old Lawyer’s Crypto Ponzi Gone Wrong! 💸⚖️

David Kagel, an 86-year-old former California lawyer, just got sentenced to 5 years probation for his role in a $9.5 million crypto Ponzi scheme. And the cherry on top? He owes nearly $14 million! 😳

Kagel promised investors sky-high returns (up to 100%!) and even claimed to have 1,000 Bitcoins in escrow. Spoiler: he didn’t. 🧐 Now he’s serving probation in a senior care facility, complete with a monitoring device!

Crypto Ponzi schemes and bad health—talk about retirement goals gone wrong! 😅

Ireland’s Biggest Bitcoin Mystery: Gone Fishing? 🎣💸

🇮🇪 Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is sitting on a goldmine—or should we say Bitcoinmine — worth $378 million. The catch? They can’t access it! 💀

This massive BTC stash, seized from drug dealer Clifton Collins, is locked in 12 wallets, but the seed phrases? Allegedly hidden in a fishing rod case... which conveniently vanished after a break-in. 🎣🤦‍♂️

Now, CAB’s got Bitcoin they can’t touch, and the drug dealer’s probably having a laugh somewhere.😂

🚨 Feds vs. Meme Coin Manipulators! 🎭

In a plot twist straight out of a crypto drama, the feds charged 14 individuals and four companies—including Gotbit, the so-called "meme coin market maker"—for manipulating the market and wash trading. 💸

The FBI even got creative, launching a fake token called NexFundAI as part of their sting operation, "Operation Token Mirrors." 🎣 And surprise! Gotbit’s CEO, who once bragged about faking crypto trade volumes, got caught in Portugal. He now awaits extradition. 🚔

Looks like the DOJ decided that meme coins + pump-and-dump = jail time! 😂

🚨 China is selling confiscated ETH! 🤑

The Chinese government just transferred 15,700 ETH ($37.68M) seized from PlusToken, with over 7,000 ETH headed to exchanges—likely for a big sell-off! 😱

And that's just a drop in the bucket: they still hold 542,000 ETH worth $1.3 billion. Looks like the market is about to get flooded with Ethereum!

Crypto traders: "Hold onto your wallets, an ETH storm is coming!" 🌊

The price of ether has fallen slightly over the past day - minus 1.7% 🥱

Gary Gensler on Crypto: "It’s Not Gonna Be a Currency, Folks!" 🎤

SEC Chair Gary Gensler just dropped some Plato-level wisdom at NYU, saying that Bitcoin and other cryptos likely won’t ever be used as real currencies. 🧐

Instead, they'll probably remain stores of value. According to Gensler, "bad money drives out the good" (Gresham’s Law, anyone?). In short: no room for multiple currencies, sorry BTC! 💸

And the punchline? Gensler quipped that many crypto "leaders" are either in jail or waiting for extradition! 👀 With scams, grifters, and fraudsters running wild, he says crypto's future depends on... disclosures.

So, crypto bros, disclosure is the new moonshot! 🌝

🚀 Vitalik Buterin for a Nobel Prize? 🏆

Economist Tyler Cowen believes Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin is a top contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics! 💡 Cowen and his colleague Alex Tabarrok even compared Ethereum's smooth transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake to “changing tires while the car is still driving.” 🚗⚙️

Tabarrok chimed in, saying Satoshi Nakamoto should also win the prize—if only he wasn’t dead. 😅

With Buterin creating Ethereum, disproving Mises' regression theorem, and even focusing on charity, Cowen jokes: “What else does Vitalik need to do to get a Nobel?” 🤔

🔎 In the last 72 hours, more than 37,000 BTC worth $2.53 billion has been withdrawn from crypto exchanges! 💸

Looks like we’re seeing a replay of mid-May, when Bitcoin’s price shot up from $62K to $72K. Could it be a sign of another "To the Moon" mission? 🚀 Or just whales taking a stroll with their bags? 🐳