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Mysterious Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Is ‘Unmasked’ As British Nerd Who Could Secretly Be Worth $70bn
gulf_insider75d ago

Mysterious Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Is ‘Unmasked’ As British Nerd Who Could Secretly Be Worth $70bn

The New York Times published an investigation on Wednesday arguing that Adam Back, the British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is the most likely person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym used by Bitcoin’s creator. Back denied the claim, telling Cointelegraph he was referring reporters to his post on X after previously rejecting similar attempts to identify him as Satoshi. Back reiterated in the post that he is not Satoshi, adding that he “was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash, hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list which led to hashcash and other ideas.” The investigation was conducted by John Carreyrou, a French-American investigative journalist best known for exposing the Theranos fraud. In the report, he claims that Back, who was cited in Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, actively discussed electronic cash for years, then vanished just as Bitcoin (BTC) emerged, only to reappear after Satoshi disappeared. The story revives one of Bitcoin’s oldest mysteries by putting one of the protocol’s earliest and most influential cryptographers at the center of a new attempt to identify Satoshi, but the case remains circumstantial without cryptographic proof. [...]

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google75d ago

Circle rolls out USDC payments platform that lets users pay without holding stablecoins - The Block

Circle rolls out USDC payments platform that lets users pay without holding stablecoins The Block Circle Mint Singapore Now Offers Stablecoin Payouts to Partners Across Asia Blockonomi Circle Introduces Fiat-First Blockchain Payment Infrastructure for Institutions Intellectia AI Thunes Joins Circle Payments Network Managed Payments to Advance Global Payment Interoperability Thunes.com Thunes Circle's Payments Play: Flow Metrics vs. Price Action Bitget

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Morgan Stanley Launches Low-Fee Bitcoin ETF To Rival BlackRock, Grayscale
benzinga75d ago

Morgan Stanley Launches Low-Fee Bitcoin ETF To Rival BlackRock, Grayscale

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), a new exchange-traded product designed to track the performance of Bitcoin, marking its entry into the digital asset space. Lowest Fee Among Competitors The product represents the first crypto-focused ETP from a U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager — Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS ) — highlighting rising institutional demand for regulated Bitcoin exposure. MSBT uses the CoinDesk Bitcoin Benchmark as its pricing reference and offers a 0.14% sponsor fee, undercutting major competitors such ... Full story available on Benzinga.com

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ebmnews75d ago

Rupee surges 52 paise to 92.54 against dollar; US-Iran ceasefire, RBI stance lift sentiment

The rupee appreciated 52 paise to close at 92.54 against the US dollar on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week suspension of military strikes against Iran and the Reserve Bank kept policy rates unchanged, PTI reported.Forex traders said investor sentiment improved following Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s assurance that recent forex measures do not [...]

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GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish Rally Targets 1.35 as Scotiabank Charts Reveal Critical Momentum
bitcoinworld75d ago

GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish Rally Targets 1.35 as Scotiabank Charts Reveal Critical Momentum

BitcoinWorld GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish Rally Targets 1.35 as Scotiabank Charts Reveal Critical Momentum The British Pound continues its impressive ascent against the US Dollar, with technical analysis from Scotiabank indicating the GBP/USD pair now eyes the psychologically significant 1.35 level. This development, observed [...] This post GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish Rally Targets 1.35 as Scotiabank Charts Reveal Critical Momentum first appeared on BitcoinWorld .

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