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Has the mystery surrounding Satoshi Nakamoto been solved?
By Alexander Bechtel The New York Times claims to have solved the biggest mystery in the crypto world and identified Adam Back as Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto owns over a million bitcoins worth around $80 billion, though they have never been moved. When two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Carreyrou publishes a new investigative report,…
The quantum dilemma: Bitcoin faces a cultural test
By Alexander Bechtel For Bitcoin, the race against the first quantum computer is much more than a software update: it is a decision about whether to abandon the principles of immutability and decentralization for the security of billions in assets. It is a technological race whose outcome will determine the fate of assets that in…
What is the fair value of Bitcoin?
By Alexander Bechtel The debate about the fair value of Bitcoin is polarizing the financial world. While critics dismiss the cryptocurrency as a worthless object of speculation, the number of supporters is growing – also in traditional financial circles. The debate about the fair value of Bitcoin is often conducted with great passion and polarizes…
The Bitcoin ETF – a milestone despite the lack of a price explosion
By Alexander Bechtel The US regulatory authority SEC approves a total of eleven Bitcoin ETF applications. A milestone for Bitcoin, but the hoped-for price explosion has failed to materialize. Here are the reasons. Last week, the financial markets experienced one of those moments that could go down in history. It started on Tuesday with a…