COINDESK DAILY: Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Canadian?

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry including the mystery behind the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Trump, encourages family-linked World Liberty Financial to buy bitcoin, the SEC scales down and reassigns crypto enforcement staff, and the mystery behind the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, deepens. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee anchors “CoinDesk Daily.” - From our sponsor: In Chinese, belief means trust. For 10 years, Consensus has united those who believe in building a new internet where everyone has value. Join us at Consensus Hong Kong February 18 - 20, 2025 where belief becomes real. Connect with global leaders, innovators, and investors shaping the future of Web3, and experience the power of collaboration at the industry's most influential event. Register now: https://go.coindesk.com/3BeigBq - This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Is Satoshi Canadian? Cracken may know the answer.
0:04.3	It's Thursday, February 6, 2025. I'm Christine Lee. This is Coindess Daily.
0:14.4	We all want to believe in something. In Chinese, belief also means trust. We want to trust our
0:20.8	systems and each other so we can build a future beyond what we know.
0:25.2	Join us at Consensus Hong Kong, where belief becomes real.
0:29.6	Bitcoin in positive territory is President Donald Trump's son, Eric, encourages family-linked
0:34.7	World Liberty Financial to invest in Bitcoin, saying on X,
0:38.8	it feels like a great time to enter BTC, World Liberty Financial.
0:44.2	Sharing in the optimism, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, saying,
0:48.0	to give you a sense of how big the upcoming bull market is for crypto,
0:51.9	we just absorbed a downturn that was larger than the collapse
0:55.5	of Luna or FTX and have already nearly recovered. 710 billion in losses and 740,000
1:03.5	traders liquidated in 24 hours, 2025 is crypto's year. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange
1:10.7	Commission is reportedly scaling back its
1:12.7	crypto enforcement efforts, reassigning a special unit of more than 50 lawyers and staff
1:17.9	dedicated to investing crypto companies, including Jorge Tenrero, the top crypto litigator
1:23.7	at the agency who is now being sent to the IT department.
1:26.9	Finally, that unrelenting question, who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
1:32.3	While Bitcoiners may scold those who attempt to docks the synonymous creator of Bitcoin,
1:36.3	Connor Grogan, a director of Coinbase, went through Satoshi Nakamoto's wallets
1:41.3	and speculates that Nakamoto may have used a Canadian Bitcoin exchange
1:45.3	called Kaverdex that was eventually bought by Krakken.
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