The creator of bitcoin was among the 50 richest people in the world this weekend
$19.4 billion
Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of cryptocurrency bitcoin, owns 980,000 bitcoins. Over the weekend, bitcoin reached almost $20,000. At that value, Nakamoto would own $19.4 billion.
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At that level of wealth, Nakamoto is among the 50 richest people in the world, between Stefan Persson, the owner of Swedish retailer H&M, and Theo Albrecht, the owner of German grocer Aldi.
But when the price of bitcoin fell to almost $18,000, Nakamoto’s worth plunged by more than $1 billion. The bitcoin creator’s position in the richest people list followed suit.
