Nakamoto Atoshi, the creator of Bitcoin’s anonymous, ranks as the 11th wealthiest person on the planet if you count his undistributed coins as liquid assets.
He holds around 1.096 million BTC, which is about $129 billion based on Arkham Intelligence figures. It drove him right in front of Michael Dell’s $125 billion and chased Sergey Brin’s $140 billion.
Satoshi’s property of numbers
According to Arkham Intelligence, these 1.096 million BTCs have not been moved since they were mined in the early days of Bitcoin. At today’s prices, they’ll be around $129.233 billion.
Source: Arkham Intelligence
For context, that sum slots Satoshi above Dell and below Bryn in the actual billionaires list. That list doesn’t officially include Satoshi, but plugging his holding into Forbes tracker clearly illustrates where he falls.
Bitcoin prices have accounted for nearly $118,000 in recent sessions. If it stays there, Satoshi’s interests remain paper wealth. There are no indications he plans to sell. Oilizing these coins into the market can cause prices to crash, so his property could continue to get stuck at the top of the ledger rather than at the bank.
$400,000 price target
Based on a report from an anonymous trader known as APSK32, Bitcoin could rise to $400,000. The call comes from a three-plot model that compares Bitcoin’s market capitalization with gold’s history. Gold peaks at $3,500 per ounce, and APSK32 claims that when both are measured in units of gold, they follow a similar pattern.
The first plot of the model tracks the price of gold per ounce over time. The second shows the market capitalization of Bitcoin plotted against these gold-based values. A straight trend line appears where APSK32 is linked to Metcalfe’s law. This is the theory that network value grows roughly to the user’s square.
The third plot is a log chart similar to Bitcoin’s well-known rainbow chart, but focuses on the “year ahead” support bands from 0 to 5 years ago on the implicit price line.
Model and Market Warning
According to that framework, Bitcoin has never drilled a 5-year-old band even in the bubbles of the past. The 1 year old line is currently located at nearly $400,000.
If history is available, BTC can respect that band as a ceiling or floor, depending on macro factors such as market mood and Federal Reserve policy and global demand.
Even if Bitcoin reaches $400,000, that jump represents an increase of over 200% from today’s level. Prediction is a chart-clad guess. They help them find possible paths, but the market often surprises everyone.
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