Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious innovator of the leading global digital currency Bitcoin, has now surpassed the legendary billionaire Bill Gates in terms of net worth. This comes after Bitcoin reached a new all-time high. Now that Satoshi is richer than the co-founder of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, may be next.
Satoshi surpasses Gates in net worth
According to Arkham Intelligence, a leading platform for tracking cryptocurrency transactions, Satoshi now holds 1.096 million Bitcoins. At the current exchange rate, this amount of Bitcoin is worth 132,617,682,075 US dollars. Data indicates that this figure has increased by nearly 1% over the past twenty-four hours.
As for Bill Gates, his net worth is currently around 119 billion dollars. Satoshi Nakamoto surpasses the Microsoft founder by 13.6 billion dollars. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a net worth of 235 billion dollars.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and Meta, has a slightly larger fortune, amounting to 272.3 billion dollars. Leading them all is tech entrepreneur Elon Musk with a net worth of 419.5 billion dollars, making him the richest person in the world.
The value of Bitcoin has risen to a new all-time high, reaching 124,457 US dollars per coin. This happened twelve hours ago. Currently, Bitcoin is trading at 118,900 US dollars, down 4.25% from its all-time high.
Sharp rise in SpaceX's Bitcoin wallet prices
Arkham also released data showing a massive increase in the value of Bitcoin held by SpaceX, one of Elon Musk's leading companies. According to Arkham's tweet, SpaceX still holds 8,285 Bitcoins. Its cash value has increased by 1.67% to now reach 1,009,151,394 US dollars.