The ‘creator’ of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, is the world’s most elusive billionaire (worth more than $7B as of November 2017). Very few…
Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? My Quest to Unmask Bitcoin’s Creator
Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.
Australian Craig Wright claims to be Bitcoin creator
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
After Biggest IPO Ever: Is Elon Musk SpaceX's Steward?
The richest man on the planet has launched the world's biggest IPO ever. After the pricing of the SpaceX IPO was finalized yesterday, shares of the rocket-and-AI giant were traded on the NASDAQ for the first time today. The company's total valuation stands at the expected $1.75 trillion, with the roughly 550 million newly issued shares representing a value of $75 billion at the offering price ($135 per share). Shares opened approximately 11% higher on the first day of trading, touching $150. These ingredients make for the biggest IPO of all time. And for the greatest wealth in the hands of a single person: Elon Musk is, on paper at least, the first trillionaire in world history.
Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he may also be the most dangerous.
How Massive Is Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune? Spend It Yourself
WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.
Spend Elon Musk’s Money
What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.
Mapping Trump's Crypto Empire
Untangling the sprawling web of Trump family crypto ventures, and the fortune they’re making by cashing in on the presidency.
Bitcoin is fiat money, too
What Charles Kindleberger has to say about cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency 'market caps' and notional value
A naive equation works well when estimating the value of small quantities of popular crypto tokens, but it's also being used to estimate values of illiquid tokens and the market capitalization of all of crypto. Journalists are publishing misinformation and uncritically repeating these figures, helping to prop up the belief that crypto is a far larger industry than in reality.
Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record heist blamed on North Korea
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a theft that analysts blamed on North Korea and said could be the largest financial heist of all time.
Extropia's Children, Chapter 3: Extropicoin Extrapolated
Many of the 90s cypherpunks were also 90s extropians. That's why the person most closely connected with Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto is ... while certainly no longer alive ... also, some would argue, still not actually dead.
How Steve Jobs Became a Billionaire | Fortune
It wasn't Apple that made him his first billion, as a book by Pixar ex-CFO Lawrence Levy explains.
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins. Investors don’t
Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found.
Searching For Google CEO Sundar Pichai, The Most Powerful Tech Giant You’ve Never Heard Of
You may not know him by name just yet, but he’s one of the most powerful people alive. Google’s new CEO Sundar Pichai wants to bring the internet to the rest of the world, all while winning back your trust.
