Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, in a recent tweet, is the Bitcoin creator of the US Securities Exchange Commission, known as the SEC, and famous investor Tim Draper. Satoshi NakamotoHe claimed that he might know the true identity of . Here are the details of the claim.
🚨SCOOP: It would appear @SECGov and @TimDraper know who Satoshi Nakamoto is. Check out this entry from Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 @ 11:00AM…
More on this @LizClaman @FoxBusiness at 3:45PM @CGasparino pic.twitter.com/eEUJqJe8zV
— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) September 27, 2022
Terrett’s claim, which hit the agenda like a bombshell, was shared after former SEC chairman Bill Hinman obtained a copy of the meeting calendar. Meeting appointments arranged by SEC official Valerie Szczepanik included Satoshi Nakamoto and Tim Draper It can easily be seen that there is a meeting with
However, we need to underline that the meeting that took place on August 23, 2017 is not a secret. On August 26, 2017, Draper complained of being targeted by a “convincing” Satoshi impostor who wasted a lot of his time.
Is Satoshi Nakamoto’s Claim True?
The Verge After the allegations, he shared some details about the meeting. Draper and fake Satoshi apparently met to discuss a new initial coin offering (ICO). The impostor was focused on convincing potential investors that he had indeed created the original cryptocurrency.
In addition to these details, The Verge even claimed that one of the SEC commissioners tried to speak to him in Japanese.
At the time, the agency declined to comment on the report, but the recently aired program seems to confirm that talks with the fake Satoshi took place. However, it remains unclear whether SEC officials realized they were talking to a scammer. Emails reviewed by The Verge did not show that regulators actually took their claims for granted.
Scammers claiming to be Satoshi continue to emerge, but the true identity of the Bitcoin creator remains a mystery.
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