{"id":56,"date":"2025-12-12T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=56"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:29:11","slug":"satoshi-nakamoto-statue-lands-on-nyse-symbolizing-changing-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Satoshi Nakamoto Statue Lands on NYSE, Symbolizing Changing Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has become the sixth host of Valentina Picozzi\u2019s \u201cdisappearing\u201d Satoshi Nakamoto statue, marking a striking shift from just a few years ago when crypto was still taboo on Wall Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The NYSE, long seen as a bastion of traditional finance, called the installation <strong>\u201cshared ground between emerging systems and established institutions\u201d<\/strong> in an X post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The statue was installed by the Bitcoin firm <strong>Twenty One Capital<\/strong>, which began trading this week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The design is the work of artist <strong>Valentina Picozzi<\/strong>, who, writing on X under her Satoshigallery handle, said that seeing her latest piece in such a high-profile setting is \u201cmind-blowing\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Picozzi added that placing the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto at the NYSE is such an achievement that she would not have considered it possible even in her &#8220;wildest dream&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The NYSE installation is the <strong>6th of 21<\/strong> planned statues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The installation coincides with the anniversary of the <strong>Bitcoin mailing list<\/strong>, which Nakamoto launched on December 10, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin\u2019s Journey to the Mainstream<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The statue&#8217;s presence reflects Bitcoin\u2019s journey from a thought experiment to a mainstream asset:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Genesis Block:<\/strong> Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block on January 3, 2009, minting the first 50 Bitcoin in history and planting the seeds for the crypto industry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Purchase:<\/strong> On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made the first documented purchase of goods using Bitcoin, paying 10,000 Bitcoin for two Papa John\u2019s pizzas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Historical Challenges:<\/strong> In the intervening years, institutions and banks shunned Bitcoin, and governments allegedly attempted to suppress cryptocurrency through efforts such as Operation Chokepoint 2.0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shifting View:<\/strong> However, the asset has since turned a corner, as skeptics like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink have changed their minds about the technology, and institutions and Wall Street have rushed to invest through vehicles like exchange-traded funds and by holding Bitcoin directly in their treasuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Holdings:<\/strong> Public and private companies, countries, and ETFs now collectively hold more than <strong>3.7 million Bitcoin<\/strong>, worth more than $336 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Satoshi Statues Incoming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Picozzi has five other Nakamoto statues around the world, located in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam, and Miami, Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Picozzi said she is committed to placing <strong>21 statues<\/strong> around the world, which is a possible reference to the theoretical 21 million Bitcoin maximum supply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Picozzi explained that the statue is meant to give the viewer a <strong>feeling of disappearance<\/strong>, and the sense that the inventor &#8220;exists in the lines of the Bitcoin code, allowing humanity to have the first decentralized payment 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