Gate News, April 21: According to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, CORE (Core) is trading at $0.0408. It is up 30.79% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.041 and falling to a low of $0.0298. The 24-hour trading volume is $953.3k. The current market cap is approximately $44.01M. Core is an EVM-compatible L1 chain (a Geth fork). It features a novel consensus mechanism called "Satoshi Plus," combining delegated BTC mining hashes and delegated proof-of-stake to secure the network. With Core, users can access the composability of EVM chains, along with Bitcoin’s decentralization and security. This news does not constitute investment advice; investors should be mindful of market volatility risk.

Gate News update, April 20. According to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, ORDI (Ordinals) is trading at $4.76. It is up 10.13% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $5.36 and a low of $4.05. The 24-hour trading volume is $8.4388 million. The current market cap is about $100 million. The Ordinals protocol enables the inscription of NFTs and tokens on Bitcoin by writing content into the smallest unit of Bitcoin, the satoshi. Bitcoin’s total supply of 21 million coins is further divided into 21 trillion satoshis. Users can permanently record content such as text, images, audio, and video on satoshis through the Ordinals protocol, without relying on separate tokens, sidechains, or modifying Bitcoin itself. OR

Charles Hoskinson warned that Bitcoin's BIP-361 upgrade, meant to address quantum threats, is wrongly classified as a soft fork. It could freeze 1.7 million BTC, including 1 million from Satoshi Nakamoto, as early coin owners can't prove ownership.

Gate News message. On April 16, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, ORDI (ORDI) is trading at $4.46. It is up 72.87% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $4.74 and a low falling to $2.54. The 24-hour trading volume is $3.5059 million. The current market cap is approximately $93.765 million. ORDI is an inscription asset based on the Ordinals protocol. The total supply of Bitcoin is 21 million coins. Each coin can be subdivided into 100 million satoshis (the smallest unit of Bitcoin), for a cumulative total of 21 quadrillion satoshis. Inscriptions create by writing content into satoshis using the Ordinals protocol, without needing separate tokens, sidechains, or modifying Bitcoin. The protocol writes information to each satoshi, including text, images, audio, and video, etc.

Adam Back clarified on the X platform that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, but since 1992 he has been involved in research on electronic cash and privacy technology, helping to drive the development of Hashcash. This response was in reply to a report by The New York Times, which suggested that he shares many similarities with Nakamoto.

On-chain reports show that about 6.7 million bitcoins are stored in addresses that are vulnerable to quantum computing attacks, some of which belong to Satoshi Nakamoto. Google’s team warns that these bitcoins face a risk of their private keys being derived due to the use of early P2PK scripts. Experts emphasize that it is crucial to safeguard the security of these assets, and call for advances in quantum protection and the development of regulatory policies to address future threats.

When responding to the potential threats that quantum computing could pose to cryptocurrencies, CZ emphasized that there’s no need to panic. Most cryptocurrencies can defend against the threat through upgrades, but coordinating upgrades across decentralized networks is likely to spark controversy. He warned that projects that have already stopped being maintained are difficult to upgrade and may disappear, while also urging users to migrate to quantum-resistant wallets to protect their assets. In particular, for the Bitcoin held by Satoshi Nakamoto, if quantum computing matures, it may need to be locked up or destroyed to prevent attacks. Overall, he believes that cryptocurrency is generally easier to secure than to crack.

As of the beginning of 2026, Satoshi Nakamoto is still the world’s largest Bitcoin holder, holding about 1.096 million BTC. Other major holders include exchanges, ETF issuers, and governments, and the holdings of BlackRock and the U.S. government are both significant.

ChainCatcher News: NBA retired star Scottie Pippen posted a Bitcoin futures chart, comparing the 2020 bull market start with the current pattern, implying a similar surge is imminent. Pippen has previously made several crypto-friendly comments and stated that he personally met Satoshi Nakamoto in 1993.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Arkham data, at 13:18, 649.45 BTC (worth approximately $43.97 million) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 1GFsAPFa...) to multiple addresses, including Satoshi Nakamoto's address (starting with 1A1zP1eP...).