Satoshi Nakamoto Statue Unveiled on Wall Street

Valentina Picozzi’s mind-bending statue of Satoshi Nakamoto lands on Wall Street, installed in the premises of the Twenty One Capital Bitcoin company. The statue, which has the effect of disappearing as you circle around it, was welcomed with open arms by the wider crypto community, not least by its creator, who openly admitted her delight at seeing it in such a lofty venue.

Titled simply Satoshi Nakamoto, Picozzi’s contemporary showpiece is the 6th in the artist’s planned series of 21 sculptures featuring the anonymous Bitcoin creator. The remaining five are located in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam, and most recently, Miami.

The Creator of Bitcoin

The influence of this enigmatic figure cannot be overstated. Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity has sparked countless theories reminiscent of Banksy, changed the course of finance by minting the first 50 BTC way back in 2009.

Since then, Bitcoin has gone from a quirky digital experiment to a global sensation, spawning legions of developers, entrepreneurs, and crypto enthusiasts, not to mention entirely new industries like DeFi, NFTs, crypto banking, and, dare we say, crypto gambling.

We’ve come a long way since programmer Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin. Today, BTC is trading for $92,398.92 USD, and its institutional appeal has never been greater. Even the vocal skeptics, like Larry Fink of BlackRock, have openly admitted that Bitcoin plays a crucial role in the present and future of finance.

Satoshi by Picozzi

Satoshi statues by Valentina Picozzi have become a symbol of this financial revolution. Commissioned by Satoshigallery, they feature the faceless BTC creator sitting in a hacker pose, appearing solid from the angles. But face the statue from the front or the back, and the whole thing seemingly disappears into thin air, no doubt reflecting Satoshi’s elusive presence and lasting impact on contemporary times.

There are five more similar statues in existence. The one at Lake Lugano in Switzerland, which took a reported 21 months to make (that number again), was recently vandalized. Stolen and thrown into the lake, the statue has been revered and repaired using an old Japanese technique of Kintsugi, with the repair scars painted orange as a symbol of revolutionary resilience.

The remaining four statues are installed at El Zonte Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador, Tokyo Bitcoin Base in Japan, Vietnam Blockchain Network in Hanoi, and a public park in Miami, awaiting a more permanent home.

Twenty One Capital: A New Power on NYSE Block

It’s only fitting that Twenty One Capital is the first Wall Street home for one of Picozzi’s iconic statues.

Majority-owned by stablecoin giant Tether, it’s a Bitcoin-native public treasury company that recently listed on the NYSE. Co‑founded with backing from Tether, Bitfinex, and SoftBank, and led by Strike founder Jack Mallers, it holds tens of thousands of BTC (about 45,000), making it the third-largest corporate Bitcoin holder worldwide.

“Yes, we own a lot of Bitcoin. Yes, we’re going to acquire as much as we possibly can, but we’re also about to launch a ton of business lines and produce profit that’s related to Bitcoin,” said Maller’s in a recent interview.

15 More Satoshi Statues Inbound

The statue recently unveiled at Twenty One Capital is the 6th in the series that’s planned to go all the way to 21, no doubt as a nod to Bitcoin’s 21 million token cap. In a last year’s interview, the artist waxed lyrical about Satoshi and his influence on contemporary times, saying that “Satoshi exists in the lines of the Bitcoin code, allowing humanity to have the first decentralized payment system.”

Nothing to add to that.