Satoshi on Wall Street: Bitcoin Creator’s Statue Unveiled at NYSE

Statue of Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto installed at NYSE.

A statue of the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been installed at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). 

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Valentina Picozzi — @satoshigallery

Twenty One Capital places a statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of bitcoin, in NYSE. Its new home marks a shared ground between emerging systems and established institutions. From code to culture, the placement… pic.twitter.com/sTiNq3h5HY

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The statue was created by Italian artist Valentina Picozzi. 

“This is such an achievement — even in our wildest dreams we never thought the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto would end up here! The sixth of 21 statues of Satoshi Nakamoto has found a home at the NYSE,” she commented.

The installation was organized by Twenty One Capital. Trading of its shares began on December 9 and within the first day ended with a nearly 20% drop in stock prices.

Exchange representatives described the statue as “a shared ground between emerging systems and established institutions.” The event coincided with the anniversary of the Bitcoin mailing list, launched by Nakamoto on December 10, 2008. 

21 Statues 

Picozzi is the creator of the art project Satoshigallery, introduced in 2020. The initiative’s website states its core belief:

“Images create culture, culture shapes values, and values determine the future.” 

Through visual images, Picozzi introduces audiences to the history and philosophy of Bitcoin. Previously, the artist has installed five statues of the creator of the first cryptocurrency in various countries: Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam, and the USA (Miami).

“The statue is meant to convey to the viewer a sense of disappearance — the feeling that the inventor remains between the lines. To this day, Satoshi exists in the lines of Bitcoin’s code, allowing humanity to possess the first decentralized payment system,” the monument’s description notes. 

In 2018, a virtual monument to the creator of Bitcoin appeared in Kyiv. The installation was the first in a global project to create Cities of Augmented Reality under the aegis of Satoshi Nakamoto Republic.

In 2021, a statue of Nakamoto was installed in Budapest, Hungary. 

Picozzi intends to install 21 installations worldwide. This number is a nod to Bitcoin’s limited supply of 21 million coins.

In October 2024, HBO studio promised to reveal the identity of Bitcoin’s creator in a film about the developer of the first cryptocurrency. The documentary’s authors named Peter Todd, but he denied the claim. 

In February 2025, deBanked editor-in-chief Sean Murray claimed that Jack Dorsey was behind Nakamoto’s mask. The expert compiled an impressive list of facts, dates, and coincidences purportedly supporting his theory.

However, the identity of Bitcoin’s creator remains unknown. 

In April 2025, attorney James Murphy filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security demanding the disclosure of information about Nakamoto.