HODL to the max.

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    He was probably a foreign agent or government. BTC was invented and supported so spies could move money across borders without being caught by official government bodies/banks. Esp since a lot of spies do things like illegal drug trafficking, gun trafficking, human trafficking, etc. That’s why BTC was so popular on 4chan early on -4chan recently was hacked and it was confirmed there were government emails registered on the site. this last part is not true, it has been debunked, I still think that is why 4chan had BTC ads from users constantly so early though.

    There’s also slave groups of people forced to scam for crypto, NPR did a story about it on Planet Money. It’s entirely possible they are imprisoned or those are otherwise spy lead networks

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        Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1253043749/pig-butchering-scam-crypto-tether

        This article talks about how the CIA in crypto: https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-cia-is-deep-into-cryptocurrency-director-reveals/

        This article outlines the general whispers that have been happening for a very long time that Satoshi (btc creator) was CIA, but no, it isn’t made up by me personally and it’s pretty credible of a theory with all the other info: https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/1229087

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          The planet money piece is very long so I’ll have to check it out later, but the Vice article says nothing of the sort and actually spends time mocking people and saying it’s a conspiracy. So I’m not really sure how that at all supports what you’re saying. It just says CIA is interested in and involved in crypto, which makes sense given how it’s used. It does not say anything at all like what you claimed

          BTC was invented and supported so spies could move money across borders without being caught by official government bodies/banks.

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            No, the Vice article fully supports what I’m saying for that point. Look who is quoted:

            CIA Director William Burns said on Monday that the intelligence agency has “a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency” on the go.

            “This is something I inherited. My predecessor had started this, but had set in motion a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency and trying to look at second- and third-order consequences as well and helping with our colleagues in other parts of the U.S. government to provide solid intelligence on what we’re seeing as well.”

            As I stated, the CIA is fully involved in crypto. The other article is the one that explains why people think Satoshi is CIA.

            How do you think spies get money?

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                In cash, but it was always risky. Couriers get intercepted, etc.

                That said, I don’t think BTC is the best for CIA. It’s publicly traceable and that’s always been known. Of course if they have untraceable bank accounts and used those to buy the BTC, then it’s not particularly relevant. The spies can use their own tactics to hide their income.

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                  Spies are buying vehicles, drugs, guns. They can’t carry that much cash today and large amounts must be declared at customs and can be seized via asset forfeiture laws and the person investigated as a spy. The entire point is to not be detected by the government or banks.

                  So no, not cash so much these days.

                  You can easily make new accounts and scramble crypto accounts and funds.

                  BTC is good for spies bc it has low volatility and can blend in with normal citizens who trade it bc it is so well known. They don’t need a bank account in the country they are spying in for it, they just transfer the BTC instead of giving cash. That’s the point, no bank account.

                  The spies can use their own tactics to hide their income.

                  That’s literally what’s being discussed lol, those specific tactics.