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Satoshi Nakamoto Statue Installed at NYSE as Bitcoin’s Wall Street Footprint Grows

The placement underscores Wall Street’s growing comfort with Bitcoin, according to Bitbo’s tally showing institutions and funds now hold more than 3.7 million coins.

Overview

  • NYSE confirmed the installation on X, highlighting the work by artist Valentina Picozzi from her “disappearing Satoshi” series.
  • Bitcoin firm Twenty One Capital brought the statue to the exchange and began trading this week.
  • The NYSE piece is the sixth in a planned 21-location series, following installations in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam, and Miami.
  • The timing coincides with the Dec. 10 anniversary of the Bitcoin mailing list launched by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.
  • Data cited from Bitbo values institutional and fund holdings at over 3.7 million BTC worth more than $336 billion, reflecting rising ETF and corporate treasury participation.