What is the intention of an anonymous user sending 26 BTC to Satoshi Nakamoto?

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Recently, an anonymous user sent 26 BTC to the wallet of Satoshi Nakamoto, the developer and founder of BTC. This sparked speculation about the purpose behind the transfer of more than $1 million in digital assets.

According to relevant data, this transaction occurred on January 6, and it was sent to the first wallet created by the BTC network.

According to this, American lawyer Jeremy Hogan predicted on X (former Twitter) that this move is to force Satoshi Nakamoto to disclose his identity.

Because according to recently implemented regulations by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS),any Crypto asset transaction over $10,000 must be reported. Reporting includes providing a name and address within 15 days of receipt of the transaction. .

Jeremy Hogan tweeted: "Why do this? The only thing that makes sense is that the sender wanted to get rid of Satoshi Nakamoto. According to the new IRS regulations, receiving more than 10,000 Crypto assets in US dollars must be reported. Therefore, Satoshi Nakamoto must take risks or break the law."

According to many estimates, Satoshi Nakamoto owns no less than 110 BTC Thousands of pieces. BeInCrypto also recently predicted what the value of Crypto assets would be in 2025 if there was a bull market.

Community members expect that the upcoming BTC halving will start a new round of BTC bull market. However, there are also speculations about whether the halving will make Satoshi Nakamoto one of the richest people in the world.

In 2009, when BTC was not known to ordinary people, Satoshi Nakamoto, the developer and founder of BTC, had already obtained his first batch of BTC through mining.

Although he stopped quickly, he still gained over 1 million BTC. A report from Arkham revealed that Satoshi Nakamoto holds 1.1 million BTC.