{"id":27,"date":"2016-05-12T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/craig-wright-announcement-affected\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T00:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:36:28","slug":"craig-wright-announcement-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/craig-wright-announcement-affected.html","title":{"rendered":"Craig Wright Announcement affected the Bitcoin price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VpAdetFWjOk\/VycxCIIVlBI\/AAAAAAAAAaM\/y1zcAMhMzNYPVVN-W1-uN9w95yFQ3QNWgCKgB\/s1600\/bitcoin-craig-wright.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Craig Wright bitcoin satoshi nakamoto\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bitcoin-craig-wright.png\" alt=\"craig_wright_satoshi_nakamoto\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this last week, Bitcoin had a low trading volume and its price dropped when the Australian entrepreneur <b>Craig Wright<\/b> said to be <b>Satoshi Nakamoto<\/b>, the creator of Bitcoin.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, according to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/coindesk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coindesk<\/a><\/b>, Craig Wright\u2019s announcement affected the Bitcoin price.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traders moved only 7.7m BTC during this week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinity.org\/markets\">Bitcoinity<\/a>, much less than usual.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bitcoin started the week at a price of $449.86 on 29th April. This price reached $456.84 that same day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Craig Wright announcement<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The currency price was between $450 and $445 on May 2nd, or <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/gavin-andreseen-agrees-craig-wright-is.html\">the day of Wright\u2019s announcement.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both <b>Gavin Andresen<\/b> and <b>Jon Matonis<\/b>, two of the most popular people in the Bitcoin market, wrote a blog post supporting Wright, but this announcement generated skepticism, and the proof Wright provided to support his identity didn\u2019t convince anyone.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To prove the Bitcoin paternity, Wright tried to show the private keys he used for the the first blocks mined back in 2009. But it was a false and later Wright deleted those announcements, explaining:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;I believed that I could do this. I believed that I could put the years of anonymity and hiding behind me. But, as the events of this week unfolded and I prepared to publish the proof of access to the earliest keys, I broke. I do not have the courage. I cannot.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nBitcoin Price results<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wright\u2019s announcement has had a great impact, as bitcoin price arrived to value an amount of $439.89 on May 2nd.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that, Bitcoin price rised again to $445 and $450 on the same day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, even if the greatest part of bitcoin and crypto lovers commented that Satoshi Nakamoto anonymity is not a problem and they don\u2019t care about who he is, the Craig Wright\u2019s revelation quickly moved the Bitcoin price thus creating high volatility.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">News to reduce Bitcoin volatility<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Craig Wright drew the attention, there were two other news that could reduce the bitcoin price volatility, explained <b>Chris Burniske<\/b> to CoinDesk.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first one was related to <b>Amazon Web Services<\/b> (AWS) that announced its partnership with the <b>Digital Currency Group<\/b>\u00a0(DCG).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And this is a huge validation for Bitcoin.<a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/amazon-partners-with-digital-currency.html\"> Read more here.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second important news of the week according to Burniske is related to the <b>CME Group Inc<\/b>:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u201cCME Group Inc&#8217;s public intent to publish pricing data is a significant step towards more bitcoin derivatives, and follows upon <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/bitcoin-listed-on-nyse-reminiscing.html\">NYSE<\/a>\u2019s Index, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc, another derivative exchange heavyweight\u201d.<\/i><\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this last week, Bitcoin had a low trading volume and its price dropped when the Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright said to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. 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