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Bitcoin whitepaper 18th anniversary

Story timeline · 2 updates, 31 Oct 2026

Bitcoin marks 18 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the whitepaper on 31 October 2008. Bitcoin trades near $80,000 and is heading for its worst month since June, while BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF has reached about $66bn. Bloomberg's Teresa Xie asks how far the cryptocurrency has come from its original experiment.

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  1. Bitcoin whitepaper turns 18 as Wall Street embraces crypto assets

    Eighteen years after Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper on 31 October 2008, Bitcoin trades near $80,000 and is heading for its worst month since June, while BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF has reached about $66bn.

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  2. Bloomberg's Teresa Xie asks whether Bitcoin has matured at 18

    Bloomberg reporter Teresa Xie marks 18 years since the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper, asking how far the cryptocurrency has come from its original experiment.

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