Oh my goodness…. CZ Binance just set off a fire-storm suggesting that President Trump may in fact be Satoshi Nakamoto, the infamous creator of Bitcoin. In case you didn’t understand half of the words in that last sentence, allow me to explain. Bitcoin was created right after the 2008 Great Financial Crisis allegedly in response to the great 2008/2009 stock market and banking crash and allegedly by a guy named “Satoshi Nakamoto” who (allegedly) no one has ever met.  Or at least almost no one. That’s the official story, and you might have noticed a bunch of “allegedlys” in that sentence which might lead you to believe I don’t buy that official story for one second and if that’s what you gleaned from all of that you’d be right! But anyway, the myth around Satoshi persists to this day, and CZ Binance, the man behind one of the leading crypto exchanges called Binance, was just pardoned by President Trump for what Trump called bogus charges in the first place. Speaking for the first time since the pardon, CZ just posted this to X: President Trump said he believes he hasn’t met me yet, which is true. Would be my honor to some day. President Trump and Satoshi. Might be the same person. https://t.co/TWQm3rjwK5 — CZ BNB (@cz_binance) October 24, 2025 Backup screenshot here if needed: Oh my goodness…. Can you even imagine all the heads that would explode if Trump actually was Satoshi, the creator of Bitcoin? Of course we know President Trump isn’t a computer coder, but then again we also know that DHS has previously slipped up and told us there was not actually just one “Satoshi” but rather Four Satoshis: The U.S. Government Already Knows Who The “Four Satoshi’s” Are? So...could it be a group including Donald Trump? Oh my!! I can't even imagine! I actually have my own theories and one of my leading candidates for one of the four slots is this guy, David Schwartz... FULL REPORT: Is David Schwartz (Joel Katz) Satoshi? “It’s certainly plausible I was part of a group…” In light of recent news, I thought it would be an EXCELLENT time to revisit a few Tweets between your truly at ProCoinNews and the one-and-only @JoelKatz (David Schwartz). Well, perhaps not the "one and only". Perhaps "one of four"? Here's what I mean... A truly bombshell story broke this week that the U.S. Government has known who "Satoshi Nakamoto" is all this time. Yes, you read that correct. In fact, the report states it is not just one person as many have long speculated, but a group of four people. While we don't know the names of the four, credit to Working Money Channel for putting together what we are all suddenly starting to presume: What a group, right? Let's take a second to break this down and make sure you understand all the nuances here... We start with Jed McCaleb, a guy who constantly seems to skirt any liability or responsibility of any kind, with seemingly no valid reason why. Exhibit A - McCaleb was deeply involved with Mt.Gox and somehow allegedly sold it right before it went under.  Impeccable timing! Exhibit B - Jed then co-founds Ripple, creates XRP.  Eventually leaves the company with billions of XRP that for some reason he is allowed to sell for many years, including the years following the SEC lawsuit.  That's right...instead of the SEC suing Jed who was there at the creation and who is still selling massive amounts of what the SEC deems a "security" they sue Garlinghouse and Larsen instead.  Jed skates and rakes in millions if not billions in his XRP sales. How is any of that possible, unless....you're a "made man".  Connected?  Working for the Government? A theory has been floated around that Jed is selling his XRP to the government and this is all a huge part of the plan of the government's reclamation of XRP. A very interesting theory that has merit and makes a lot of sense. Oh, but the transactions are all public on the ledger right and we can see he is selling to different wallets? You don't think the government would use the same wallet each time, do you? Of course not. Lubin taught us you have to disguise whale purchases!  DUH! Ok, so that's Jed McCaleb. Then you have David Schwartz and all I'm going to say about David is he's ex-CIA. Which really means he's CIA.  Because you never really become "ex" CIA. And we all love and trust the CIA, right? Right.... Then you get to good old Arthur Britto. A man at the center of Ripple and XRP and yet not one single picture of him has ever been found (or verified -- a few are floating around but I am not convinced in their veracity). And then you have the empty seat...who was #4? For much more on this, I give you two killer videos. The first from our good friend at the Working Money Channel. Say it with me now:  HEYYYYYYYY GUYS! (oh my goodness, that hurt my voice just typing it!) And the second from our good friend the Digital Asset Investor: And now I want to flashback to tweets we had here at ProCoinNews with David Schwartz himself last year. It was a day I will never forget... I wrote an article about all the reasons why a whole lot of people think @JoelKatz (David Schwartz) could very well be Satoshi Nakamoto. It's actually a very compelling story if you've never heard it -- I'll copy the original article down below. But here's where the story gets really good. We posted this Tweet earlier this morning... Can you imagine the heads that would explode if this ends up being true? #XRP #BTC @JoelKatz can you comment from that boat you're on in the South Pole?https://t.co/4aHdU5ongf — ProCoinNews (@ProCoinNews) December 7, 2021 ....and @JoelKatz himself responded! To us! From a boat... In the middle of the ocean... Near the Antarctic.... While checking out Emperor penguins! I have almost the entire skill set needed to have been Satoshi. It's certainly plausible that I was part of a group. But, nevertheless, it's not true. I didn't find out about Bitcoin until 2011. — David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz (@JoelKatz) December 7, 2021 A true honor right here: Ok, so after going full on fanboy and freaking out a bit, then I had a blast actually reading his messages....yes plural. They are incredibly interesting, let's take a look.... First is the one copied above. You can tell the brilliance of his mind, he is having a blast teasing the idea that he could very well be Satoshi, before claiming he isn't. Next is all credit to @XRPL424R on Twitter who elicited this exchange: Quote: "If you were Satoshi, would you tell us?" "To be honest, I wouldn't." Oh man, he is having an absolute blast with these replies! One of the most brilliant minds in all of crypto and he's teasing and engaging with us on Twitter from a boat just off the edge of the world while hanging out with penguins. You couldn't write a story like this! Then the XRP community really got involved with a lot of classic responses. Here are a few favorites, first from @JREDBOKIE: Touche, @XRP_Atom: Many like @ManaMaorixx suspected if he isn't Satoshi himself, he must know who Satoshi is: Others took it even further suggesting not only does Schwartz know Satoshi, but that it's the never-before-seen, enigmatic Arthur Britto: Arthur Britto is certainly worthy of a whole series of articles himself sometime soon.... And @Kevin_Cage_ suggesting again that Arthur, Jed (another character) and Schwartz definitely know who Satoshi is (if it's not Schwartz or Britto): Oh and one more before we wrap it up: Nice jacket Satos....I mean, David pic.twitter.com/yayaB7TK6x — Optimistic Prime (@iamastephen) December 8, 2021 Here are zoom ins on those photos: And yes, I confirmed myself it's not a Photoshop, that is literally the jacket @JoelKatz is wearing in his most recent Twitter profile pic: Just a HUGE coincidence that his jacket just happens to have the same logo of the ship from the Cartoon Bear? I mean....really? Crazy, right? This is a day I will remember for a long time. Hat tip to you Mr. Schwartz! And for everyone who missed the original article, I will copy it here below. Enjoy! Could one of the architects of XRP be the fabled Satoshi Nakamoto? In 2019 the late John McAfee was alleged to have claimed that Schwartz was in fact Nakamoto, but he has consistently denied those rumors. David Schwartz reportedly filed a patent for a DLT type technology back in 1988.... That's not all though, according to sources Schwartz also worked for The C.I.A., and there are rumored emails of Nakamoto praising Ripple as early as 2009. I encourage you to check out the thread by Anders L which you can access by clicking on his tweet below. Let's take a look at the information connecting Schwartz to the Nakamoto identity: Digital Asset Investor: “John McAfee allegedly tweeted in 2019 that David Schwartz is the secret creator of BTC and quickly deleted Tweet. McAfee Tweet: “Satoshi is and always has been the only person it could ever be — David Schwartz” pic.twitter.com/MJwZVAvOwz — Spiritual ? (@truthcrumbs) June 24, 2021 And here's where it starts to get REALLY interesting... Amazing research done by Anders_L, which is all documented and all factual. What do you make of this? 1/11 The Great Ripple Conspiracy What if it all leads back to Ripple and David Schwartz? This would shake the crypto market to its core if proven to be true.https://t.co/Almqf91KyN — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 3/11 1. John McAfee allegedly tweeted out that David Schwartz was the creator of Bitcoin and quickly deleted the tweet. .@LoveForCrypto17 and others covered the tweet.https://t.co/ySJHXhXMti — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 5/11Back in 2009, Satoshi mentioned Ripple in an e-mail: ”Ripple is interesting in that it’s the only other system that does something with trust besides concentrate it into a central server” This must have related to Ripplepay, predecessor to Ripplehttps://t.co/ZeRGULhZTo pic.twitter.com/cHTJBIldg6 — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 7/11This was dated in April 23, 2011. Interestingly Ripple was started in 2012 and if I’m not mistaken they started to work on the XRPL code in 2011. — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 9/11 4. Bob Way stated he had a theory that David Schwartz was Satoshi Nakamoto but it was denied by Schwartz.https://t.co/fkLoPIHLQI Bob Way was one of the first employees at Ripple. pic.twitter.com/C93KM8plND — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 11/11 These are all coincidences that makes you wonder. Maybe we will never find out the real truth. Perhaps it could be David? Perhaps it was a team of people? Someone else? Who knows? What I do know is that if it would be proven to be true, it would shock the crypto market! — Anders (@X__Anderson) April 20, 2019 And remember when Dan Pena said "if you knew who was behind Bitcoin, you would RUN!"? Well, that's not entirely accurate...he didn't "say it" so much as "shout it" like he does everything, but still the point remains. Watch this short clip: Hmmm....so most in crypto despise XRP, would knowing that David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) created it cause people to flip out? I think so. Here's more, according to Daily Hodl: In response to questions posted on Twitter regarding whether he’s responsible for building the Bitcoin network, Schwartz says he didn’t find out about Bitcoin until 2011 – two years after BTC came into existence. Schwartz, who is one of the original architects of the XRP ledger, believes it is more likely Bitcoin’s pseudonymous architect was actually a small group of people, rather than a single person. “I think it’s more plausible that Satoshi was a small group of people given the wide set of skills displayed and the amount of work done. It could have been one person, but that seems somewhat unlikely to me.”   Here's more from our late friend John McAfee on the topic. Anyone else miss this guy?

The New York Knicks sent a “cease & desist letter” to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for using its logo in a campaign ad. The ad depicted a game of amateur basketball in New York that aired during the team’s home opener on Wednesday night. However, the Knicks did not appreciate the ad. “The NY Knicks have sent NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter for using the NY Knicks logo to promote his candidacy,” the team said in a statement. “The Knicks want to make it clear that we do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor, and we object to his use of our copyrighted logo. We will pursue all legal remedies to enforce our rights,” it added. “The Knicks want to make it clear that we do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor…We will pursue all legal remedies to enforce our rights” Knicks send Zohran cease & desist letter over logo pic.twitter.com/ZNCfQEYPvR — New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) October 24, 2025 More from the New York Post: The lefty pol pulled the ad on Friday following The Post’s reporting on the team’s letter, which stated that the promo was “likely to mislead the public into believing that the Campaign is affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by, or in some way connected with the Knicks.” The ad aired during the NBA team’s season opener Wednesday night and featured an altered New York Knicks orange and blue logo that replaced the word “Knicks” with “Zohran.” It was also blasted out widely across his campaign’s social media platforms with the caption “This is our year. This is our time.” Those online ads were all removed as of Friday afternoon. The team, in the letter obtained by The Post, demanded that Mamdani’s team remove all of the Knicks’ intellectual property from campaign or promotional material. Knicks owner James Dolan has not publicly provided input into the mayoral election, the outlet noted. NY Knicks issue Zohran Mamdani cease and desist over logo in campaign ad — stressing they ‘do not endorse’ https://t.co/XNQVxNcbck pic.twitter.com/x2c96oziIQ — New York Post (@nypost) October 24, 2025 The Independent shared more: The furoré comes less than two weeks before New Yorkers cast their ballots 4 November. The Democrats’ Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and the Republicans’ Curtis Sliwa will face off at the polls on Nov. 4, with early voting starting Oct. 25. Mamdani is the overwhelming favorite to become the city’s next mayor, polling data shows. On Thursday, it emerged President Donald Trump has told allies in private that he believes Mamdani is unbeatable, given his commanding lead. He also suggested that there was little point in Sliwa dropping out to help Cuomo beat Mamdani either. Speaking about the race to reporters on Tuesday, Trump indicated reluctant support for Cuomo and said: “It’s really a question of would I rather have a Democrat or a communist? And I would rather have a Democrat than a communist.” He added that if Sliwa dropped out, “maybe Cuomo would have a little bit of a chance, but not much.”  

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