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Prominent hedge fund manager Kyle Bass recently ruffled the feathers of the Bitcoin community by&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/Jkylebass/status/1841457431605313538" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">suggesting</a> that Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of the flagship cryptocurrency, is a Chinese intelligence operation.&nbsp;
The founder of Texas-based hedge fund Hayman Capital Management argues that Bitcoin helps China, one of the main geopolitical adversaries of the USA, to undermine the US dollar.&nbsp;
"…think what functionality helps the communist elite with their closed capital account whilst concurrently undermining the supremacy of the USD? It’s genius…but it wasn’t designed by a Japanese individual," Bass said after being confronted by a Bitcoin proponent.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Bass's sensational statement did not sit well with many members of the Bitcoin community. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," Tuur Demester of Adamant Research said in his social media post.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Of course, the actual identity of the Bitcoin creator remains an enduring mystery.&nbsp;
Hal Finney, the late computer scientist who received the very first Bitcoin transaction, is among the top Satoshi candidates. However, there is also some&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.lopp.net/hal-finney-was-not-satoshi-nakamoto/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">compelling evidence</a>, which suggests that he did not create Bitcoin.&nbsp;
There are also some conspiracy theories about Bitcoin being created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).&nbsp;
The theory about the Chinese government creating Bitcoin to challenge the dollar hegemony has also been&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1rwb3z/comment/cdrkjcx/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">floated</a> by some members of the community.&nbsp;
It is worth noting that China has a history of crypto bans that date back all the way to December 2013. In 2021, the Chinese government banned cryptocurrency mining and trading.&nbsp;

Satoshi Is Chinese Intelligence Operation, Top Hedge Fund Manager Says

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