- Tucker Carlson refuses to invest in Bitcoin because he suspects the CIA created it.
- Carlson spoke at a Turning Point USA event and said he only invests in things he understands.
Tucker Carlson, a former host of Fox News and political commentator, has explicitly said why he is not going to invest in Bitcoin.
During a Turning Point USA appearance on Wednesday, Carlson highlighted the anonymous creation and the shrouds surrounding the invention of the cryptocurrency as his major areas of concern.
The television personality informed attendees that he does not make investments that he cannot understand. He was very skeptical about the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains unknown.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson says he will not invest in Bitcoin because he believes the CIA created it. pic.twitter.com/xDp4ZIMvoh
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 22, 2025
Carlson said during the event that he is trying to restrict himself to things he knows. Being raised in Washington, D.C., within a government family provided him with a particular insight into such mysteries. “So, CIA. That’s my guess. Can’t prove it,” he added.
Questions About Nakamoto’s Untouched Fortune
The anonymity of the founder is not the only issue that Carlson is worried about. He also doubted whether it was a wise decision to invest in a digital currency, given that the creator of this currency manages billions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin that have never been transferred or used.
“You’re telling me to invest in something whose founder is mysterious and has billions of dollars of unused Bitcoin. Like, what is that?” he asked the audience. Carlson claims that these questions cannot be answered by even big Bitcoin holders to a satisfactory level.
His concerns have been discounted by some of his acquaintances who also own Bitcoin. They say that it does not matter whose identity is Nakamoto. Carlson disagrees. The problem is still relevant to him despite their insistence.
It is not the first time that the commentator has given these suspicions. During a private party at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Carlson also repeated such claims. He recommended that it was self-evident that the CIA had made the cryptocurrency, likening it to an encrypted message relay system called Signal.
Support for Bitcoin’s Core Principles
Although concerned about the origin of Bitcoin, Carlson still stated that he admired the key concept of the cryptocurrency. He appreciates the financial freedom that it offers.
“I don’t want what I buy or sell to be tracked. I don’t want my money to be tracked. It’s nobody’s business,” he explained. He pointed out that he would not evade his taxes and that the doctrine behind Bitcoin remains sound, despite its creators.
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper, and it brought the decentralized digital currency into reality in the world. In 2011, the creator went into seclusion, leaving a final message for collaborators stating that he would be working on other projects.
Numerous theories have been developed over the years about the mystery. There is also an opinion that Nakamoto was a single person, and some people even believe the name Nakamoto was a collective pseudonym for a group of cryptographers.
There was a debate on online communities about whether a government intelligence agency might have developed Bitcoin. According to some users, Nakamoto’s motivation to create a currency not controlled by the government contradicts the theory of CIA influence.
No, the CIA did not invent Bitcoin. https://t.co/ukzkU51FdD
— Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) October 22, 2025
Others also note that Bitcoin was founded on the foundation of already developed technologies, such as proof of work, timestamp servers, and Merkle trees, which had been invented before 2008.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at around $109,593.91, representing a 1.47% increase over the last 24 hours.
