Erm...
It is an American magazine, but do Newsweek not have a reputation for writing bullshit stories that nobody is meant to believe is real?
with headlines like Hitler was transvestite from Mars, or Freddie Starr ate my Hamster (from a UK equivalent junk tabloid)
Edit: Although this lines right up with my own personal conspiracy theory on Bitcoin:
the trail followed by Newsweek led to a 64-year-old Japanese-American man whose name really is Satoshi Nakamoto. He is someone with a penchant for collecting model trains and a career shrouded in secrecy, having done classified work for major corporations and the U.S. military.
Twas an NSA project all along and now they control it.