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Historic Bitcoin Stashes Mobilize Amid Rising Market Valuations
18.2.2024
With bitcoin’s value rising past the $51,000 mark, numerous long-dormant bitcoin hoards have begun to mobilize unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) that have remained untouched for an extended period. Although instances involving ‘sleeping bitcoins’ from the years 2009, 2010...
Blockchain Parser Discovers Strange Spending of $58.7M Worth of Sleeping Bitcoins From 2017
5.2.2024
In the past week, several strange movements of dormant bitcoins have captured the attention of onchain analysts, with nine transactions on Jan. 31, 2024, mobilizing 726 bitcoins that had been stagnant since Mar. 30, 2016. Merely two days after, a staggering 1,210 bitcoins, originating from...
1,210 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2016 Stir After Years of Inactivity, Following Previous Day’s Mysterious Movements
2.2.2024
On the final day of January 2024, a series of nine enigmatic transactions emerged from wallets established in 2016. Subsequently, another tranche of 15 transactions from wallets created on that same day in 2016 moved a total of 1,210.41 bitcoin, valued at $52 million. This marked the first movement...
Long-Dormant ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Worth $35 Million Spring to Life on January’s Final Day
1.2.2024
On Jan. 31, 2024, a notable movement of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ occurred, involving wallets from 2013 and 2016 which collectively transferred 845.06 bitcoins valued at approximately $35.96 million. Originating from a handful of distinct addresses, 726 bitcoins were likely...
Slumbering Bitcoin Cache Awakens After More Than a Decade, Transacting $3.77 Million
30.11.2023
In September and October 2023, a surge in activity was observed as numerous dormant bitcoin wallets from 2012 reawakened, transacting millions in bitcoin after lying inactive for more than ten years. Despite this flurry of activity, there were no further movements from these wallets for...
November Marks Rare Awakening of 2 Vintage 2010 Bitcoin Wallets Valued at $3.4 Million
7.11.2023
Bitcoin has surged over 24% against the U.S. dollar this month, and on November 7, 2023, an intriguing event took place: two dormant bitcoin addresses from 2010 were activated and transferred roughly 100 BTC, valued at $3.4 million according to the current bitcoin exchange rates. While 100 BTC...
Great Awakenings — Dormant 2012 Bitcoin Wallet’s $5.7M Spend Linked to October’s Initial 2012 Transfer
20.10.2023
On October 19, 2023, a dormant bitcoin address from 2012 sprang to life at block height 812,946, moving 200 BTC worth $5.74 million for the first time in nearly 11 years. This activity coincides with a recent surge of transfers from 2012 addresses, which began in early September. October Witnesses...
Another Set of Vintage 2012 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Emerge From Dormancy With $6 Million Transfer
9.10.2023
Last month, 19 distinct bitcoin addresses from 2012 awakened, moving coins that had remained untouched for over 11 years. Fast forward to this month, and we’ve already seen four such transfers from 2012. This Sunday, at block heights 811,239 and 811,244, two addresses from that vintage year...
October Resurgence: Decade-Old Bitcoin Wallets Awaken, Moving Over $50 Million in Vintage BTC
7.10.2023
Though Bitcoin’s value has risen from its position last month, September saw a surge in dormant Bitcoin transfers from long-inactive BTC wallets. This trend hasn’t slowed; in the initial week of October, several 2014 wallets came alive, moving 860 BTC — valued at over...
Decade-Old ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Awaken: $8 Million Moved From 2012 Addresses
25.9.2023
In 2023, there’s been a marked uptick in activity from so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ that date back to 2012. After eight transactions totaling 520 BTC from 2012 spent four days ago, an address from 2012 moved 149.99 BTC at block height 809,204 on Sunday afternoon. The wallet...
Awakening of 2012 Bitcoins: 8 Transfers Mobilize 520 BTC After 11 Years
20.9.2023
In September 2023, a flurry of dormant so-called “sleeping bitcoins” from 2012 stirred to life. On September 18, a whopping 909 BTC worth more than $24 million changed hands. Not resting there, the momentum carried into the next day when vintage transfers from 2012 mobilized 519.95...
From $10,000 to $24 Million: 909 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2012 Stir After 11 Years
18.9.2023
According to records, a batch of five transactions from “sleeping bitcoin” addresses, established more than 11 years ago in 2012, transferred 909.89 BTC valued at $24.88 million. The value of the whale’s cache of bitcoin when it was acquired was less than $10,000. The 11-Year...
Dormant 2012 ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Addresses Spring to Life, Moving $8.6M in Vintage Coins
16.9.2023
Onchain evidence reveals that three dormant ‘sleeping bitcoin’ addresses, established in January 2012, have awakened, moving a total of 325.19 bitcoin valued at over $8.6 million after an 11-year hiatus. Vintage Bitcoin Vaults Open: $8.6M Moved From 2012 Dormant Addresses Bitcoin News...
$1.7M in Quadrigacx Bitcoins Move, Court Trustee EY Says Transfers Were ‘Unauthorized’
21.12.2022
On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY, Quadrigacx’s bankruptcy court trustee, explained it did not authorize...
OFAC Sanctions 7 New Bitcoin Addresses Allegedly Associated With Iran-Related Ransomware Activities
14.9.2022
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published a specially designated nationals list update (OFAC’s SDN List) that lists a number of individuals accused of being involved with Iran-related ransomware. The list further shows seven bitcoin addresses that...
Number of Addresses Holding BTC Taps 40 Million, Non-Zero Bitcoin Address Metric Grew 92% Since 2018
25.3.2022
While bitcoin has risen in value in recent times, jumping 8% during the last seven days, statistics show that the number of addresses holding bitcoin has surpassed 40 million addresses. Metrics from the analytics web portal intotheblock.com show addresses that hold any fraction of bitcoin tapped...
Canadian Police Freeze Crypto Wallets Tied to Freedom Convoy Protests — Vow to Take Back Ottawa in Entirety
17.2.2022
Canada’s national police have sent letters to cryptocurrency exchanges asking them to freeze at least 34 crypto addresses allegedly connected to the Freedom Convoy protests under the Emergencies Act recently invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Banks have also received letters about...
Analysis Shows Bitcoin Whales Are Stockpiling, but ‘BTC Ownership Is Not Highly Concentrated’
4.2.2021
During the last few months, a few reports from mainstream media (MSM) outlets tried to prove that a large sum of bitcoin is controlled by a small group of people. Recently, Bloomberg claimed that “2% of accounts control 95% of all bitcoin,” a claim that doesn’t hold weight...
Bitcoin Addresses Holding $1 Million Goes ‘Parabolic,’ 10% of BTC Supply Sits Idle for 10 Years
18.12.2020
While bitcoin trades above the $20k handle, onchain data shows that the number of bitcoin addresses holding at least $1 million has climbed substantially increasing by more than 150%. Moreover, Glassnode’s statistics indicate that roughly 1.85 million bitcoin hasn’t moved in over...
Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
27.10.2020
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing...