- A dormant wallet of 2012 has been awakened, moving 279 BTC.
- According to on-chain data, Satoshi-era wallets hold 1,128 bitcoins worth $31.6 million.
- The last time the wallet traded was when the price of Bitcoin was between $12 and $95.
After falling from $30,000 this week, Bitcoin’s price continues to flirt at $28,000, but new developments related to major cryptocurrencies have been observed.
Dormant Wallet Awakens, Moves 279 BTC
According to the on-chain details share A BTC wallet that has been dormant for over 10 years has been revived by cryptocurrency account Whale Alert. Satoshi’s era wallet reportedly contains his 1,128 bitcoins worth about $31.6 million.
💤 💤 💤 💤 Dormant addresses including 1,128 #bitcoin (31,587,849 USD) activated after 10.5 years!https://t.co/W87gdQJ0lo
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) April 21, 2023
And the dormant wallet has seen some quick movements, with 279 BTC of assets moved to three new addresses in the last 24 hours. On-chain smart money platform Lookonchain murmured:
“The 1,128 $BTC ($31.6M) whale has been dormant for 10 years and has just transferred 279 $BTC ($7.8M) to 3 new addresses. I received $1,128 in BTC for the month at $12 and $195.”
1,128 whales $BTC($31.6M) Transferred 279 that had been dormant for 10 years $BTC($7.8 million) to 3 new addresses.
whales received 1,128 $BTC The prices in October 2012 and May 2013 were $12 and $195.https://t.co/2MxnVzcEMl pic.twitter.com/2GM7Oq4e2P
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 21, 2023
Bitcoin price hits all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021. So the wallet would have been even richer had it been enabled at that time. The sudden activity and why it happened is still unclear, crypto twitter We are reacting to the news with speculation that someone may have found the seed phrase.
