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6,522 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Worth $107 Million Wake Up After 5 Years of Inactivity

DIGIT — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:00:25 +0000

On Nov. 16, 2022, at Bitcoin block height 763,474, someone transferred 6,522 bitcoin worth roughly $107 million after the coins sat idle for more than five years. While bitcoin’s value is 75% lower than it was a year ago, so-called sleeping bitcoins have been waking up amid the recent crypto market capitulation. While Bitcoin’s Price […]

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3,500 ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2011 Worth Over $60 Million Wake up After 11 Years of Slumber

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:30:50 +0000

On Nov. 11, amid the confusion concerning troubled crypto companies like FTX and Blockfi, 3,500 ‘sleeping bitcoins’ from a wallet created on Oct. 7, 2011, moved for the first time in over 11 years. $60 Million Worth of 11-Year-Old Bitcoins Move Amid the Crypto Market Rout A large string of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ moved on […]

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Bitcoin Addresses Holding $1 Million Goes ‘Parabolic,’ 10% of BTC Supply Sits Idle for 10 Years

DIGIT — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:30:32 +0000

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 a decade. At the time of publication, bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just below […]

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