Remarkable Activity in Two Bitcoin Wallets That Have Been Inactive for 14 Years! Thousands of Bitcoins Transferred! Here Are the Details

There has been a rare flurry of activity on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to on-chain data, two Bitcoin wallets that have been dormant for 14 years have transferred a total of 20,000 BTC (about $2.18 billion) to other addresses. Bitcoin Wallets Recover After 14 Years: 20,000 BTC Moved These addresses first appeared on April 3, 2011, in a transaction made by a wallet named “1HqXB…gDwcK.” In the transaction in question, 23,377.83 BTC were sent to three different addresses. Two addresses received 10,000 BTC, while the third address was left with 3,377.83 BTC. These two large recipient wallets (“12tLs…xj2me” and “1KbrS…AWJYm”) have not made any transactions since then. However, this changed on Thursday night and early Friday morning. Both addresses moved their 10,000 BTC balances to new addresses within 30 minutes of each other. Interestingly, the BTCs sent to these addresses were recorded as the first and only incoming transactions for these wallets. The new addresses that were sent to have not shown any activity for now. It remains unknown whether these two wallets belong to the same person or different people. There is also no information about the reason for the transfers. However, the striking point is this: These 20,000 BTC, which were worth $ 7,800 in 2011, are now worth approximately $ 2.18 billion, indicating a tremendous increase in value of 13,982,800%. While such old wallet movements often cause excitement and speculation in the markets, some experts evaluate that these transfers may be cold wallet updates or inheritance transactions made for security purposes. *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: Remarkable Activity in Two Bitcoin Wallets That Have Been Inactive for 14 Years! Thousands of Bitcoins Transferred! Here Are the Details

Source: BitcoinSistemi