13 BTC worth $137 million transferred from 15,6-year-old inactive bitcoin address
Inactive for almost 13 years on Thursday Bitcoin- a wallet with 444,81 BTC on its balance, worth $50,7 million at current prices, transferred some of the coins.
The outgoing transaction included 137,03 BTC ($15,6 million), of which Arkham says 132 BTC went to a new address and 5 BTC to a wallet on a US exchange. Kraken.
The last time the mentioned sender address was active was on November 26, 2012, when it received the same 137,03 BTC. At that time, the 444,81 BTC stored on it were worth only $5437, noted experts from the blockchain monitoring platform Onchain Lens.
Apparently, the anonymous owner of the wallet decided to sell some of the coins transferred to the crypto exchange. And this is understandable, because during the time of holding, the cost of one bitcoin increased by 9300 times (in 2012, BTC was valued at only $12,22).
According to network data, the awakened address «1Q397» still holds 307,79 BTC worth $35,1 million.
Last week another one Bitcoin-an address containing about 479 BTC worth $53 million also woke up after nearly 13 years of inactivity.
The current price of Bitcoin is $114,500, per day main kriptovalyuta increased by 0,4%, weekly dynamics are positive by 3,6%.
