Sleeping Bitcoin Wallet Transfers 1,000 BTC Worth Over $56M After a Decade
On Friday, July 5, 2024, at 8 p.m. EDT, as bitcoin’s price hovered around $56,500 per unit, a dormant wallet, created on Nov. 24, 2013, transferred over 1,000 BTC, valued at $56.5 million, at block height 850,855. Long-I...
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