After Eight Years of Dormancy, Long-Forgotten Ethereum ICO Wallet Resurfaces with $15 Million Worth of Funds
A wallet dating back to the Ethereum (ETH) initial coin offering (ICO) in 2015 has caught the attention of the crypto community after it suddenly moved a significant amount of funds. The wallet, which has been completely...
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The wallet, which has been completely inactive since the ICO, on Saturday transferred all of its 8,000 ETH to another newly created address, on-chain data from Etherscan shows....
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