Bitcoin Whale From 2015 Moves 'Sleeping Bitcoins' Worth $163M as Historic Wallets Wake Up

As bitcoin remains stable above the $69K mark, an entity from 2015 made onchain waves by moving 2,352.62 bitcoins valued at more than $163 million. This individual executed the transfer through 80 distinct transactions, after letting the bitcoins remain untouched for more than eight years.

2015 Bitcoin Cache Comes Alive

On March 10, 2024, a group of 80 dormant bitcoin (BTC) wallets, inactive for over eight years, sprang into action moving 2,352.62 BTC. This activity was detected by the Bitcoin blockchain parser at btcparser.com, which noted 80 transactions originating from 2015 wallets.

The first 2015 transaction of this batch took place at block height 834,016 and ended at block height 834,072. The fire symbol on this image is a 2011 transaction. On btcparser.com a single fire is 2011, two fires is 2010, and three fires equals 2009.

Most of the bitcoins came from wallets established from creation dates in August, September, October, November, and December 2015.

All 80 addresses were P2PKH wallets and all the funds were consolidated into Bech32 addresses.

During this period, bitcoin was navigating through a prolonged downturn, following the peak prices of 2013. On Sept. 10, 2015, the price of a single bitcoin was $238.

This stash was originally worth $560,000; at the time of transfer, the funds were up 29,007%.

At that rate, the value of this hoard was roughly $560,000 back then, significantly less than its current valuation of $163 million. All of these transactions emerged from Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash (P2PKH) addresses and were merged into over 17 different Bech32 addresses.

This significant transaction from 2015 comes on the heels of another two notable movements where 3,000 bitcoins from 2010 were transferred for the first time last week, after being mined almost 14 years prior.

The two red dots on this image are not from the 2015 whale. While block height 834,072 seemingly ended the run, the 2015 entity may have started back up again at block 834,081. The 80 spends mentioned in this article, from 2015 addresses that amounted to 2,352.62 bitcoins, were all transferred between block 834,016 and 834,072.

While steadfast holders continue to retain their assets, numerous large-scale investors are mobilizing their coins for the first time in an extended period, coinciding with BTC’s peak prices.

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