2014

Sleeping Bitcoin Wallet Transfers 1,000 BTC Worth Over $56M After a Decade

July 6, 2024 Bitcoin.com

2013

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-Inactive Bitcoin Wallet Transfers Over $56M At 8 p.m., or Bitcoin block height 850,855, a wallet created ten […]

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2014 Bitcoin Whale Awakens, Spends 1,005 BTC Valued at $64 Million After a Decade

May 6, 2024 Bitcoin.com

2014

Contrary to several earlier reports, it has been revealed that not only were 687.33 bitcoins transferred from a dormant 2014 wallet on May 6, 2024, but the owner also appears to have expended a total of 1,005.33 BTC, equivalent to almost $64 million at current exchange rates. 1,005 Bitcoin Worth $64 Million Moved From 2 […]

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BTC Wraps up 13 Consecutive Years of Recorded Market Value, With No Santa Rally in 2022

December 25, 2022 Bitcoin.com

2010

By the end of this year bitcoin will have 13 consecutive years of recorded market value under its belt. Seven of those years saw Santa rallies all the way up until New Year’s Eve, and five of the 13 years saw bearish returns from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31. There’s still six more days left […]

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Addresses That Sat Idle for Years Transferred 1,221 Bitcoins Worth $20M Over the Last 4 Days

December 4, 2022 Bitcoin.com

$20 million

During the last seven days, bitcoin’s price has remained above the $16K region following the aftermath of FTX’s collapse. Since then, a number of ‘sleeping bitcoins’ that sat idle for five to nine years have been moving during the last four days. Bitcoins that were worth far less back then are being transferred for the […]

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8 Years Ago Today: Bitcoin Traders Slayed the Infamous Bear Whale Who Dumped 30,000 BTC in a Single Trade

October 6, 2022 Bitcoin.com

$29 million per day

Eight years ago today on October 6, 2014, while the price of bitcoin was coasting along at $330 per unit, an anonymous Bitstamp trader placed an order to sell 30,000 bitcoins. Moreover, the trader, now infamously known as the “Bear Whale,” sold the coins at $300 per unit, which put extreme pressure on the nascent […]

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Historical Bitcoin Price Trends Are Traditionally Bearish in September, While BTC Market Revivals Follow in October

September 17, 2022 Bitcoin.com

2013

Half of September has passed and bitcoin traders are curious about where the price is headed next, as September is traditionally a bearish month for crypto prices. Furthermore, October is known to be a bullish month as bitcoin has been profitable in October more than 77% of the time. Data shows the leading crypto asset’s […]

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Since 2014, Roughly 42% of Failed Crypto Exchanges Have Disappeared Without a Trace for No Apparent Reason

July 25, 2022 Bitcoin.com

2014

Just recently, coinjournal.net published a report that shows the number of cryptocurrency exchanges that have failed during the last eight years. Interestingly, the researcher’s data shows that 42% of failed crypto asset trading platforms disappeared without a trace, giving users no explanation as to why the exchange shut down. During the Past 8 Years, Research […]

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$540 Million Worth of ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2014 Move — BTC Possibly Linked to Cryptsy Theft

March 30, 2022 Bitcoin.com

$540 Million

On March 29, blockchain parsers caught a sequence of 11 transactions totaling 11,325 bitcoin moving from unknown wallets created in 2014, to a great number of recipient addresses. Furthermore, the stash of bitcoin worth $540 million today is possibly linked to the Cryptsy theft, according to onchain analytics. 11,325 Bitcoins Move From Dormant 2014 Addresses, […]

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Peter Thiel Says His ‘Biggest Mistake of the Decade Was Getting Too Late and Too Little Into Bitcoin’

March 19, 2022 Bitcoin.com

2010

During a discussion published on March 12, 2022, the billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel discussed how he built Paypal with fellow co-founders Max Levchin, David Sacks, and Luke Nosek. Toward the end of the hour-long conversation, the topic quickly turned to cryptocurrencies and Thiel stressed that his “biggest mistake” during the last ten […]

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The Miner Capitulation Number: A Look at When Bitcoin’s Price Crashed Below the Cost of Production

February 7, 2022 Bitcoin.com

2011

Over the last 30 days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along at the highest levels ever recorded during the network’s lifetime. Bitcoin’s price improved recently but it is still down 38% from the crypto asset’s high, making bitcoin less profitable to mine. However, bitcoin mining is still profitable, in contrast to ten years ago, when […]

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Bitcoin price will hold $100K for good after three key events take place