Two More Sleeping Bitcoin Addresses Wake From Slumber, Moving 1,045 BTC

July 7, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Two days ago, a dormant bitcoin wallet moved over 1,000 bitcoins on July 5, and since then, two more notable awakenings have occurred in the past 48 hours. On Saturday, an address created in December 2013 spent approximately 149.99 BTC for the first time in over a decade. On Sunday, another historic wallet from April […]

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Lessons From Bybit’s .5 Billion Breach

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Lessons From Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Breach

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

July 6, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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

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 […]

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Lessons From Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Breach

Historic Bitcoin Stashes Mobilize Amid Rising Market Valuations

February 18, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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With bitcoin’s value rising past the $51,000 mark, numerous long-dormant bitcoin hoards have begun to mobilize unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) that have remained untouched for an extended period. Although instances involving ‘sleeping bitcoins’ from the years 2009, 2010, and 2011 are considerably scarce, there’s been a noticeable resurgence of older coin batches from 2012, 2013, […]

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Lessons From Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Breach

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

December 4, 2022 Bitcoin.com

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

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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 […]

Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Lessons From Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Breach

Spending $276M in Ether — Colossal Ethereum Whale That Participated in the Genesis ICO Transfers 145,000 ETH

August 15, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Spending 6M in Ether — Colossal Ethereum Whale That Participated in the Genesis ICO Transfers 145,000 ETH

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After three years of dormancy, a massive ethereum whale that participated in the project’s first token sale, also known as the Genesis initial coin offering (ICO), spent 145,000 ether worth just over $276 million using today’s ethereum exchange rates. Mega Ethereum Whale Distributes 145,000 Ether to 9 Different Addresses On August 14, 2022, onchain data […]

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