July 5, 2025
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Eight Bitcoin Wallets Move 80,000 BTC in Largest Ever ‘Satoshi Era’ Transfers

ALL OF TESE MOVED Coins Are Among The Rarest Class of BTC: Mined or Transacted Durying the “Satoshi Era,” A LOOSELY DEFINED Period from Bitcoin’s Launch in 2009 Active online.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

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ALL OF TESE MOVED Coins Are Among The Rarest Class of BTC: Mined or Transacted Durying the “Satoshi Era,” A LOOSELY DEFINED Period from Bitcoin’s Launch in 2009 Active online.Updated Jul 5, 2025, 5:14 AM PUBLISHED JUL 5, 2025, 5:12 AM

A Statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, A Presued Pseudonym Used by the Inventor of Bitcoin, Is Displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The Statue's Creaters, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, Used Anonymized Facial Features, As Nakamoto's True Identify Remains Unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

What to Know:

  • More Than $ 8 Billion in Bitcoin from the ‘Satoshi Era’ Was Moved in the Largest Transfer on Record.
  • Two Dormant Wallets, Each Holding 10,000 BTC Since 2011, Transferred Their Funds to New Addresses.
  • The Identity of the Wallet Owner Remains Unknown, and the Bitcoins Are Now in New Walletts Using A Modern Address Format.
MORE THAN $ 8 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Mined Durying The Network’s Earliest Days – Colloquially Known as the “Satshi Era” – Were Moved Friday in the Largest Such Transfer on Record.

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Two Wallets That Had Remated Domanted for Over 14 Years Each Transferred 10,000 BTC to New Addresses AROUND EARLY FRIDAY, AS COINDESK REPORTED. The Two Addresses Had Initially Received Their Coins on April 3, 2011, WHEN BITCOIN Traded at Just 78 CENTS.

That btc is now worth $ 1.1 Billion per Wallet at Current Prices, Marking An Apprecciation of More than 13.9 Million Percent.

The Original Source of the Coins Wallet “1HQXB… GDWCK,” WHICH SENT 23,377.83 BTC to Three Separeate Walletts in 2011.

Two of Those – “12tls… XJ2ME” and “1kbrs… Awjym” – Held The Bulk Until this Week. The Third Wallet, WHICH RECEIVED 3,377 BTC, HAD ALREADY SPENT ITS FUNDS IN 2011.

Late Friday, on -chain Analysis FIRM Arkham Flagged that Six Other Wallets Moved Over 10,000 Bitcoin

In Quick Succession, Worth Over $ 8.6 Billion at Current Prices.

The Same Entity Apparently Owns All of the Best Wallets, Akrham Said. However, No Individual or Company have Publicly claimed Ownership of these Wallets As of Asian Morning Hours on Saturday.

A Single Entity Moved $ 8.6 Billion of BTC from 8 Addresses in the Past Day.

All of the Bitcoin Was Moved Into the Original Wallets on EITHER 2nd April or 4th May 2011 and has been Held for Over 14 Years.

Currently, The Bitcoin Is Sitting in 8 New Addresses and Has Not Been… Pic.twitter.com/nm53tvrzlj

– Arkham (@arkham) July 4, 2025

The Transferred BTC Was Sent to Fresh Wallets Using A Modern, Lower-Fee Address Format. Neither of the New Wallets Has Since Moved the Funds Further, and the Identity of the Wallet Owner Remains Unknown.

ALL OF TESE MOVED Coins Are Among The Rarest Class of BTC: Mined or Transacted Durying the “Satoshi Era,” A LOOSELY DEFINED Period from Bitcoin’s Launch in 2009 Active online.

Wallets from this Time Are Considered Part of Crypto’s Holy Grail – Rarely Moved and Onthen Watched Closely by Traders for Market Signals Stance on the Market.

Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is the co-leader of the coindesk tokens and data team in asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, Defi, Market Microstructure, and Protocol Analysis.

Shaurya Holds Over $ 1,000 in Btc, Eth, Sol, Avax, Sushi, Crv, Near, YFI, YFI, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, CAKE, Vet, Vet, Vet RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, Banana, Rome, Burger, Spirit, and ORCA.

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