Bitcoin Whale Moves $381M BTC After 4-Year Silence
A 4,500 BTC stash was moved to a new wallet on September 25 after a long period of inactivity, with the transfer value around $378 million to $381.38 million depending on the market snapshot. The move also gathered seven small dust deposits from the old address into the same transaction.
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A Bitcoin whale sent 4,500 BTC to a newly created wallet on September 25 after more than four years without activity.
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That same 4,500 BTC was worth about $187.38 million when it first arrived at the sending address, leaving roughly $194 million in unrealized gains at the time of the transfer.
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The transfer moved 4,500 BTC that had not been touched since April 2022 into a new address in full for a fee of 1,303 satoshis, or about $1.10.
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Seven dust deposits ranging from 294 to 547 satoshis, which had accumulated since December 2024, were swept into the same transaction.
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