{"id":23372,"date":"2025-04-24T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptoquant-observes-awakening-of-dormant-bitcoins\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:03:00","slug":"cryptoquant-observes-awakening-of-dormant-bitcoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptoquant-observes-awakening-of-dormant-bitcoins\/","title":{"rendered":"CryptoQuant Observes Awakening of Dormant Bitcoins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From January to March, approximately 62,800 BTC, which had remained inactive for over seven years, suddenly &#8220;awoke&#8221; and changed wallets. By comparison, only 28,000 BTC were moved during the same period last year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/insights\/quicktake\/6808b8a41babdc65a66b1fe9-Dormant-Bitcoin-Awakens-Old-BTC-Moves-Surge-in-2025\">CryptoQuant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in this metric was 121%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1536.webp\" alt=\"1-1536\" class=\"wp-image-257448\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: CryptoQuant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The calculation excluded <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mt-gox-trustee-updates-creditor-payout-information\">141,000 BTC<\/a> related to the transfer to Mt.Gox in May 2024, providing a &#8220;cleaner&#8221; picture of organic market activity.<\/p>\n<p>Experts suggest that such phenomena may indicate a shift in sentiment among long-term holders. Possible reasons include current macroeconomic instability, revised price expectations, or increased institutional investor demand for liquidity.<\/p>\n<p>In April, CryptoQuant<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/the-trump-factor-1057-btc-move-after-years-of-dormancy\"> detected<\/a> the activation of 1,057 BTC that had been inactive for the past 7-10 years. The trigger might have been panic in the stock market following President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-declares-liberation-day-with-new-tariffs\">&#8220;liberation&#8221; tariffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arthur-hayes-hints-at-bitcoin-rising-above-100000\"> predicted<\/a> a rise in the value of digital gold above $100,000 due to the U.S. Treasury&#8217;s buyback of government bonds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From January to March, approximately 62,800 BTC, which had remained inactive for over seven years, suddenly &#8220;awoke&#8221; and changed wallets. By comparison, only 28,000 BTC were moved during the same period last year, according to CryptoQuant. The increase in this metric was 121%. Data: CryptoQuant. The calculation excluded 141,000 BTC related to the transfer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,1205,1145],"class_list":["post-23372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-transactions","tag-cryptoquant","tag-market-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"104","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}