{"id":89364,"date":"2025-09-29T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89364"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:50:14","slug":"bitcoin-from-the-satoshi-era-moves-after-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-from-the-satoshi-era-moves-after-12-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin from the &#8216;Satoshi Era&#8217; Moves After 12 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a cryptocurrency wallet dormant for 12 years has withdrawn approximately 400 BTC, valued at $44 million, according to analysts at Lookonchain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A dormant wallet woke up after 12 years, moving 400.08 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a>($44.29M) to multiple new wallets 3 hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 400.08 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> was received from miners 15 years ago.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aem7WhbkOu\">https:\/\/t.co\/aem7WhbkOu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3m4XSBNXFO\">pic.twitter.com\/3m4XSBNXFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1972471043819442363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/address\/1ArUGfCLfuopJpmvXJoE5aKfYFLpxzwaWT\">Arkham<\/a>, the funds were sent from the address to several wallets, mostly in batches of 15 BTC. Consequently, the user&#8217;s balance is now empty.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-86494a15ca1e75f8-5535548368115996.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-09-29 132403\" class=\"wp-image-266521\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Arkham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Analysts noted that the initial coins were received from miners about 15 years ago. The identity of the owner and the reasons for the transfer remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>During the 12-year &#8220;hibernation,&#8221; the price of Bitcoin rose from $135 to $122,149.<\/p>\n<p>Lookonchain also reported on the actions of an Ethereum whale. Five months ago, the whale sold 1,857 ETH for $4.18 million at a price of $2,251.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Five months ago, whale 0xE37F sold 1,857 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($4.18M) at $2,251.<\/p>\n<p>Just ~50 minutes ago, he bought back 1,501 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($6.17M) at a high price of $4,114.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8mmMeyNBNy\">https:\/\/t.co\/8mmMeyNBNy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F01cXLxYOi\">pic.twitter.com\/F01cXLxYOi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1972555347404722356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Recently, he repurchased 1,501 ETH, spending $6.17 million at a rate of $4,114.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, a whale that &#8220;woke up&#8221; after 12 years <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dormant-whale-transfers-750-btc-to-binance-after-seven-years\">transferred<\/a> 750 BTC to Binance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a cryptocurrency wallet dormant for 12 years has withdrawn approximately 400 BTC, valued at $44 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"A dormant wallet moved 400 BTC worth $44 million after 12 years.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,46,1156],"class_list":["post-89364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"206","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"A dormant wallet moved 400 BTC worth $44 million after 12 years.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89364","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=89364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89366,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89364\/revisions\/89366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}