{"id":93315,"date":"2026-01-20T11:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93315"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:15:23","slug":"bitcoin-whale-moves-85-million-after-13-years-of-inactivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-whale-moves-85-million-after-13-years-of-inactivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Whale Moves $85 Million After 13 Years of Inactivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An anonymous wallet has &#8220;awakened&#8221; after 13 years, transferring 909 BTC worth approximately $84.6 million. This was noted by Whale Alert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 \ud83d\udca4 A dormant address containing 909 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (84,588,851 USD) has just been activated after 13.2 years!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bn1F97iP78\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bn1F97iP78<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/2013360779056099626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Lookonchain, the whale sent the funds to a new address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Bitcoin OG has woken up after 13 years of dormancy, moving all 909.38 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a>($84.62M) into a new wallet.<\/p>\n<p>When this OG first received <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> 13 years ago, the price was under $7 \u2014 now up ~13,900\u00d7.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gc0FeYxGkz\">https:\/\/t.co\/gc0FeYxGkz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxfikGdfNl\">pic.twitter.com\/lxfikGdfNl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2013416746703610183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts noted that the major investor acquired the cryptocurrency between December 2012 and April 2013 when the price was below $7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $91,200. The user&#8217;s unrealized profit has exceeded 13,000%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-24229f8204bcc8f3-4112986320407534.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-273644\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of BTC\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3ABTCUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The owner of both the old and new wallets remains unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jacob King, founder and CEO of WhaleWire, believes the address belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto\">Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Satoshi\u2011era Bitcoin whale has just woken up after well over a decade of dormancy. The entire 909.38 BTC was transferred into a new wallet, likely being set up for off\u2011chain settlements and synthetic exposure sells.<\/p>\n<p>When this whale first received the BTC, the price was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9civLKtRNX\">pic.twitter.com\/9civLKtRNX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob King (@JacobKinge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobKinge\/status\/2013426771102748789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Many investors naively believe that Satoshi only controlled the well-known wallet with 1 million BTC. In reality, it is much more likely that these coins were early fragmented into hundreds of &#8216;sleeping&#8217; wallets, each intended to age independently and later be introduced into circulation without a recognizable pattern,&#8221; he wrote.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The surge in activity from Nakamoto-era whales occurred in 2025 when the price of digital gold first rose above $100,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last recorded activation was in December, when a &#8220;sleeping&#8221; Bitcoin miner of 15 years <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-miner-from-satoshi-era-awakens-after-15-years\">moved<\/a> 50 BTC worth $4.3 million to five new addresses.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing for &#8220;Q Day&#8221;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Such &#8220;awakenings&#8221; typically spark lively discussions on social media about potential profit-taking and the impact on Bitcoin&#8217;s price.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the reactivated whale has not yet sent funds to exchanges. Instead, it transferred assets from a Legacy standard wallet to Bech32 \u2014 a more modern and efficient format.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this context, a user under the nickname Dylan GraBowski speculated that the investor &#8220;awoke&#8221; due to growing risks from quantum computing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They&#8217;re prepping for QDay.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan\u039eGra\u20bfowski (@GrabowskiDylan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrabowskiDylan\/status\/2013420312751120777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s just preparing for Q Day,&#8221; the user wrote.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bech32 addresses use the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-ecdsa-in-bitcoin\">ECDSA<\/a> transaction signature algorithm, which the community fears could be compromised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/experts-assess-quantum-computings-impact-on-bitcoin\">criticized<\/a> developers for ignoring the threat of quantum computing. In his view, the reluctance to acknowledge the risks is already weighing on the price of the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Blockstream co-founder and cypherpunk Adam Back <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/adam-back-dismisses-quantum-threat-to-bitcoin-as-overstated\">stated<\/a> that quantum systems capable of breaking Bitcoin&#8217;s cryptography will not appear for at least another 20-40 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anonymous wallet has &#8220;awakened&#8221; after 13 years, transferring 909 BTC worth approximately $84.6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"An anonymous wallet has \"awakened\" after 13 years, transferring 909 BTC worth approximately $84.6 million.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1156,1138,575],"class_list":["post-93315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-opinions","tag-quantum-computers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"271","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"An anonymous wallet has \"awakened\" after 13 years, transferring 909 BTC worth approximately $84.6 million.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93315","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=93315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93317,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93315\/revisions\/93317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}