In the space of a few hours, several dormant wallets containing tens of thousands of bitcoins have been animated. And there are transactions that are worth billions of dollars.
This is the kind of transaction very noticed and which, without a doubt, secretly fantasizes all the people who one day embarked on the business of cryptocurrency. On the day of July 4, 2025, the community discovered an exceptional movement of bitcoins, whose value exceeds one billion dollars.
« Someone bought 10,000 bitcoins for $ 15,400 [en 2011, NDLR]kept them for fourteen years and sold them today for $ 1.1 billion. What a legend! “Exclaimed on X (ex-Twitter) Vivek Sen, author on the specialized journal Bitcoin Magazine, with a supporting screenshot.
In reality, however, it is not a sale, but a transfer of these 10,000 BTCs from one portfolio to another. This is what the company Lookonchain points out, which, as its name suggests, specializes in monitoring transactions on the blockchain. The fact remains that this huge jackpot has virtually made its owner immensely rich.
At this stage, the identity of the owner (s) of the portfolios related to this transfer is unknown, notes The Block specialized media. In addition, the reason why this transfer was decided also remains a mystery. It is also not easy to know if the two wallets involved are controlled by the same people or not.
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At the time of the acquisition of these bitcoins, fourteen years ago, it was then necessary to pay around $ 0.78 per unit of crypto. It was already a notable investment. Above all, a daring bet for an electronic motto still young (even if the course was already starting to go up, which encouraged to get started).
Here, the bet was a winner. The initial portfolio, which was obviously sleeping (no other activity was noted before this transfer), ultimately made it possible to multiply by 140,000 the initial bet, barely carried out after the creation of Bitcoin by the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto. A return deemed ” amazing By Lookonchain.
But there are more strange: other similar activities were identified in early July, this other tweet in society is evidenced by. Again, we are talking about an inactive portfolio for 14 years and having just transferred all of its 10,000 bitcoins ($ 1.09 billion). They were bought in 2011 for $ 7,805 at the time ($ 0.78 per unit).
Other dormant wallets wake up 14 years later
This double transfer of 10,000 BTC each time is not isolated. The Block as Lookonchain found that several others wallets Dormants suddenly experienced an activity at the start of the month. At this stage, there are six other portfolios which were also the scene of cryptocurrency transfer to 10,000 bitcoins.
In the case of the first two wallets, The Block noted that they transferred their bitcoins to new addresses 30 minutes apart, going from addresses inherited to more modern and cheaper formats, without being able to say that it is for these reasons that the amounts have been moved. They haven’t moved since.
For his part, Lookonchain noted on X that there has just been no less than 8 dormant wallets which suddenly woke up after 14 years of inactivity to transfer a total of 80,009 units of Bitcoin – which represents a total amount of 8.69 billion dollars, according to the current course. We speak of transfers close to each other, up to 10,000 BTC.
If the intentions behind these movements are not clear, the case has in any case nourished the comments of Internet users interested in the crypto-not without being a bit of a pinches. “” I think I could have last another year For example, said one of them. “” Panic sale, to be honest … far too early “Launched another. And so on.
The summits affected by Bitcoin today (the price of a bitcoin has passed the $ 100,000 mark) can encourage Internet users to try to catch up with the rocket, even if it seems too late in 2025. The curve, in fact, seems to continue to climb whatever happens, despite sometimes brutal falls. But there is no guarantee that it will always last.
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