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Sleeping beauty bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of
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Published: July 4, 2025 at 7:24 a.m. ET
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Attendees pose for photos in front of a sign at The Bitcoin
Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in May. The bitcoin world was abuzz
on Friday after news a pair of dormant accounts woke up after 14
years.Attendees pose for photos in front of a sign at The Bitcoin
Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in May. The bitcoin world was abuzz
on Friday after news a pair of dormant accounts woke up after 14
years. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The bitcoin community was buzzing on Friday after two massive bitcoin
wallets were activated after 14 years of silence, to the tune of more
than $2 billion in potential profit.

Lookonchain and Whale Alert, which each track major blockchain
transactions, both flagged that 20,000 in bitcoin had been moved.
Untouched up to now, the 10,000 bitcoin in each wallet had originally
been deposited in 2011. As bitcoin BTCUSD was worth just 78 cents at
the time and currently stands at $108,868, the value of those two
wallets is now over $1.09 billion each.

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