On May 22, 2024, an unknown Bitcoin whale from the time of Satoshi Nakamoto transferred 2,000 BTC to one wallet. He received bitcoins in 2010 as a mining reward. At the time of writing, they are valued at more than $139 million.
someone just consolidated 2000 BTC worth of old mining rewards dating back to 2010.
some of the outputs have appreciated 1,000,000x in dollar terms since they were mined 🤯https://t.co/G6e7Ija9S2
— mononaut (tx/acc) (@mononautical) May 22, 2024
Note that the commission for such a transaction was $214.14.
A crypto expert under the pseudonym mononautical on X (formerly Twitter) noted that some of the bitcoins owned by the whale have increased in value a million-fold since being mined.
Note that on March 26, 2024, an unknown Bitcoin whale, who received 2000 BTC as a mining reward in 2010, also transferred all assets to one wallet.
Earlier, another major bitcoin hodler from the time of Satoshi Nakamoto sold 1,000 BTC as the first cryptocurrency reached a historical maximum of $69,129.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading near $69,800.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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