Another Bitcoin wallet last used during Bitcoin's early days has been activated this year.
Data shared by the Whale Alert crypto tracking service has it that, in the past 24 hours, one more crypto wallet with Bitcoins bought and/or mined nine years ago has been awakened after a long period of inactivity.
?? A dormant address containing 616 #BTC (29,470,042 USD) has just been activated after 8.8 years (worth 6,667 USD in 2012)!https://t.co/tr6lgToZPO
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) September 19, 2021
Yet another dormant BTC address activated this year
The wallet 1BamMXZBPLMwBT3UdyAAKy3ctGDbXNKoXk contains 616 Bitcoins worth $29,470,042. Back in 2012, this amount of BTC was the equivalent of only $6,667, rising 4,499 times by now.
This is not the first time a dormant BTC wallet has been activated this year. Previously, U.Today reported that such "sleeping" wallets were activated in July, March and February. They held 791 BTC ($26,147,621), 5,000 BTC ($280,814,423) and 2,289.53 BTC (worth approximately $110 million), respectively.
A Twitter user, in the comments under the Whale Alert post, opined that such a wallet being activated could be considered a bad sign since owners of these wallets most likely plan to sell their stash now and then buy more Bitcoin more cheaply later. He added that these holders are likely to be in touch with other major whales, so a sell-off may be on the horizon.
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