For the first time in 14 years, eight dormant BTC wallets were awakened, each containing at least 10,000 bitcoins. They transferred 80,009 BTC worth $8.69 billion.
There are speculations that these assets may belong to Ross Ulbricht - the owner of the anonymous drug platform Silk Road. Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence since May 28, 2015, but on January 22, 2025, he was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump. At that time, there were rumors that he achieved the pardon in exchange for donations of large sums from his secret crypto reserves, which U.S. authorities were unable to trace and confiscate during his arrest.