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An investor moved 80,000 bitcoins bought in 2011 for less than a dollar: today they are worth more than 8.6 billion dollars

After 14 years of inactivity, eight digital wallets operated by the same person transferred 10,000 BTC each to new addresses; the movement generated speculation and marked a historic record

July 8, 2025.

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After 14 years of inactivity, eight digital wallets operated by the same person transferred 10,000 BTC each to new addresses. The movement generated speculation and marked a historic record: US$8.6 billion

A silence of more than a decade was broken in the crypto ecosystem. Eight Bitcoin wallets, inactive since 2011 and presumably controlled by the same entity, made a transaction that captured global attention: they moved a total of 80,000 bitcoins. A figure that, at the current value of the cryptocurrency, exceeds 8.6 billion dollars. The assets were acquired during the so-called “Satoshi era” —the foundational period of Bitcoin, between 2009 and 2011— when each unit was worth less than a dollar. It is estimated that the original investment was about 210,000 dollars. Today, that figure has multiplied by 40,000.

The movement of a whale

Wallets that hold large amounts of cryptocurrency since the early days of the blockchain are known in the ecosystem as “whales”. Their weight is such that they can influence the price and the dynamics of the market just by moving their funds. Although the identity behind this recent transaction is unknown, everything indicates that the eight operations belong to a person who bet from the beginning on the idea of decentralizing the financial system. That is, a true pioneer —or rather, a visionary— close to the original circle of Satoshi Nakamoto.