A Satoshi-era whale just sold 80,000 BTC, worth over $9 billion.
These coins have remained untouched since 2011.
Now they are gone.
And Bitcoin barely moved.
This is more than a sale. It’s the clearest signal of what’s to come. 🧵
The coins came from 8 inactive wallets created in early 2011.
On July 4th and 5th, they were consolidated. On July 18th, the entire set was sold — discreetly — by Galaxy Digital.
No bread crumbs from the blockchain. No market chaos.
Just a clean execution of one of the largest exits of all time.
The total sale?
→ 80,201.98 BTC
→ Over $9 billion in OTC
→ Fully absorbed by the market on major exchanges
For comparison: Germany sold 50,000 BTC this summer and caused a 15% drop.
This sale? The price dropped 3.5% and recovered in a few hours.
So what changed?
The buyers.
Bitcoin just completed a historic rotation of holders — old whales are leaving and institutions are entering.
This is how every major asset transitions to a new price regime.
In 2022, 80,000 BTC from the $LUNA collapse took Bitcoin into a bear market.
Today, the same volume cannot break the support.
The liquidity profile is different.
The support base is different.
And that’s exactly why the outcome will also be different.
It wasn’t just a demand test.
It was a complete transfer of supply from the early era to capital that plans to hold next.
New buyers. New cost base. New conviction.
Rotations like this prepare the stage for exponential price discovery.
On-chain data confirms this:
→ ~$9.6 billion in realized profit
→ Weekend absorption without sustained reduction
→ The metrics resemble the early phases of a bull market, not overheated peaks
And now the largest seller of the year is ready.
You don’t get multiple chances in moments like this.
The fluctuation just tightened. The seller is gone. The new owners won’t sell next week.
Every explosive movement of Bitcoin starts when most people aren’t paying attention. If you’re still waiting for a clearer signal… here it is.
A decade of supply changed hands — silently, efficiently, and with force.
You didn’t arrive earlier.
But it’s still not too late.
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