By Isaac • August 26, 2026 3:17 pm •
Six Bitcoin wallets that had been quiet since the early 2010s suddenly moved 553.59 BTC over a ten-day stretch, putting more than $40 million of long-idle coins back in motion.
A wallet transfer is not proof of a sale. The unusual part is the timing: these coins sat through multiple crashes, exchange failures, halvings and record highs without moving.
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Then, between August 16 and August 26, all six wallets woke up.
Decrypt reviewed the alerts from Galaxy Research and calculated that the six movements totaled 553.59 BTC worth about $40.15 million at the time of transfer. The oldest coins had been untouched since 2011, when Bitcoin traded for a tiny fraction of its current value.
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