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Lookonchain reported in a July 17 post on X that a long‑dormant Bitcoin holder has moved 40,192 BTC
The analytics group noted the owner "may continue to sell", which raises the possibility that more of the coins could enter circulation soon.
This activity followed a transfer on July 15, when the same holder sent 40,009 BTC, valued at around $4.7 billion, to Galaxy Digital, according to blockchain data from Nansen.
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Galaxy then passed 6,000 BTC from that batch to Binance
Together, these two transactions have depleted the BTC holder’s original eight wallets, which had remained untouched for over 14 years.
Those wallets were first funded in Bitcoin’s early days. In April 2011, two of them each received 20,000 BTC when the price was just $0.78 per coin. A month later, six more wallets belonging to the same owner were credited with 60,009 BTC at roughly $3.37 each.
Lookonchain first flagged the renewed activity on July 4 by noting that this was one of the largest early Bitcoin holdings ever observed. At the time of the initial transactions more than a decade ago, the entire stash was worth less than $250,000.
Meanwhile, as Bitcoin’s price passed $120,000 on July 13, Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s anonymous creator, reached a new milestone in wealth. What is his net worth? Read the full story.
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