Successful Recovery of Takafumi Horie's 400 ETH, Previously Inaccessible for Years

The publicly listed Urueru Net Advertising Group, through its subsidiary Bitcoin Savior Inc., has announced the successful recovery of cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) that had been inaccessible for years, belonging to entrepreneur Takafumi Horie.

Horie had purchased approximately 400 ETH during the Ethereum crowdsale (presale) held around July to September 2014, and has revealed that he 'probably has the longest history of Ethereum ownership among Japanese.' The ETH was acquired in terms of BTC, and at that time, the rate was approximately 0.3 to 0.31 USD per ETH, with the total purchase amount being only a few tens of thousands of yen. As of March 2026, the current rate...