Dormant Bitcoin Moves After 15 Years, Average Acquisition Cost Around $10

2026/08/09 10:39

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Written by L.Kikutani

Dormant Bitcoin Moves After 15 Years, Average Acquisition Cost Around $10

Dormant Bitcoin Stirs

Galaxy Research reported that an address, which had not seen any activity since July 16, 2011, moved 49.97 BTC (worth over 500 million yen) on August 6, 2026.

This address had received 49.97 BTC on July 16, 2011, and had not been active since, with an average acquisition cost of about $10 per BTC. The realized gain at the time of this movement was approximately 32.3 million dollars...

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