PANews reported on October 4 that according to Ember Monitoring, a Bitcoin ancient whale address that had been dormant for 13 years was activated one hour ago and a test transfer of 0.001 BTC was made. This address holds a total of 1,346 BTC, which is worth approximately US$115 million at current prices. It is reported that these BTC were received from platforms such as Multibit and BTC-e in 2013. At that time, the purchase cost was only about US$178, and the initial value was about US$240,000. The asset has now increased in value 478 times.
A Bitcoin address that has been dormant for 13 years tested transfers, and the value of the position increased from US$240,000 to US$115 million.
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