Bitcoin Whale Transfers $3.6M to Kraken After 15 Years of Dormancy

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An older Bitcoin whale, who holds BTC mined in the first months after Bitcoin launched in 2009, transferred $3.6 million worth of Bitcoin to the Kraken exchange. conformable to the Arkham Intelligence blockchain analytics platform.

UPDATE: ANCIENT BITCOIN WHALE WANTED $3.58M BTC ON EXCHANGE

A Bitcoin whale holding over $72.5 million in Bitcoin since 2009 has sent a total of $3.58 million BTC to Kraken with its latest moves yesterday.

This Bitcoin was mined ONE MONTH after Bitcoin launched in February/March 2009. https://t.co/s7ySYE03wU pic.twitter.com/r8YM6YkmIf

— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) October 4, 2024

This recent move in Bitcoin, mined just a month after Bitcoin’s mainnet went live, has sparked curiosity among market watchers.

Arkham revealed that the whale, who holds over $72.5 million in Bitcoin, initiated the transfer yesterday. The transferred bitcoin, mined in February or March 2009, is now in the Kraken wallet following a series of smaller transactions, including a coin of five bitcoins. transfer on September 24.

This comes just days after another early Bitcoin whale, which mined Bitcoin around the same time, woke up after 15 years of dormancy to move $16 million worth of BTC, conformable to Arkham Intelligence.

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