Crucial Insights
- A notable Bitcoin whale sent $3.6 million to Kraken exchange after a long period of inactivity.
- Previously, another whale transferred $16 million in BTC, which has sparked intrigue about the history of early Bitcoin wallets.
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A seasoned Bitcoin whale, who has held BTC mined in the initial months following Bitcoin’s inception in 2009, has moved $3.6 million worth of Bitcoin to Kraken exchange, as reported by blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence.
UPDATE: ANCIENT BITCOIN WHALE MOVED $3.58M BTC TO EXCHANGES
A Bitcoin whale holding over $72.5M Bitcoin from 2009 has sent a total of $3.58M BTC to Kraken with their most recent movements yesterday.
This Bitcoin was mined ONE MONTH after Bitcoin’s launch in Feb/March 2009. https://t.co/s7ySYE03wU pic.twitter.com/r8YM6YkmIf
— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) October 4, 2024
The recent transfer of Bitcoin, mined merely a month after Bitcoin’s network launched, has piqued the interest of market observers.
Arkham divulged that this whale, possessing over $72.5 million in Bitcoin, executed the transfer recently. The Bitcoin now housed in Kraken’s wallet was mined in February or March of 2009, following a series of minor transactions, including a five-bitcoin transfer on September 24.
This movement comes just days after another early Bitcoin whale, who mined their Bitcoin around the same period, emerged from 15 years of inactivity to transfer $16 million worth of BTC, according to Arkham Intelligence.
