{"id":77063,"date":"2026-03-20T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77063"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:01:32","slug":"ancient-bitcoin-whale-moves-148-million-after-13-years-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77063","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Bitcoin Whale Moves $148 Million After 13 Years: What Does It Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) wallet that had remained untouched for over 13 years moved 2,100 BTC worth $147.7 million on Friday, with the original July 2012 purchase price of just $13,685 representing a 10,000x return.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 13-Year Hold<\/h3>\n<p>The transfer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/394488\/from-13700-to-148-million-bitcoin-whale-moves-2100-btc-untouched-for-over-13-years?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\">initiated<\/a> at 10:27 a.m. UTC Friday, with blockchain explorer Mempool data showing the transaction consolidated multiple UTXOs into a new output at the same \u201c1NB3Z\u201d address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Someone sent a small amount to a secondary address, potentially taking advantage of the current low-fee environment.<\/p>\n<p>The address initially received the 2,100 BTC on Independence Day, July 4, 2012, when that amount was worth approximately $13,685.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wallet continued to receive numerous minor transactions in the intervening period but never &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51378658\/ancient-bitcoin-whale-moves-148-million-after-13-years?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Ancient\" bitcoin whale moves million after years: what does it mean>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wallet that had remained untouched for over 13 years moved 2,100 BTC worth $147.7 million on Friday, with the original July 2012 purchase price of just $13,685 representing a 10,000x return. The 13-Year Hold The transfer was initiated at 10:27 a.m. UTC Friday, with blockchain explorer Mempool data showing the transaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-77063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}