Where is Bitcoin Pepe headed as two dormant bitcoin wallets move BTC after 14 years

Two Bitcoin wallets that had remained inactive for over 14 years were reactivated late Thursday night, collectively transferring 20,000 BTC, worth approximately $2. 18 billion at current prices. The unexpected movement of these long-dormant funds has drawn widespread attention across the cryptocurrency community.

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How does a Bitcoin wallet work?

Explore how Bitcoin wallets authorize transactions, protect private keys, and why hardware wallets like Ledger matter for self-custody. The post How does a Bitcoin wallet work? appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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PepeX revives meme coin sector as Bitcoin’s newest wallets capitulate

Cryptocurrencies underperform as Bitcoin’s struggle triggers notable declines in the altcoins space. These trends have catalyzed disinterest in the market as new wallets offload. Cryptoquant data shows addresses that acquired Bitcoin within the past three months are reducing their exposure.

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Ancient Bitcoin Wallet Suddenly Activated as BTC Recovers After Big Drop

Several dormant Bitcoin whales reactivated their wallets after more than 10 years of hibernation

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Bitcoin wallets dormant for 15 years suddenly move BTC

Satoshi era bitcoin wallets dormant since 2009, have just moved 250 BTC to new wallet addresses. The five wallets transfered BTC in batches of 50 coins each. Bitcoin price traded around $63,500, having touched highs above $64,000 across major exchanges.

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2-year high for Bitcoin's whales - What does that mean for you?

Whale wallets accumulated over 7 million BTCs Cryptocurrency has stayed above $66,000 despite declines on a few fronts Bitcoin whale wallets have been consistently accumulating BTC over the The post 2-year high for Bitcoin's whales - What does that mean for you? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin’s top 100 ‘dustiest’ wallets contain over $88M in BTC

More than $88 million is held in the top 100 Bitcoin wallets, which are classified as containing a “minuscule amount” of BTC.

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) Amount of Holders Stays Flat, While Ethereum and Tether Reach All-Time Highs

According to a recent tweet by Santiment, the number of Bitcoin wallets holding more than 0 BTC has dropped by 729. 4K over the past month. After the SEC approved 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs, by January 20th, the amount of non-zero Bitcoin wallets peaked at 52.

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Bitcoin Whales in One of Most Aggressive Accumulation Cycles in History: Details

Recent analytics data shows that Bitcoin wallets have been adding Bitcoin aggressively in past half year

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Bitcoin ‘Millionaire’ wallets are going down: Is it a thing to worry about?

As the number of Bitcoin millionaires dropped by 80% annually, they are becoming an increasingly rare breed. There are currently just 23,000 BTC wallets with a balance worth $1 million or more, accordThe post Bitcoin ‘Millionaire’ wallets are going down: Is it a thing to worry about? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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EU Issues Bitcoin, Crypto Ban On Russia With New Sanctions

Previously-limited transactions between Russian bitcoin wallets and EU service providers are now completely banned.

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Bitcoin ‘tourists’ have been purged, only hodlers remain: Glassnode

Active addresses, entities and transactions on the Bitcoin network are all moving sideways while the number of wallets holding at least some of the assets continues to reach new highs.

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5 innovative Bitcoin privacy wallets in 2022

Bitcoin wallets are necessary tools for purchasing, trading, and selling Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The post 5 innovative Bitcoin privacy wallets in 2022 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Best Bitcoin Lightning Network Wallets [2022] – Wallets With LN Support

If you’ve been around the cryptocurrency space for some time, you’ll agree with me that one of the biggest bottlenecks impeding the scalability and widespread adoption of Bitcoin worldwide is how slow and expensive a transaction can get.

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Best Bitcoin Lightning Network Wallets [2021] – Wallets With LN Support

If you’ve been around the cryptocurrency space for some time, you’ll agree with me that one of the biggest bottlenecks impeding the scalability and widespread adoption of Bitcoin worldwide is how slow and expensive a transaction can get.

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The 4th Richest Bitcoin Whale bought 12,000 bitcoins at an average price below $40k in past three weeks

Yesterday’s sell-off might just be the dumbest move we saw happen in the bitcoin crypto market. People were panicking all over again, but this time- it was not China FUD or any mining-related issue; it was mainstream media and US government officials spreading fake news on bitcoin wallets being hacked.

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Electrum Developers Apply Fix After Apple Update Bricks Bitcoin Wallets

Apple's most recent Mac update is causing major problems for one of Bitcoin’s oldest wallets.

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Satoshi Is Alive? 50 Bitcoin Mined In 2009 Was Just Moved to Unknown Wallets

According to the blockchain data, 50 Bitcoin has just been transferred from a wallet dormant since 2009 to different obscure wallets. It appears that the coins were mined in the first month of Bitcoin’s existence and are now worth around $500,000.

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Top Doomsday Wallets for Bitcoin HODLers

Metal wallets are a reliable way to store Bitcoin for a long period of time. These wallets are simple metal plates that hold a seed phrase – a string of words that can be used to recover a Bitcoin address.

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Bitcoin Moved Off of Bittrex Continues to Transfer Through Unknown Wallets

A series of alerts sent out over the Whale Alert Twitter account captured 17 near-simultaneous Bitcoin transactions, each averaging about 56,000 coins being moved to and from unknown wallets. It appears that this is the same Bitcoin that originated on the Bittrex exchange, which was first transferred earlier today.

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Almost 7% of Bitcoin’s Circulating Supply Resides in Exchange Wallets, Demand for “Hard Assets” Is Increasing: Report

Nearly 7% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) total circulating supply resides in the wallets of eight major digital asset exchanges, according to The Token Analyst. On October 8, the Token Analyst noted via Twitter that throughout Bitcoin’s...

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With New Exchange Features, Wallets Aren’t Just for Storing Bitcoin Anymore

Which of these bitcoin wallets is right for you?

The post With New Exchange Features, Wallets Aren’t Just for Storing Bitcoin Anymore appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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The ‘Vault’ Is Back: Coder Revives Plan to Shield Bitcoin Wallets from Theft

Bitcoin Core developer Bryan Bishop has proposed a feature to delay transfers from cold storage so users can stop thieves from draining their wallets.

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Top 7 Bitcoin SV Wallets for 2019

In the cryptocurrency world, there will always be projects which are considered controversial for different reasons. Regardless of how one feels about Bitcoin SV, plenty of its users are looking for secure ways to store their BSV accordingly.

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Bitcoin worth $356 million was moved to two separate wallets

Bitcoin worth $356 million, at press time, was moved from a single wallet to two different wallets, with no further transactions occurring. This transaction contained a total of 48,000 Bitcoins. This transaction as seen on the Bitcoin blockchain makes one of the receivers the 14th largest Bitcoin wallet.

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10 Traits That Separate Good Bitcoin Wallets from the Bad Ones

Coinspeaker 10 Traits That Separate Good Bitcoin Wallets from the Bad OnesThis article takes a look at key points worth keeping in mind if you want to select best Bitcoin wallet out of hundreds of different options available.

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Next Bitcoin Core Release to Finally Let Hardware Wallets Connect to Full Nodes

The coming release of Bitcoin Core will finally, natively allow users to connect bitcoin full nodes to hardware wallets.

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Delphi Blockchain Analysis Shows Four Out Of Five Bitcoin Wallet Addresses Hodl Under $100 USD

80% of Bitcoin Wallets Contain Less Than $100 There are 23 million bitcoin wallets in the world today. The vast majority of those bitcoin wallets, however, are virtually empty, according to a new report.

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Battle of the Privacycoins: Verge Offers Little Privacy and Nothing Unique

Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.

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‘HODLers Be HODLing’: 55% Of Bitcoin Sits in Multimillion Dollar Wallets

Over half the Bitcoin supply sits in wallets holding over 200 coins ($1. 25 million), indicating faith among major bagholders remains, new research released September 17 suggests. Diar: Investors ‘Keeping The Faith’ The data, compiled by cryptocurrency market research newsletter Diar in its latest weekly edition, echoes similar findings from industry researchers appearing throughout 2018.

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1% of wallets hold 55% of the world’s Bitcoin

More than half of the entire Bitcoin circulating supply is controlled by cryptocurrency whales, and 42 percent of them didn’t sell during peak crypto-mania. Blockchain research unit Diar has put together some interesting data that suggests less than 1 percent of all wallet addresses control $100 billion in Bitcoin.

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Crypto Wallet Protection App Wants to Secure Your Wallets Against Malware

Malware, a persistent thorn in the side of the internet’s wider community, has become an increasing concern for cryptocurrency users. A problem that comes in many forms, malicious software is leveraged by hackers to rob community members of their funds.

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Who is the 2 Billion Dollar whale that Caused latest Bitcoin Price Crash?

There are whales out there.  With Bitcoin still in a developmental phase awaiting mass adoption, the distribution of the coins are skewed to big holders.  In fact, it has been reported that around 1000 wallets hold about 40% of all Bitcoin.

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Top 4 Bitcoin Lightning Network GUIs and Wallets for 2018

The Bitcoin ecosystem is bound to undergo some major changes in the coming months. A lot of people have high expectations for the Lightning Network. Its lower fees, instant payments, and overall scaling improvements are all very appealing.

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Three Crypto Wallets Removed By Google Without Warning: CoPay BitPay and Bitcoin.com

Google is once again displaying its distaste towards the cryptocurrency space by removing three wallets from its Play Store. The three wallet providers in question—CoPay, BitPay and the official Bitcoin.

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Lightning Labs Releases Redesigned and Optimized Desktop App

An alpha version of the new Lightning desktop app has been released. The application includes a redesigned and optimized backend for light clients, as well as a simplified interface for users with little to no cryptocurrency experience.

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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Monero Is Hard to Beat (and Hard to Scale)

Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.

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CoPay and Bitpay Crypto Wallets Removed from Google Play Store

Google has shocked the crypto community with the recent and sudden removal of three major crypto wallets Bitcoin Wallet, CoPay and Bitpay from its play store. Although Google has not said anything concerning its decision to remove the wallets, many are speculating the action may have something to do with Google’s “no mining apps” policy.

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Google Silently Pulls Popular Crypto Wallets From Play Store

Throughout 2018, Google has amended policy after policy across its suite of web-based products relating to cryptocurrencies. In the their latest move, cryptocurrency wallets have been swept away off the Google Play store without warning.

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Google Removes Three Crypto Wallets From Play Store

Google delisted three major cryptocurrency wallets - Bitcoin.com, CoPay and BitPay, from its Play Store. Crypto community tries to find out the true reason. The post Google Removes Three Crypto Wallets From Play Store appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Google mysteriously removes cryptocurrency wallets from Play Store

Google removed at least three major cryptocurrency wallets from its Play Store overnight. While the reason for their removal is not immediately clear, Bitcoin. com CEO Roger Ver is blaming Google’s new cryptocurrency mining policy.

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Biking Across America, Crypto Cyclists Look to Raise $1 Million for Charity

Crypto, charity and cycling. It’s an unlikely triad, but two fitness enthusiasts-turned-crypto philanthropists believe that, taken in combination, the three can drive positive change.

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What are Submarine Swaps?

Even though the Lightning Network is set to revolutionize both Bitcoin and Litecoin alike, there is a growing need for solutions to make the technology compatible with these ecosystems. Submarine swaps are being tested to address any and all concerns in this regard.

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Gemini and Paxos Both Launch Stablecoins on Ethereum Blockchain

Two crypto companies, Gemini Trust and Paxos, got a green light from a New York state regulator to launch their own stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar.   New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) gave an okay to Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, to launch Gemini Dollar (GUSD).

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The Google Pay for Bitcoin Wallets: Payment Codes and PayNym Bots

An emblematic, and probably the most controversial feature, cryptocurrencies brought to the world economy is absolute privacy. Lately, however, it seemed that this property was lost as financial institutions started to get the hang of the way they work.

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6 Excellent Wallets For Bitcoin In 2018

If you’re looking for the best Bitcoin wallet, you want the safest option available. Ideally, that means a hardware wallet, or software at a push. We’ll ignore web and mobile wallets for now, as they’re just too vulnerable to hacking.

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MyCrypto Brings Simplicity to the Otherwise Complicated World of Crypto Investing

The cryptocurrency scene these days does not lack crypto wallets. This means that start-ups offering the service will have to vie for the attention of venture capitalist (VC) firms and somehow convince a few of them that their business model is a cut above the rest.

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[Update]: Mysterious Billion Dollar Bitcoin Wallet Who Went Active for First Time in Four Years

One of the world’s largest bitcoin wallets suddenly became active earlier today. The wallet, which contains approximately one billion dollars’ worth of bitcoin (BTC), suddenly started moving coins to various exchanges.

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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Dash Is Not Really That Private

Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited.

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