Six long-dormant Bitcoin wallets move $40M, mostly not to exchanges

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Bitcoin breaking news: Six long-dormant Bitcoin wallets, inactive since 2011 to 2014, transferred 553.59 BTC between August 16 and 26, 2026, with a total value of approximately $40 million. One wallet had not been accessed in over 15 years. Most of the Bitcoin movement did not involve exchanges.

According to CoinDesk, Galaxy Research data shows that between August 16 and 26, six Bitcoin wallets that had been inactive since between 2011 and 2014 transferred a total of 553.59 BTC, valued at approximately $40 million. One of these wallets had not seen a transaction in over 15 years.

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