A Bitcoin wallet that slept for 14 years just woke up — and it was named in a $260 billion lawsuit. The wallet had not moved a coin since 2011. On Thursday evening, someone with the keys emptied it: 75 BTC, about $5 million, to a new address. Why it matters: the wallet is defendant No. 3,419 in a New York lawsuit claiming wallets inactive for five years hold abandoned property. The suit targets about 3.8 million BTC across 39,069 addresses — including coins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto. The strangest detail: back in May, lawyers served this wallet a court notice by sending it 546 satoshis — under 40 cents — with the message "COURT-ORDERED LEGAL NOTICE." Thursday's transfer spent that tiny payment too. Whoever holds the keys was watching. The catch: the move proves the coins were never abandoned — but it does not identify the owner, or prove the lawsuit is what woke the wallet up. Bitcoin is trading near $67,413, down about 2.3% in 24 hours. Ethereum is near $1,914, down about 2.0%.
Farhad | Crypto NewsShare

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