{"id":13737,"date":"2026-09-25T23:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737"},"modified":"2026-09-25T23:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:47:28","slug":"dormant-whale-moves-380m-bitcoin-leaving-the-sale-question-unanswered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737","title":{"rendered":"Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-cs-editorial-figure-scope=\"\" data-cs-editorial-quote-scope=\"\" data-cs-image-viewer-scope=\"\" data-single-article-content=\"\">\n<p>A Bitcoin address sent 4,499.99987779 BTC to a single destination in a transaction confirmed at 02:30:04 UTC on Sept. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The output was still unspent at a 13:33 UTC check, leaving nearly 4,500 BTC visible at one address after the move.<\/p>\n<p>At Coinbase&#8217;s\u00a0BTC\/USD low and high of $84,152.88 and $84,882.18 during the 02:00-03:00 UTC hour that included confirmation, the Bitcoin output had an estimated value of about $379 million to $382 million. That price window helps size the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction spent eight outputs from the source address and created one output at the destination. Its largest input was 4,499.99986261 BTC, received on April 21, 2022. That principal output had not moved for more than four years before the Sept. 25 transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The address wasn&#8217;t completely inactive during that period. Its transaction history shows seven later deposits, each worth only a few hundred satoshis, between Dec. 30, 2024 and Sept. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Together they totaled 2,821 satoshis (0.00002821 BTC). The nearly 4,500 BTC principal was long held, while small later Bitcoin payments still reached the address.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\" data-newsletter-placement=\"article-midpoint\" data-newsletter-pending-label=\"Joining\u2026\" data-newsletter-pending-status=\"Joining The Catalyst\u2026\" data-newsletter-email-required-message=\"Before sending, please provide your email address.\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" aria-describedby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\"> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> The Catalyst <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">What\u2019s moving crypto. 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If confirmation is required, follow the email from Substack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__success-hint\">Look in spam or promotions if you don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_566152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-566152\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-566152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj.jpg\" alt=\"4,500 BTC moved in one confirmed Bitcoin transaction\" width=\"765\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj.jpg 765w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-566152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj.jpg\" alt=\"4,500 BTC moved in one confirmed Bitcoin transaction\" width=\"765\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj.jpg 765w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photos_WjKTad3Akj-240x300.jpg 240w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-566152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Sept. 25 transaction consolidated eight inputs into one 4,499.99987779 BTC output, without identifying an owner or proving a sale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the 13:33 UTC snapshot, the receiving address had one confirmed incoming Bitcoin output totaling 4,499.99987779 BTC, no spent output, and no mempool transaction. The source address&#8217;s eight inputs were combined into that single output, with 1,303 satoshis paid as a network fee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>Those records show a confirmed on-chain transfer, but they do not identify who controls the destination. They also do not establish that the address belongs to an exchange, that Bitcoin was sold, that beneficial ownership changed or that an off-chain trade occurred.<\/p>\n<p>A Bitcoin transfer can precede any of those events, yet this transaction alone follows from none.<\/p>\n<p>The balance says nothing about the holder&#8217;s other wallets or any trades elsewhere, and a later transaction could change it. That is why any claim about the coins&#8217; current location needs a time-stamped address check, while any claim about trading needs separate evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Large movements of old coins can draw attention because traders watch for potential supply reaching exchanges. Here, the full output remained at one address at the time of the check, with no visible onward transfer.<\/p>\n<p>A later spend would be observable on Bitcoin&#8217;s blockchain, but its purpose would still need separate evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Adoption,Featured,Market,Wallets,Bitcoin,BTC,paymentsBitcoin,BTC,payments#Dormant #whale #moves #380M #Bitcoin #leaving #sale #question #unanswered1790380048<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bitcoin address sent 4,499.99987779 BTC to a single destination in a transaction confirmed at 02:30:04 UTC on Sept. 25, 2026. The output was still unspent at a 13:33 UTC check, leaving nearly 4,500 BTC visible at one address after the move. At Coinbase&#8217;s\u00a0BTC\/USD low and high of $84,152.88 and $84,882.18 during the 02:00-03:00 UTC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7143,91,285,4304,531,761,167,2476,1449,7144,1047],"class_list":["post-13737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ethereum","tag-380m","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-dormant","tag-leaving","tag-moves","tag-payments","tag-question","tag-sale","tag-unanswered","tag-whale"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The principal Bitcoin output dated to April 2022, and the Sept. 25 destination still held the full balance at the time checked.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The principal Bitcoin output dated to April 2022, and the Sept. 25 destination still held the full balance at the time checked.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-25T23:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bitcoin-transfer-door.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737\",\"name\":\"Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bitcoin-transfer-door.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-25T23:47:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/822778c5844e0d16d43dce6630f4f1bf\"},\"description\":\"The principal Bitcoin output dated to April 2022, and the Sept. 25 destination still held the full balance at the time checked.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bitcoin-transfer-door.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bitcoin-transfer-door.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13737#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"description\":\"Latest Crypto &amp; 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