{"id":77763,"date":"2026-09-05T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/dormant-bitcoin-wallets-continue-to-stir-as-50m-moves-in-september-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:49:13","slug":"dormant-bitcoin-wallets-continue-to-stir-as-50m-moves-in-september-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/dormant-bitcoin-wallets-continue-to-stir-as-50m-moves-in-september-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Continue to Stir as $50M Moves in September \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitcoin\u2019s old-school wallets moved 626.74 BTC during the first five days of September.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Intriguingly, the crypto custodian Bitgo received 200 BTC from eight 2013 wallets that woke within just 25 seconds of each other.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The writing\u2019s on the wall: A slowdown is in effect as September\u2019s vintage bitcoin spending is just 9.75% of August\u2019s total.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eight 2013 Wallets Wake up in a 25-Second Burst<\/h2>\n<p>Today, on Sept. 5, 2026, eight dormant wallets first created in 2013 shifted 25 BTC each at block height 965625, all within 25 seconds of each other.<\/p>\n<p>The transfers, <a href=\"https:\/\/btcparser.com\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discovered by btcparser.com<\/a>, looked to be the same entity and almost certainly one owner consolidating. In addition to those eight transfers, the 13-year-old BTC was sent to the custodian Bitgo, according to Arkham Intelligence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845174\" style=\"width:1694px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half the stash of 2013 BTC sent on Saturday was sent to the Custodian Bitgo. The other half seemed to be sent to Bitgo too, but the address is not flagged by Arkham. Image source: Arkham Intelligence on Sept. 5, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>2013 Wallets Move the Brunt, 2011 Coins Turn $285 Into $7.22 Million<\/h2>\n<p>2013 wallets have been the biggest spenders in September, with 346.07 BTC spent across a total of nine separate transfers. Excluding the eight transfers sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/bitgo-breaks-into-korea-with-hana-and-sk-telecom-in-its-corner\/\">the crypto custodian Bitgo<\/a>, another sole transaction moved 146.05 BTC on Sept. 2. September\u2019s second-largest dormant spender so far emerged on Sept. 3, revealing three distinct transfers from wallets dating back to 2011. Those three movements spent 90.50 BTC worth $7.22 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845176\" style=\"width:1902px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-845176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1902\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm-1024x121.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm-768x90.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm-1536x181.png 1536w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/screenshot-2026-09-05-at-1-18-28-pm.png 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1902px) 100vw, 1902px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The three 2011 wallets that moved this week. Image source: Btcparser.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the stash was first obtained, 80 BTC sat in wallets first created on Nov. 5, 2011, back when bitcoin\u2019s price was a mere $3.15. The third wallet that moved was born on Oct. 29, 2011, and it shifted 10.5 BTC, and bitcoin prices were roughly the same at that time as they were in November 2011. That means the value of the 90.5 BTC cache grew from $285 to the $7.22 million it trades for today.<\/p>\n<h2>September\u2019s Vintage Bitcoin Activity Cools From August<\/h2>\n<p>Alongside these transfers, 40.91 BTC moved from a single wallet created in 2012, another 40.27 BTC moved from two addresses that were first seen in 2014, 50 BTC shifted from a 2015 wallet, and another 58.97 BTC stemmed from two transfers from wallets created in 2017. September\u2019s sleeping bitcoin shifts only represent 9.75% of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/bitcoin-early-adopters-stir-as-6427-btc-worth-500m-moves-in-august\/\">the total dormant BTC moved in August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The average vintage BTC spend in August was around 214.25 BTC, and while Sept. 5 and the month are not quite over, the average daily spend from old school bitcoin wallets so far this month is around 125.34 BTC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/dormant-bitcoin-wallets-continue-to-stir-as-50m-moves-in-september\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Bitcoin\u2019s old-school wallets moved 626.74 BTC during the first five days of September. Intriguingly, the crypto custodian Bitgo received 200 BTC from eight 2013 wallets that woke within just 25 seconds of each other. The writing\u2019s on the wall: A slowdown is in effect as September\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":77764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}