The Bitcoin wallet, which has not been active since 2011, made a transfer of 49.97 BTC (about 3.2 million dollars at the current exchange rate). The transaction was included in block 961331 on August 6, 2026. According to Galaxy Research, the source address received the coin's data on July 16, 2011, when the exchange rate of the first cryptocurrency was about $10. Since then, the funds have not been moved. During the last transaction, four inputs from an inactive address were combined with two additional inputs of a smaller amount, after which exactly 50 BTC were sent to a SegWit (bc1) address, and the remainder of 0.00116 BTC was returned as a deposit after deducting network fees.

The recipient of the funds is not a new wallet. According to the Arkham Intelligence analytical platform, this address has been operating for several years. Previously, 6336 BTC and 16,131 BTC were transferred from it to deposit addresses that the platform identifies as belonging to the FalconX institutional crypto broker. In addition, this address received funds from wallets associated with the Nexo platform and the Prime Trust custody service. As of Friday morning, the transferred 50 BTC remained at the intermediary address. There are no records in the blockchain confirming their further transfer directly to the exchange or the execution of the sale transaction.

The movement of funds from early wallets was recorded against the background of recent security developments. This week, Coinkite, a manufacturer of Coldcard hardware wallets, reported a vulnerability in the device's software that has existed since 2021. The attackers took advantage of this vulnerability to withdraw funds, the total amount of which since July 30 has amounted to about 114 million dollars. In this regard, Coinkite recommended that users move assets to new addresses. There is no direct evidence of a link between the transfer of funds from the 2011 wallet and the Coldcard vulnerability, as the address was created long before these devices appeared. However, the publication of information about security breaches could be a factor that prompted long-term holders to review and reorganize their asset storage methods.

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