$15M In Bitcoin Awakens From 10-Year Slumber As BTC Hits $116K

Bitcoin is back in the spotlight after reports confirmed that coins untouched since 2012 have been moved for the first ￰1￱ Reading: Institutional Adoption Rises: 21X Brings Chainlink Into Europe’s Tokenized Securities Market The reactivation of an old wallet came at a moment when the market is already buzzing with strong ETF inflows and record levels of stablecoin ￰2￱ Reactivates After 13 Years According to Onchain Lens, the address that first received coins on November 26, 2012, moved 132.03 BTC in a single ￰3￱ transfer was worth about $15 million at current ￰4￱ same wallet also sent five BTC to the Kraken ￰5￱ those moves, it still holds 308 BTC — a stash now valued at nearly $35 ￰6￱ total, the address once controlled 444 BTC, which the report places at more than $50 million combined.

A dormant whale woke-up after 13 years, moved 132.03 $BTC ($15.06M) to a new address and depositing 5 $BTC into #Kraken. The wallet still holds 307.79 $BTC ($35M). It has received these $BTC for just $5,437 at $12.22￰0￱ ￰7￱ — Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) September 11, 2025 Early Holder Made A Tiny Bet That Paid Off Based on reports, the coins were originally bought when Bitcoin traded at about $12.22 per ￰8￱ wallet’s total purchase cost was only $5,435. That original outlay has turned into massive ￰9￱ current math shows a profit in the ballpark of $15.60 million on that small initial ￰10￱ numbers like that help explain why stories about old wallets get ￰11￱ Price And Market Momentum Bitcoin has pulled back above the $116,000 ￰12￱ from Coingecko show BTC trading at $116,083, a daily move of 0.25% and up 3% over the past ￰13￱ market still remembers August 14, 2025, when BTC hit an all-time high of $124,450.

Those price swings are part of the backdrop for why a whale moving coins draws extra interest ￰14￱ Flows Pick Up Data shows that Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $757 million in inflows on ￰15￱ is the largest single-day number since July 17 and extends a three-day streak of positive ￰16￱ steady inflows suggest bigger players are adding exposure, or at least reallocating capital into the ￰17￱ crypto market cap at $3.95 trillion on the daily chart: TradingView Stablecoin Reserves Hit Records Meanwhile, reports from CryptoQuant indicate Binance saw its largest net stablecoin inflow of the year on Monday, a little over $6 billion. Binance’s stablecoin reserves are reported to be near $40 billion, while aggregate stablecoin holdings across exchanges hit about $70 billion last ￰18￱ Reading: ETF Dreams For Dogecoin: Serious Possibility Or Just Hype?

New Layer Of Intrigue The sudden movement of coins untouched for more than a decade has added a new layer of intrigue to Bitcoin’s latest ￰19￱ the asset holding above $116,000, ETFs drawing hundreds of millions in inflows, and record stablecoin balances sitting on exchanges, the market is flush with liquidity and ￰20￱ this wallet activity signals profit-taking, repositioning, or something else entirely, it highlights the enduring power of early bets on Bitcoin and the continued influence of long-term holders on today’s ￰21￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView