Long-Dormant Bitcoin Supply Reactivates
Custody scares, key-rotation events and eventual quantum-resistance upgrades will keep waking decade-old bitcoin balances, degrading dormant-supply metrics as a read on holder intent.
forming · confidence 40 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since August 4, 2026 · updated August 4, 2026
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- Aug 4Strengthened +6
A 12-year-old wallet moved $31 million on Monday as part of a broader wave of 2013-era coin movement that began after the Coldcard theft. Because forced key rotation and attacker sweeps look identical on-chain to voluntary long-term-holder selling, dormant-supply metrics lose their value as a read on holder intent.
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Supporting · August 4, 2026
Bitcoin Wallets Dormant Since 2013 Are Moving Coins Again
A 12-year-old wallet moved $31 million on Monday as part of a broader wave of 2013-era coin movement that began after the Coldcard theft. Because forced key rotation and attacker sweeps look identical on-chain to voluntary long-term-holder selling, dormant-supply metrics lose their value as a read on holder intent.
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