# 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.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-08-04T06:12:24.004Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/trends/dormant-supply-reactivation
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Bitcoin Wallets Dormant Since 2013 Are Moving Coins Again (2026-08-04): 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.