As bitcoin reached a record $118,839, 400 BTC untouched since 2013 moved in 16 transactions to an address linked to Bitgo, highlighting renewed whale activity across old wallets this month.
As Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high of $111,888, a set of 12 dormant wallets from 2013 moved 300 BTC worth $33.3 million. Originally purchased for just $7,395, the stash appreciated over 450,000%.
A closely watched Satoshi-era whale moved 2,000 BTC mined in 2010 in one block, worth about $123.9 million at the time, while also transferring the related BCH holdings.
Avihu Levy, CPO of Starkware, released Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) — the first scheme to make Bitcoin transactions quantum-resistant without any protocol changes. GPU costs range $75–$150 per transaction, leveraging RIPEMD-160 hash preimage resistance against Shor's algorithm.
A Bitcoin holder used Anthropic's Claude AI to recover 5 BTC (worth $400K-$500K) from a wallet locked since 2015. The AI fixed a bug in btcrecover after analyzing old computer files, unlocking an 11-year-old wallet.
Long-dormant Bitcoin wallets became active again while BTC stayed below six figures. Onchain data shows 2,205 BTC consolidated into 22 addresses, while nearly 499 BTC from older wallets moved over three days, with some transfers linked to Kraken.
An X user known as @cprkrn says Anthropic’s Claude helped recover 5 BTC from a legacy wallet locked since 2014 or 2015 by identifying an old wallet file and fixing a bug in btcrecover’s decryption logic.
An X user says Anthropic’s Claude AI helped recover about 5 BTC from a wallet locked for more than 11 years by locating an older wallet file and fixing a btcrecover bug. The case highlights both the promise and the security questions around AI-assisted crypto recovery.
