Dormant Bitcoin Holders Move $7.6B in 2026
Long-dormant Bitcoin addresses moved 103,913.94 BTC-about $7.6 billion-so far in 2026 from wallets created between 2011 and 2017.
Blockchain analytics data shows 103,913.94 BTC, valued at about $7.6 billion using average prices from Jan. 1 through late May 2026, have moved in 2026 from addresses that had remained inactive for five to 15 years. The coins originated in wallets created between 2011 and 2017, with concentrated activity from 2014, 2015 and early 2017 addresses.
During two days in late May, wallets created in 2014–2017 transferred a combined 665 BTC. On May 28, addresses dormant since 2014 and 2015 moved 295.63 BTC, including a single transfer of 101.825 BTC from a wallet first funded on Jan. 4, 2014. Four other 2014-origin wallets sent a total of 63.81 BTC. On May 29, nine additional transfers moved roughly 370 BTC; eight wallets created in early 2017 each sent 40 or 50 BTC and a 2013 wallet released 20 BTC. In at least one instance the funds were redistributed across multiple wallets and remained untouched as of publication.
Some of the coins were originally purchased when bitcoin traded at much lower prices. The 2014-origin coins were largely accumulated when prices were below $900. Several 2015 addresses each sent exactly 10 BTC between block heights 951336 and 951404; those 2015 wallets were funded when bitcoin averaged about $272 for the year. The 2015-origin addresses that moved in late May trace to two creation dates: May 16, 2015 and Nov. 13, 2015.
A year-to-date breakdown by coin age shows 32,585.37 BTC moved from coins aged five to six years and 25,014.50 BTC from coins aged six to seven years. The eight-to-ten-year age band accounted for the largest share, 33,195.13 BTC. The oldest cohort, coins dormant for 12 to 15 years, was the least active, contributing 13,118.94 BTC so far in 2026, a sum valued at roughly $962 million at current prices. Recent late-May transfers came from legacy P2PKH (Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash) addresses.
Data from blockchain analytics platforms indicate long-idle holders continue to move coins daily, with additional clusters of transfers recorded beyond the late-May activity. The transfers span a wide portion of bitcoin’s history as early-era holdings are spent or consolidated into newer addresses.
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