Skip to main content
Featured AnalysisPrimary topicBitcoin

Dormant Bitcoin holders resume selling thousands of BTC as an Ethereum whale accumulates $111M, 50,706 ETH

On Mar. 19, 2026, on‑chain data showed long‑dormant Bitcoin wallets resumed selling while a separate Ethereum whale accumulated a large ETH position.

Mar 19, 202611:55 AMNewsroom AI

A long‑dormant Bitcoin wallet identified as “bc1q…6ym” offloaded 1,000 BTC on Wednesday, part of a broader pattern of sales that analytics provider EmberCN says totals about 3,500 BTC moved since November 2024; reporting described the activity as intensifying selling pressure in the market [1] [2].

Additional reporting named a 2013‑era holder who originally accumulated roughly 5,000 BTC (average cost cited near $332) and sold another 1,000 BTC—valued at about $71.6 million—as well as other early investors, including Owen Gunden, moving hundreds of BTC into the market, consistent with tracking that long‑dormant supply is being redistributed [3] [2].

Separately, on the same day a dormant Ethereum whale re‑entered the market, purchasing 50,706 ETH across two wallets for roughly 111.62 million USDT at an average price near $2,201, according to on‑chain reporting cited by analytics outlets [4] [5].

On‑chain analytics from multiple firms show renewed distribution of long‑held Bitcoin alongside a sizable Ethereum accumulation on Mar. 19, 2026, signaling increased activity among large holders but without immediate claims about longer‑term market impact [1] [3] [4].

Was this useful?

Anonymous signal used only for weekly cluster rankings. No public counters.

Share

Broadcast this coverage

Copy-ready links for the networks your audience checks first.

Support independent reporting

If this summary helped, a small tip helps keep ClusterWire running.

Privacy note: we log tip UI events (page + action, and article slug when applicable) to improve the feature. We don’t store IP address, user-agent, or wallet addresses in analytics. Tips are on-chain, so the sending address is public in the transaction.

Source Ledger

Citations

Follow the primary reporting behind this analysis. Click a citation to open the referenced source in a new tab.

Themes

Themes driving this story

Curated from the cluster of sources powering this article.

BitcoinThemeEthereumThemeExchanges/CustodyThemeRegulation/PolicyThemeAltcoinsTheme
Live Wire

Latest Coverage

Real-time crypto intelligence ordered by publication time.

1h ago

Iran Demands Bitcoin Toll for Strait of Hormuz Oil Transit; Analysts Estimate Hundreds of BTC Daily

Iran has told ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay transit fees in Bitcoin, according to media reports. Tehran reportedly plans a $1-per-barrel cryptocurrency toll durin…

Read more
7h ago

Canary Capital submits SEC S-1 to register spot PEPE ETF amid expanding memecoin ETF push

Canary Capital has filed an S‑1 with the U.S. SEC for a spot PEPE exchange‑traded fund, joining a recent wave of memecoin ETF applications [1][2][4].

Read more
9h ago

Meta rolls out Muse Spark, its first public Superintelligence Labs model for multimodal, browser-based AI

Meta unveiled Muse Spark as the first public model from its Superintelligence Labs, positioning it as a step toward “personal superintelligence” that can run in users’ browsers …

Read more
12h ago

Ceasefire Reprices Risk - Bitcoin Near $72K Amid Binance Buying and Futures Instability; XRP Leads Flows

Markets are repricing risk after a ceasefire agreement; Bitcoin sits just under $72,000 while oil, gold and institutional flows shift positioning [1][3].

Read more
12h ago

NYT investigation spotlights Adam Back as potential Satoshi; Back denies claim, identity remains unresolved

A New York Times investigation revisits early cypherpunk records and writing patterns, singling out Adam Back as a leading candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto; Back has denied the cl…

Read more
13h ago

Yuga Labs settles suit with artists over RR/BAYC parody, settlement bars use of BAYC trademarks

Privately held Yuga Labs has reached a settlement with artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, ending a high‑profile lawsuit over alleged copycat Bored Ape NFTs.

Read more