Some
interesting alpha regarding the 80,000 BTC transfer that occurred two days ago:
Before the 8 transfers (10K BTC each), someone sent OP_RETURN messages to those wallet addresses saying things like:
"We’ve taken over this wallet"
"Prove ownership by Sept 30"
And linked to a legal site claiming the funds would be considered abandoned if no response by Oct 5, 2025.
The site seems to be from a law firm, but it’s unclear if this approach is even legal.
It is just a scam method and a lazy one at that. But it may bait a victim or two. You can't claim ownership on anyone's coins, legally or illegally.
Total coincidence.
The real owner saw the messages and moved the coins to be safe.
Or maybe someone’s trying to fake a hack story to avoid proving where the BTC came from.
Probably. Anyhow it would be good to revisit and upgrade security for a wallet that is this old.