BTC Whale Transfers 3,000 Bitcoin After 5 Years Dormant
After five years of complete inactivity, a prominent Bitcoin whale associated with the wallet address “19D5J8” has made a significant on-chain movement, transferring 3,000 BTC—valued at approximately $353.16 million - to a newly created wallet.
The transfer was to a modern SegWit-style wallet, indicating security and consolidation motives. No significant impact on Bitcoin’s market price has been observed.
The transaction, first observed on August 16, 2025, marks the first activity from this address since 2019.
The wallet in question holds a total of 23,969 BTC, currently valued at around $2.82 billion, making this a rare and high-stakes move from one of Bitcoin’s long-dormant holders.
The funds have not yet been sent to any known exchange addresses, leaving the market to speculate about the whale’s next steps.
I am unworried but congrats to the holders as he has made good fortunes out of the patient holding for the period of time. That is if it was not hackers than invaded the wallet since it is still around the non custodial but on the positive reaction, the owners have been investing based on planes. Probably to diversify if he had realized a specific value within his expectations. That could be why the transaction was not sent to the exchange. And we should not have to expect the market reacting to the action since the funds is still in the same blockchain.