# Another dormant Ethereum wallet reawakens after 8 years, moving millions

<https://cointelegraph.com/news/dormant-ethereum-ico-wallet-awaken-years>

- Host: [cointelegraph.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/cointelegraph.com/)
- Saved: June 1, 2023 (2023-06-02T02:12:44Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/92ed50baa532/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/92ed50baa532.json

## What Jamie wrote

Wild stuff when a wallet is idle for 8 years and then moves 8,000 ETH ($14.7M USD) to a new address. The original purchase was made for $2,500 USD when ETH was trading at $0.31. $2,500 to $14.7M. 😳

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)
- Wayback Machine: first captured May 2023, 36 captures

## Appears in

- [WT257: Weekly Thing #257 / Nostr, Time, Bcrypt](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/257/), Briefly

## Same host

- [Discord drops Ethereum and NFT integration plans after backlash](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8209f91a92c6/) (cointelegraph.com, November 18, 2021)
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- [Gnosis Chain spends $5M on validator incentive program for decentralization](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b3ab088f1e16/) (cointelegraph.com, May 9, 2023)
- [Stripe opens testing for new stablecoin product following Bridge acquisition](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8e127645aa1a/) (cointelegraph.com, May 1, 2025)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://cointelegraph.com/news/dormant-ethereum-ico-wallet-awaken-years