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Dormant 11-Year-Old Ethereum Wallet Moves $4.6M, Dodging Scam Set Up in Minutes
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Dormant 11-Year-Old Ethereum Wallet Moves $4.6M, Dodging Scam Set Up in Minutes

Key Highlights An Ethereum whale avoided an address poisoning scam, successfully moving 2,154.94 ETH (roughly $4.6 million) to a secure wallet. Automated bots targeted the long-dormant 2015 wallet within minutes of an initial test transaction using lookalike addresses. Wall Street giant Citi previously warned that low-value address poisoning attacks are inflating Ethereum’s transaction volume metrics. ...

Dormant Bitcoin Whale Moves $34 Million in BTC Bought in 2013 for Just $131
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Dormant Bitcoin Whale Moves $34 Million in BTC Bought in 2013 for Just $131

Key Highlights: A dormant Bitcoin wallet holding 411 BTC moved its entire balance after remaining inactive for roughly 13 years since September 11, 2013. The owner resisted numerous “address poisoning” phishing attacks over the years before transferring the funds to a fresh wallet for a network fee of just 337 satoshis. None of the moved ...