Dormant Ethereum ICO Wallet Moves After 10.8 Years, Sitting on 7,303x Gain

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Suehyeon Lee

Summary

  • An ETH ICO wallet that had been dormant for 10.8 years moved all 790.17 ETH to a new wallet.
  • The investor received 790.17 ETH for about $245 during Ethereum's ICO and is now sitting on about $1.79 million, for a return of roughly 7,303 times.
  • The market is watching the possibility of a sale after an early Ethereum wallet that had been dormant for years became active.

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Photo: Lookonchain
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An Ethereum initial coin offering, or ICO, wallet that had been dormant for more than a decade has become active again.

Lookonchain said on May 13 that Ethereum ICO address 0xeD41 moved its entire 790.17 ETH balance to a new wallet after about 10.8 years of inactivity.

The investor is known to have spent about $245 during Ethereum's ICO to receive 790.17 ETH. The holdings are now worth about $1.79 million, implying a return of roughly 7,303 times.

The transfer of a long-dormant early Ethereum wallet has drawn market attention over whether the tokens could eventually be sold.

Ethereum was trading at $2,262 on Binance's USDT market, down 1.28% from a day earlier.

Suehyeon Lee

Suehyeon Lee

shlee@bloomingbit.ioI'm reporter Suehyeon Lee, your Web3 Moderator.
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