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Satoshi Nakamoto's Wallets Receive Weird $5,000 Bitcoin Transfer From Revolut User

A Revolut user mistakenly or symbolically sent about $5,000 in Bitcoin to Satoshi Nakamoto’s long-dormant wallets, effectively burning the funds because the coins are unrecoverable. The transfer followed a test sequence of tiny amounts before a final 0.033 BTC send, and blockchain trackers traced it to Revolut’s shared hot wallet. The article says the incident had no market impact and does not signal any movement of Satoshi’s estimated 1.11 million BTC stash. At current prices, the dormant holdings are worth roughly $71.1 billion, but remain untouched, so the event is more of a blockchain curiosity than a trading catalyst.

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