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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
The wallet was first activated in February 2022, when Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather R. Morgan were charged with conspiracy to launder stolen Bitcoin in the hack. All of the large transactions from this wallet were made on February 1, 2022. Since then, the wallet has only received transactions containing trace amounts of Bitcoin and has never sent any BTC to date. As the investigation into the Bitfinex hack and the prosecution of those suspected of laundering the stolen BTC continue, we will likely see some very interesting transactions from this wallet in the future.6. Mt. Gox Hacked WalletHoldings: 79,957BTC Value: $5.3 billionAddress: 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uFThis wallet was controlled by the hacker who compromised the now-defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange. In August 2023, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles tweeted the following: “I hereby certify that the 79,956.55 Bitcoin sent to the 1Feex address on March 1, 2011 was transferred from the original MtGox Bitcoin wallet without proper authorization and is considered stolen property belonging to MtGox and used by MtGox creditors for profit.”Aside from this massive transaction of the stolen 79,956 BTC, the wallet has only received a handful of transactions since then. Interestingly, despite being created back in 2011, no Bitcoin has been sent from this wallet.7. Unidentified Owner #1Holdings: 79,000BTC Value: $5.2 billionAddress: bc1qd4ysezhmypwty5dnw7c8nqy5h5nxg0xqsvaefd0qn5kq32vwnwqqgv4rzrThe owner of the seventh-largest Bitcoin address is unknown. However, we do know that a large amount of Bitcoin has changed hands in the past few months — the total amount of BTC controlled by this wallet has increased from 59,300 BTC to 79,000 BTC since the beginning of 2024, an increase of nearly 20,000 BTC (more than $1.3 billion at current exchange rates).8. Unidentified Owner #2Holdings: 78,317BTC Value: $5.2 billionAddress: bc1q8yj0herd4r4yxszw3nkfvt53433thk0f5qst4gIt is not clear who owns the eighth-largest Bitcoin wallet. The wallet first became active on March 24, 2024, when a whale with the letter and number sequence "37XuVSEp" was traced to transfer 94,504 BTC to two wallets.After the initial transactions, the wallet was largely idle, only receiving small amounts of BTC periodically, likely from random Bitcoin holders who wanted to gain some influence by being associated with one of the largest BTC addresses.9. Tether Cold WalletHoldings: 75,354BTC Value: $5 billionAddress: bc1qjasf9z3h7w3jspkhtgatgpyvvzgpa2wwd2lr0eh5tx44reyn2k7sfc27a4According to leading blockchain research firm Arkham Intelligence, the seventh-largest Bitcoin wallet is none other than Tether, the company behind the popular USDT stablecoin. The wallet received several transactions involving thousands of BTC from Bitfinex’s hot wallet account.10. Upbit Cold WalletHoldings: 73,090BTC Value: $4.9 billionAddress: 1Ay8vMC7R1UbyCCZRVULMV7iQpHSAbguJPWe round up the list of the largest Bitcoin addresses with another cold wallet belonging to a cryptocurrency exchange (Upbit). The wallet has seen a steady increase in balances over the past few years and currently holds nearly $5 billion worth of BTC. However, before crypto intelligence firm Arkham Intelligence identified Upbit as the wallet owner, there had been much speculation about Mr.100's potential identity as the wallet became known in the community.Speculations about the identity of Mr.100's wallet owner varied, ranging from a billionaire to a bank preparing to
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