One of the Ethereum ICO participants made the first transaction in 7,7 years

He received 2365 ETH in July 2015, when the value of the asset was $0,31

24.04.2023 - 09:20

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What’s new? On April 24, an unknown participant in the initial coin offering (ICO) of the Ethereum blockchain made the first transaction after almost eight years of inactivity. He transferred 1 ETH ($1835 at the Binance exchange rate as of 09:00 UTC) to a new address. In July 2015, the wallet received 2365 ETH ($4,36 million) in the ICO when the asset was worth $0,31, blockchain analysts at Lookonchain report.

An Ethereum ICO participant woke up after 7.7 years of dormancy and transferred 1 $ETH to a new address.He received 2,365 $ETH($4.42M currently) at Ethereum Genesis, the ETH ICO price is ~$0.31.https://t.co/hOfBSyml19 pic.twitter.com/yoMoB6vE9n — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 24, 2023

What happened before? On February 23, the address of another Ethereum ICO participant woke up after three years of inactivity and made a transaction worth 5055 ETH (more than $8,3 million at the time). On March 6, an unknown address, after five years of inactivity, transferred 10 266 ETH worth about $16 million, including 1322 ETH to the Poloniex exchange. On April 21, an unknown wallet transferred 34 043 ETH worth $66,28 million to the Binance trading platform.

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