PANews reported on December 10 that according to The Block, hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets linked to the “Silk Road” that have been dormant for more than a decade became active on Tuesday, transferring Bitcoin to an unidentified address. According to data from Arkham Intelligence, 8 hours ago, about 312 wallets associated with the now-closed dark web marketplace “Silk Road” collectively sent a message to the address “bc1q… GA54” transferred $3.14 million worth of Bitcoin. It is unclear why these wallets suddenly became active. According to Arkham, as of now, wallets linked to the “Silk Road” still hold about $41.3 million in Bitcoin.
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Silk Road-linked wallets transferred $3.14 million worth of Bitcoin to an unknown address after a decade of silence
PANews reported on December 10 that according to The Block, hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets linked to the “Silk Road” that have been dormant for more than a decade became active on Tuesday, transferring Bitcoin to an unidentified address. According to data from Arkham Intelligence, 8 hours ago, about 312 wallets associated with the now-closed dark web marketplace “Silk Road” collectively sent a message to the address “bc1q… GA54” transferred $3.14 million worth of Bitcoin. It is unclear why these wallets suddenly became active. According to Arkham, as of now, wallets linked to the “Silk Road” still hold about $41.3 million in Bitcoin.