Earlier yesterday, a Bitcoin whale that had been dormant since 2011 made a remarkable transaction.
A total of 80,000 BTC were transferred to another cryptocurrency wallet. This transfer, confirmed by on-chain data, caused a great resonance in the crypto community, while Bitcoin analyst Sani made a striking claim about the identity of the whale: These BTCs may belong to Roger Ver.
Analyst Sani made the following statement in his post on X (formerly Twitter):
“I think the 80,000 BTC may belong to Roger Ver. Why? Last year, MrHodl was discussing Roger and his potential BTC holdings during a Twitter Space. After this conversation, I started looking into Roger Ver’s past purchase activity. I compared these dates to my database of unidentified addresses and only identified six addresses with 60,000 BTC.”
Noting that all six of these addresses made transfers today, Sani added that two other addresses that were previously registered in his system with the “Individual X” tag and therefore filtered were also activated. Thus, these chain transactions, which resulted in the transfer of a total of 80,000 BTC, drew attention to Roger Ver.
Sani also suggested that this move could be part of a possible deal Roger Ver could make with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Known in the crypto world as “Bitcoin Jesus,” Roger Ver is known as one of the early investors in Bitcoin, but in recent years he has become a controversial figure, particularly with his support for Bitcoin SV.
*This is not investment advice.
