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Bitcoin: 500 BTC deemed inaccessible, transferred after ten years

Cointribune·October 21, 2026·1 min read
Bitcoin: 500 BTC deemed inaccessible, transferred after ten years

On October 20, a wallet linked to Irish drug dealer Clifton Collins transferred 500 BTC, worth about $41.52 million, to Coinbase Prime. The bitcoins, part of 6,000 deemed inaccessible for over ten years, moved in a series of transactions, raising questions about the fate of the funds and missing private keys.

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