On November 14, 2026, 深潮 TechFlow reported, citing CoinDesk, that a Bitcoin wallet inactive since 2011 had moved about 75 BTC—worth roughly $5 million—to a new address on Thursday, November 12. The address had been named as a defendant in a New York lawsuit, but the wallet controller’s identity and reason for moving the coins remain unknown.
The plaintiff is asking the court to recognize its ownership of roughly 3.8 million BTC across 39,069 addresses. Its argument is that wallets dormant for at least five years are lost property that can be claimed under New York law. That is the plaintiff’s legal claim, not an established ownership right.
The court allowed the plaintiff to notify unknown holders by sending small amounts of bitcoin with a link to legal documents. According to the report, the November transfer also spent the notice funds sent to this address in May. That shows the notice funds moved; it does not establish that the lawsuit prompted the transfer.
Original report — 深潮 TechFlow, November 14, 2026, 12:31 p.m. UTC+8