Satoshi-era bitcoin tied to $285B lawsuit moves after 14 years

A Bitcoin address that held 35.55 BTC — worth $2.54 million and untouched since March 2011 — moved coins earlier this week. The wallet 1LwWtSs7tMCwcRczQd5kVMv3xpWw6w4Sxe sent 15 BTC to a new address and kept 20.55 BTC as change in transaction b90755b at 16:46 UTC on June 2, recorded in block 952,104, according to mempool.space.

The coins were originally received on March 27, 2011, when bitcoin traded at less than a dollar. The transfer came amid an active New York lawsuit filed March 11, 2026 (index number 153119/2026) and amended May 1, in which a pseudonymous plaintiff, Noah Doe, and two Wyoming LLCs named ABC Company and XYZ Company seek legal title to roughly 3.8 million bitcoin valued at about $285 billion under New York Personal Property Law Article 7-B.

The court approved on-chain service of defendants using Bitcoin's OP_RETURN field.

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