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According to data shared by blockchain sleuth Whale Alert, which monitors large crypto transactions and shares the details on X, it has detected the awakening of an ancient Bitcoin holder.

This wallet has remained inactive since 2014. Over the past few weeks, several other dormant Bitcoin wallets returned to life after a long hibernation, demonstrating massive four-digit gains.

Bitcoin whale returns with 7,240% profit

This Bitcoin wallet, which was last used more than 10 years ago, contains 99 BTC. The difference between the initial worth of these coins in 2014 and that reached now is amazing – from $83,068 to a whopping $6,097,440. This comprises roughly 7,240%.

This week, this is the fourth Bitcoin wallet that has returned from dormancy. On Tuesday, a whale reactivated their wallet, which had held 21 BTC since 2013. That amount of BTC is now worth $1,307,996.

On Oct. 1, two wallets containing 41 BTC worth $2,611,481 and 77 BTC evaluated at $4,902,160 were detected by the aforementioned data source.

These ancient whales suddenly brought their old Bitcoin holdings to the market as October began – this month is known as “Uptober” since Bitcoin rallies have historically started in October five times in the past. Sometimes, these rallies coincided with years when Bitcoin experienced a halving, reducing miner rewards by half.

“Uptober” beginning sees Bitcoin crashing

However, “Uptober” began not as many expected. Due to negative geopolitical developments in the Middle East, the Bitcoin price began to plunge on Sunday. It has lost 8.46% since then and 2.51% in the last 24 hours, crashing from the $66,000 level down to $60,325 today.

As events continue to unfold, investors have been selling Bitcoin and other risk-on assets to buy gold. Bitcoiner and JAN3 CEO Samson Mow criticized those trading Bitcoin for gold, noting that gold is not easily transportable in troubled times. Mow stated he remains bullish despite this situation. “I still Bullieve,” he tweeted, believing that in the near future, and as soon as next year, BTC is likely to skyrocket to $1 million per coin.

This article was originally published on U.Today.