Wallet in Noah Doe Suit Moves 411 BTC After 13 Years

A bitcoin address named in the "Noah Doe" lawsuit over supposedly abandoned coins has moved funds for the first time in 13 years: 411.45 BTC left it on Sunday, Oct. 18, at about 2:23 PM ET. Decrypt values the transfer at roughly $33.4 million.

Details

The move was recorded in block 972,036. The transaction sent 411.44999663 BTC from 13Coop8xFbYj9JR9WyF5EqzGa9GiZmxs7C to a single new address, bc1q2e68…, not tied to an exchange. According to Decrypt, the address was funded on Sept. 11, 2013, when bitcoin traded near $130, so the original stake was about $54,000. It is tagged "Noah Doe #970" as one of the lawsuit's listed addresses.

Galaxy Research flagged the movement, noting the address had woken after more than 13 years. As Decrypt reports, dormant addresses from the plaintiffs' list have been moving coins at a faster pace month after month.

The suit was filed in New York on May 1, 2026 by "Noah Doe" and two Wyoming LLCs. They ask a court to confirm ownership of 39,069 long-inactive addresses holding roughly 3.7⁠–⁠3.8 million BTC, invoking New York's lost-property law and saying they reported the find to the NYPD, per Cointelegraph. The list includes addresses linked to Satoshi Nakamoto and the Mt. Gox hacker. Galaxy's report lays out the background.

What it means for the market

The plaintiffs' core argument is that the coins are abandoned and can therefore be claimed. A transfer from such an address shows its holder still has the keys. One wallet does not decide the case, no ruling has been reported, and Decrypt does not say who owns the coins.

For the market this is a legal-risk story, not a supply story: 411 BTC is a tiny fraction of daily volume. For the live price see the daily brief; more on the asset on the Bitcoin page.