Bitcoin whale moves $310 million cryptocurrency fortune — for just $0.32 in fees

A cryptocurrency whale has just moved a ball-busting 44,000 BTC (worth more than $310 million) — and they paid a minuscule $0.32 in Bitcoin transaction fees to do so. The hefty movement was detected by Twitter-based transaction monitor @whale_alert this afternoon. Bitcoin’s miners included it in block #605230. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 44,000 #BTC (310,280,282 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/GgIfMr9eMy — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) November 24, 2019 According to Blockchain.com’s Bitcoin explorer, the fee paid (0.00004551 BTC) for this particular transaction is incredibly low, especially when compared to large movements…

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