South Korea's Bithumb exchange just revealed a striking figure: over $200 million worth of cryptocurrency is sitting idle across 2.6 million dormant accounts. What's even more striking? Some of these holdings haven't been touched in more than a decade. This paints an interesting picture of the exchange landscape—massive amounts of capital seemingly forgotten or abandoned by users. Whether these are lost keys, forgotten wallets, or simply investors who've moved on, the reality highlights a quirk in how crypto sits across major exchanges. It raises questions about account security, user retention, and what happens to long-abandoned digital assets. For anyone tracking exchange dynamics and market liquidity, this kind of dormant capital definitely deserves attention.
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FalseProfitProphet
· 15h ago
200 million dollars just sitting there unused, this move is really awesome haha
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MysteryBoxAddict
· 18h ago
20 billion USD lying in accounts and sleeping peacefully—how much can that hold? Truly the ultimate interpretation of "out of sight, out of mind."
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4am_degen
· 18h ago
200 million dollars lying idle for ten years? Come on, isn't this just the dead account inventory of an exchange?
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LiquidationWatcher
· 18h ago
$200m just... sitting there? ngl that's either the saddest or most based hodl move ever, been there lost that energy. those accounts hitting a decade untouched tho... security nightmare waiting to happen, watch those positions fr
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FudVaccinator
· 19h ago
Over 20 billion just lying idle, how confident is that... or maybe they just forgot the password haha
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TxFailed
· 19h ago
nah but actually... $200m just vibing untouched for 10+ years? that's just lost keys with extra steps. reminds me why i learned the hard way to never leave anything on exchange lol
South Korea's Bithumb exchange just revealed a striking figure: over $200 million worth of cryptocurrency is sitting idle across 2.6 million dormant accounts. What's even more striking? Some of these holdings haven't been touched in more than a decade. This paints an interesting picture of the exchange landscape—massive amounts of capital seemingly forgotten or abandoned by users. Whether these are lost keys, forgotten wallets, or simply investors who've moved on, the reality highlights a quirk in how crypto sits across major exchanges. It raises questions about account security, user retention, and what happens to long-abandoned digital assets. For anyone tracking exchange dynamics and market liquidity, this kind of dormant capital definitely deserves attention.