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Close to 250 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Were Redeemed in 6 Months, $1.9B in BTC Remain Active
Since September 18, 2021, close to 250 Casascius physical bitcoins were redeemed over the last 198 days. On that day six months ago, there were 19,920 Casascius physical bitcoins left active and today, there are approximately 19,676 left to peel.
19,676 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Left to Peel
During the last six months, approximately 244 Casascius physical bitcoins were redeemed for their digital value. The Casascius physical bitcoin aoina na faia e Mike Caldwell o se tasi o tino sili ona lauiloa BTC aoina. O tupe siliva e le masani ai e masani ona faʻatau atu mo le sili atu nai lo le numera numera numera ma i aso nei, e 19,676 tupe siliva o loʻo totoe e leʻi toe faʻaaogaina pe galue, e tusa ai ma casasciustracker.com fuainumera.
Each physical bitcoin has a different fraction of digital BTC, e pei ona ave e nisi tupe le .5 inisi BTC tau a o nisi e umia se tasi BTC. Caldwell also made gold bars with bitcoins loaded onto them like the popular 100 BTC pa auro. There are Casascius physical bitcoins that hold 25 BTC ma e oo lava i iunite e ave le 500 i le 1,000 BTC. Mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga, ia Mati 30, 2022, o se "S1-COIN-25" e tau 25. BTC sa pa'u ma togiolaina mo le tau numera $1.14 miliona.
The S1-COIN-25 also held 25 bitcoin tinoitupe (BCH) ma le 25 bitcoinsv (BSV), but those crypto assets have not been spent by the Casascius physical bitcoin owner. Five days prior, an “S2-COIN-5” was pa'u ma togiolaina mo 5 BTC or $230K. That Casascius physical bitcoin owner also saved the 5 BCH ma le 5 BSV, ona e leʻi faʻaaluina. E ui o loʻo i ai 19,676 tupe siliva mai le aoina o Casascius o loʻo totoe o loʻo galue, 8,262 ua toe faʻaolaina i le taimi nei.
42,516 Bitcoin Worth $1.9 Billion Remain Loaded on Casascius Physical Bitcoins, Unfunded Coins Sell for a Pretty Penny
E ui o loʻo i ai ni nai selau itiiti ifo i le 20K tupe siliva o loʻo totoe e leʻi faʻaaogaina i aso nei, o le numera e le o faʻamatalaina pe fia le tele. BTC ua tuua e le togiolaina. E tusa ma le 42,516 BTC (UTXOs) left unredeemed on the 19,676 Casascius coins left unpeeled. According to today’s bitcoin (BTC) exchange rates, that’s $1.9 billion worth of bitcoin.
Furthermore, Casascius physical bitcoins usually sell for higher than the digital value on secondary markets. Even unloaded coins, with the digital funds swept away, can sell for a pretty penny these days. For instance, an unloaded 25 BTC faaletino bitcoin with the funds swept away is fa'atau atu mo le $21,000 ile Ebay. In fact, it is hard to find a loaded Casascius physical bitcoin and there’s a slew of unfunded coins on the secondary market selling for collectible purposes only.
I le aso 18 o Setema, 2021, e tusa ma le 43,000 BTC left unspent loaded on 19,920 Casascius physical bitcoins. Faatasi ai ma le 42,516 BTC tuua e lei togiolaina i aso nei, o lona uiga e 484 BTC e tusa ma le $22.2 miliona ua toe faatauina mai i le 198 aso talu ai.
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Punavai autu: Bitcoin.com