The title is a bit misleading as we don't know if the coins have changed hands. They probably just transferred them to a new address that they also control.
txid or it didn't happen<p>[EDIT1]: Looks like this one:<p><a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/3f036ff88bb851b57a1e28780dbce35a6457a8b57995c095b55b3b0cf48ba9fd?_search=homepage&_type=transaction" rel="nofollow">https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/3f036ff88bb851b57...</a><p>[EDIT2]: and since these coins existed pre BCH fork, it's worth looking at the BCH coins ... TL;DR: they have moved as well:
<a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/transaction/00082718d96fd32f96482a7b1e73639fe7b91e83f5ce4361b5467e3049801fab#o=3" rel="nofollow">https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/transaction/00082718d96f...</a>
Given that these were worth $350k at the time 8+ years ago, my guess is on a vendor that got out of prison and was carefully planning for a day to move it around.
Pales in comparison to money laundering with US real estate.<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/how-kleptocracy-came-to-america/580471/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/how-kle...</a>
they cant cash out, they had to update into new chain. they got nowhere to cash out. every exchange knows this block.<p>even if they have trillions, they cant cash it out because its so large. to many eyes. and bitcoin is not anonymous
The wallet address is: 1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbhx<p>More information on the wallet found here: <a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbhx" rel="nofollow">https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRy...</a>
What happens to the price of bitcoin when you try to sell $1B worth?<p>The first few buyers might be paying the asking price, but presumably the order book has offers to buy at considerably less than today’s $/BTC?<p>Are there any markets out there that quote the price of stocks in terms of the total (average? median?) value of currently placed orders?
> They were clearly biding their time and waiting for a busy news day in order to do this without it getting too much attention.<p>Nooooo, they were Biden their time! Good choice of day though. Who would have expected this level of chaos.
<i>> “Either way, the funds are now on the move, and whoever now controls the bitcoins may want to cash them out,” Robinson said. As for whether it was an insider or a hacker, his guess it’s as likely either way. “I’d say I’m 50/50 right now, perhaps leaning towards a Silk Roader. They were clearly biding their time and waiting for a busy news day in order to do this without it getting too much attention.”</i><p>Busy news day... which means... today?