A wallet from Ethereum's ICO days just came back to life. The address (0x2dCA) sat untouched for over a decade—holding 40,000 ETH, now worth roughly $120 million. Here's the twist: instead of cashing out after all these years, the holder chose to stake the entire position.
This isn't your typical "whale dumps on retail" scenario. Whoever controls this wallet clearly played the long game during ETH's earliest phase, and they're apparently still bullish enough to lock up their tokens for staking rewards. The move signals continued confidence in Ethereum's proof-of-stake ecosystem rather than an exit strategy.
For context, wallets like these trace back to the 2014 ICO when ETH sold for pennies. Watching one resurface—only to stake instead of sell—offers a rare glimpse into how some OG holders are positioning themselves today.
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RealYieldWizard
· 12-01 18:54
True believers, ten years without moving a hair, take the opposite position and directly stake... this is what it means to understand coins.
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BearMarketSurvivor
· 12-01 17:44
Dude, this move is amazing. After not doing anything for ten years, he directly staked everything. It's really a faith deposit.
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GameFiCritic
· 12-01 16:00
This is true faith, after ten years of silence directly locking up all positions... This action speaks louder than any marketing copy.
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HorizonHunter
· 12-01 15:57
It's really amazing, a wallet that hasn't moved in ten years suddenly comes back to life, and it's not dumping but staking... This is what faith is all about.
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ApeShotFirst
· 12-01 15:56
Wow, this guy is incredible. He hasn't touched his money for more than a decade just for this moment? I didn't expect him to stake everything. This is what true faith is all about.
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DAOplomacy
· 12-01 15:55
ngl, the incentive structures here are arguably non-trivial... staking instead of dumping suggests either conviction or path dependency we're not fully accounting for. historical precedent suggests these og moves rarely signal retail-friendly outcomes tho.
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SerumSqueezer
· 12-01 15:52
Wow, this guy is really committed to his beliefs, not moving a dime for ten years and still continuing to lock up positions. He must have a lot of faith in ETH.
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MysteryBoxBuster
· 12-01 15:48
Wow, hasn't moved for ten years and directly staked? This guy must really have a good eye on eth. If I had those 40,000 coins, I would have run away long ago.
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IfIWereOnChain
· 12-01 15:39
I haven't touched it for ten years... I'm not in that mindset, I've long since trapped and bought a house, haha.
A wallet from Ethereum's ICO days just came back to life. The address (0x2dCA) sat untouched for over a decade—holding 40,000 ETH, now worth roughly $120 million. Here's the twist: instead of cashing out after all these years, the holder chose to stake the entire position.
This isn't your typical "whale dumps on retail" scenario. Whoever controls this wallet clearly played the long game during ETH's earliest phase, and they're apparently still bullish enough to lock up their tokens for staking rewards. The move signals continued confidence in Ethereum's proof-of-stake ecosystem rather than an exit strategy.
For context, wallets like these trace back to the 2014 ICO when ETH sold for pennies. Watching one resurface—only to stake instead of sell—offers a rare glimpse into how some OG holders are positioning themselves today.