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1. The Largest Bitcoin Trade: $1.1 billion (161,500 BTC) on April 10, 2020
Taking the top spot, one bitcoin wallet moved 161,500 BTC on April 10, 2020. At the time, this bitcoin was worth roughly $1.1 billion, making it the biggest bitcoin transaction of all-time.
Keen observers of the Bitcoin blockchain quickly noticed the transaction. What was interesting about it was that 146,500 bitcoins out of the total amount was returned to the sender’s address, while 15,000 BTC was kept in another wallet.
2. February 2020 – $1.033 billion (106,857 BTC)
The second biggest bitcoin transfer of all-time can be traced to a series of other big transactions, beginning with a transfer on June 27, 2020.
On June 27, 2020, 101,857 BTC was moved from one unidentified wallet to another. This was worth $933 million at the time of the transfer, and resulted in the sending wallet address being emptied of all of its funds.
3. September 2019 – $1 billion (94,504 BTC)
Technically, the June 2020 transaction mentioned above is the third biggest transaction of all-time, but since it’s connected to the second biggest transaction ever, we’re going to give third place to a separate transfer, which happened on September 6, 2019. It involved the transfer of 94,504 bitcoins, which at a price of $10,654 per bitcoin, just passed $1 billion.
4. October 2019 – $894 million (107,848 BTC)
Crypto exchanges don’t only store their bitcoins themselves. They also transfer them to dedicated storage companies, which is what happened on October 14, 2019, when Bitstamp transferred 107,848 bitcoin to custody provider Xapo. This was equal to $894 million at the time, and came as part of a single transaction that transferred 112,027 BTC to a number of addresses.
5. February 2020 – $491 million (48,952 BTC)
On February 16, 2020, a wallet sent 48,952 bitcoins, worth $490.5 million at the time.