Bitcoin investors from the Satoshi era sold 80,000 BTC for 9 billion USD through Galaxy Digital.

An early Bitcoin investor has sold 80,000 BTC through Galaxy Digital, in a transaction that this digital asset company describes as one of the largest transactions in the history of cryptocurrency in nominal terms. However, the timing and selling price were not disclosed.

Information about this transaction first appeared on PR Newswire at the end of Friday, and then about 30 minutes later was published on the official blog of Galaxy Digital.

Galaxy does not disclose the identity of the customers, but it states that this transaction is part of the investor's real estate asset planning strategy.

The announcement was made on a day when Bitcoin experienced significant volatility, with the price at one point dropping below 115,000 USD on Friday.

Data from Lookonchain shows that many large transactions from Galaxy Digital occurred during the day, with a total of nearly 30,000 BTC, most of which were transferred directly to exchanges.

Update:#GalaxyDigital has transferred nearly 30,000 $BTC($3.5B) out today, most of which went directly to exchanges and were sold.

Then #GalaxyDigital withdrew 1.15B $USDT from exchanges.#GalaxyDigital still holds 18,504 $BTC($2.14B). pic.twitter.com/Wv1cD3aHbf

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) July 25, 2025

These transactions involve a Bitcoin investor who transferred 80,009 BTC from an inactive wallet earlier this month — the coins were then transferred to Galaxy, according to Lookonchain data from July 16 to 17.

The Bitcoin OG with 80,009 $BTC($9.46B) transferred the remaining 40,192 $BTC($4.77B) to #GalaxyDigital in the past 3 hours. pic.twitter.com/irBREdBiCK

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) July 18, 2025

Although volatility has increased, analysts say the coins that were sold have been "fully absorbed"

After falling nearly 4% on Friday, the price of Bitcoin has quickly recovered and at the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at over 117,300 USD.

Jason Williams, an analyst and author of Bitcoin Hard Money, noted that the entire sell-off has been "completely absorbed by the market," indicating that prices will rise significantly.

Joe Consorti, the growth director at Theya, a Bitcoin custody infrastructure company, wrote: “80,000 BTC, equivalent to more than 9 billion USD, has been sold into the open market order book and Bitcoin has hardly moved.”

The price of Bitcoin has skyrocketed this year, recently reaching a new all-time high of over $123,000, thanks to a strong influx of capital from ETF funds, an increase in adoption in the treasury of companies, and favorable regulatory developments in the United States.

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