On-chain data shows a humongous amount of old Bitcoin saw revival in 2025. Here’s how the year stacks up against previous ones.

5+ Year Old Bitcoin Revived Supply Broke $52 Billion This Year

As explained by on-chain analyst Checkmate in a new post on X, 2025 has seen a large amount of old tokens come back to life. Coins are considered to be “old” when they are dormant (that is, not involved in any transaction on the blockchain) for at least 5 years.

There are different bands these old tokens can be further divided into. The youngest band is the 5 to 7 years range, containing buyers from the last two BTC cycles who are resolute enough to still not have sold their coins.

The middle band corresponds to an age of 7 to 10 years old. At this range, there is a real chance that coins enter

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