A 31-year-old discovered Bitcoin bought for $117 in 2015 after a long-inactive account alert, with the remaining holdings having peaked at about $27,000.
A Coinbase email about prolonged account inactivity led a 31-year-old user to rediscover 0.219 Bitcoin left over from a 2015 purchase that originally cost $117. The user had sold part of the Bitcoin a few weeks after buying it and then forgot about the remaining balance for roughly a decade. By the time he logged back in, the 0.219 BTC was worth about $14,000, after having reached about $27,000 at its peak. The episode underscores how sharp long-term appreciation in Bitcoin can turn small, forgotten holdings into meaningful sums.