Researcher ZachXBT alerted the cryptocurrency community in a Twitter post on Dec. 19, noting that the five wallets had transferred about 104 Bitcoin on Dec. 17 to various wallets.
Blockchain records show that the wallets had not sent BTC since at least April 2018.
QuadrigaCX, once Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange, filed for bankruptcy in April 2019 following the December 2018 death of its founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten, who was solely responsible for the private keys to the exchange's wallets.
It is unknown whether BTC's move is related to EY's recovery efforts. Cointelegraph reached out to EY for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
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