Anonymous plaintiffs seek court title to 39,069 dormant wallets holding 3.8M BTC
A New York man identified as Noah Doe and two corporate entities sued “John Does 1–39,069” in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, seeking a declaration that they own 39,069 long-inactive digital wallets and the cryptocurrency inside, described as 3.8 million BTC. The filing says Doe located wallets with no activity for at least five years, then used OP_RETURN notices and other outreach; 424 owners signaled on-chain that their funds were not abandoned while the remaining wallets did not respond.