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by randomhodler84 1544 days ago
Hmm that’s not quite right to say never been sold. https://stats.buybitcoinworldwide.com/unspent-outputs/

Today, there is 1.7M unspent coinbase tx out of a emitted 19M coins. Once moved from a coinbase-tx, 4.3M are older than 5y, with 2.4M at >10y.

Most Bitcoin have been sold many times in their life, but they do typically sleep for a long time, given the switch of time preference. MtGox alone would have cycled a majority of the coins in its short lifetime.