This year's most bizarre Bitcoin story An Irish drug dealer bought 6,000 BTC in 2011 and hid the paper keys in a fishing rod case. Then he got arrested. The landlord threw away all his stuff, including the keys. Those coins were frozen for years, until now. With the help of Europol, Irish authorities cracked the wallet. Today, they withdrew 500 BTC, totaling 1,500 BTC so far, leaving 4,500 BTC still sitting there.