Ki Young Ju, the co-founder and CEO of CryptoQuant, has provided insights into the behavior of whales in the cryptocurrency market, specifically focusing on their preparations for market growth towards the end of 2023. The latest highlights came after his October post, where he noted that Bitcoin whales were adopting a “risk-on mode,” indicating a...Read More
A Bitcoin wallet address has sprung back to life after approximately four years of inactivity. The dormant whale transferred its entire stash of 3,623 BTC – worth around $136.94 million – to two new wallets. On-chain data suggest that the whale amassed 3,623 BTC worth almost $25 million between October 25, 2018, and December 31,...Read More
Bitcoin has demonstrated remarkable market strength recently, as evidenced by on-chain analysis revealing a surge in BTC whale activity for transactions over $10 million. This increase now constitutes 30% of the recent transaction volume, matching a peak observed only once in 2023. This resurgence indicates renewed market confidence, driven by Bitcoin’s price movements and anticipation...Read More
In a recent development, three Bitcoin whale addresses have come to life after lying dormant for nearly six years. On November 2, these addresses moved 6,500 Bitcoins, equivalent to approximately $230 million at current market rates, to new addresses. Bitcoin Whales Resurface Moving $230 Million in Bitcoin Three Bitcoin whale addresses have recently transferred 6,500...Read More
TL;DR Bitcoin supply on exchanges is at a 5-year low of around 2.29 million BTC. The percentage of BTC supply on exchanges has decreased from 5.99% to 5.73% since September 1st, indicating decreased selling pressure. Whales have been accumulating BTC, controlling over 66% of the circulating supply, and the top 1% of Bitcoin addresses own...Read More
A dormant Bitcoin address has suddenly become active after six long years. Blockchain intelligence company PeckShield revealed through a tweet that the previously inactive address “13RLtG…PXs,” which held approximately 2,100 BTC, has been reawakened. According to data from BitInfoCharts, this Bitcoin address initially received the stash of BTC on October 19, 2017, when its value...Read More
Long-term Bitcoin holders have proved to be highly resilient but data suggest that this cohort of market players had the inkling of a favorable outcome. Bitcoin received a major push following the Grayscale court victory against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, preceding this event, there was significant accumulation amidst a period of...Read More
Bitcoin whales typically capture the stagnant market conditions to accumulate more coins. This trend continued even during the underwhelming price performance of Bitcoin in recent months, as new analysis suggests a dramatic uptick in whale activity during the period. Glassnode’s latest edition of “The Week On-Chain,” observed that the aggregate Whale balance has declined by...Read More
A Bitcoin wallet that was inactive for more than a decade has recently sent out more than $30 million worth of BTC to another address. The whale received the stash in mid-April 2012 when the USD valuation of the primary cryptocurrency was south of $5. As revealed by Lookonchain, the mysterious whale who was hibernating...Read More
Two separate whales each holding over 9 figures worth of crypto have transferred to holdings to exchanges over the past 24 hours. One whale owned an address that participated in Ethereum’s ICO back in 2014, and hadn’t moved his coins since. As revealed by the Twitter blockchain tracker Lookonchain, an Ethereum ICO participant moved 61,216...Read More
A Bitcoin whale – that has been dormant for more than 10 years – woke up from slumber to transfer the entire stash of the crypto-asset on June 8th. According to data from the on-chain analytic platform Lookonchain, 1,432.93 BTC, worth around $37.8 million, were moved to a new address, “bc1psv.” The whale, who ‘hodled’...Read More
A bitcoin whale whose wallet remained untouched for 12 years recently moved 400 BTC (equivalent to approximately $11 million) to numerous addresses. This is yet another long-term HODLer who wakes up after nearly a decade of inactivity. A dormant BTC whale transferred over 2,000 BTC last week for the first time in nine years. The...Read More
A Bitcoin wallet that stayed dormant for more than nine years has recently sent out 2,071.5 BTC (worth over $60 million). The address received a total of 6,071.5 BTC at the end of 2013, when the price of the primary cryptocurrency hovered around $663. Lookonchain revealed that the mysterious whale transferred the assets on April...Read More
The cryptocurrency industry saw one of the most spectacular crashes of one of its giants earlier this month, which cast doubt over the entire market and investors’ perspectives on it. However, on-chain data shows that retail investors have continued accumulating bitcoin with enhanced appetite. Crabs and Shrimps Keep Buying Bitcoin shrimps, as categorized by Glassnode...Read More
On-chain data revealed that the bitcoin holdings of larger investors – typically referred to as whales – have been on the decline for the past several months. At the same time, smaller investors’ BTC bags are on the rise, tapping a fresh all-time high. Whales Vs. Retail Santiment classifies BTC investors holding between 100 to...Read More
Third-largest Bitcoin whale has finally emptied its BTC holdings after demonstrating a long-term accumulation trend. As per BitInfoCharts, the whale bought a total of more than 207k BTC since 2019 before transferring all of it. The move coincided with Bitcoin posting gains for three straight days before topping $24,000, the highest level since mid-June. Over...Read More
As bitcoin dropped to a monthly low at $39,000 after a few days of consolidating above the $40,000 mark, there was a growing bearish sentiment regarding its immediate price action. When the bears came out to push bitcoin south, dipping into the 37K – 40K area, some considered it an excellent opportunity to accumulate. High...Read More
While the recent plunge has put the crypto community into a state of panic, one HODLer is taking advantage. The third-largest Bitcoin whale just bought the dip, putting his stack over 121,000 BTC. On January 4th, the whale’s address added another 372 Bitcoin. The sum was purchased for $17,122,242.1 at the time. This was a...Read More
The third-largest BTC whale has accumulated more than 2,700 coins in a day as the cryptocurrency spiked above $50,000. The mystery entity has bought over 5,600 BTC in the past two weeks. CryptoPotato frequently reports the behavior of this particular whale who tends to sell when the cryptocurrency’s price has gone on a tear lately...Read More
In a matter of two weeks, one of the largest BTC whales has accumulated more than 6,600 coins as the price of the asset has declined by more than 10% in the same timeframe. CryptoPotato frequently reports the sales and purchases of this particular whale, which tends to sell when the asset’s price has appreciated...Read More
After a good run over the past several weeks, bitcoin’s rally came to a screeching halt, at least for now. Here’s where the whales come in. In fact, one particular whale is actually keen on raking in more and more coins as price takes another breather. Following the cryptocurrency’s fall below the psychological support level...Read More
One of the largest BTC whales has bought more than 200 coins at $62,000 shortly after selling 1,500 tokens at $67,500. Today’s purchase comes amid the asset’s massive correction. As outlined by CryptoQuant’s analyst going by the Twitter handle VentureFounder, the anonymous bitcoin whale has begun reaccumulating once again. Bought the dip a little early...Read More
The mysterious BTC whale, who was recently frequently sending lots of coins to Coinbase, has changed the strategy on the largest cryptocurrency. On-chain data shows that they have accumulated more than 500 bitcoins on Thursday and Friday. Bitcoin Whale Back to Buying CryptoPotato has previously reported some of this particular whale’s behavior – whose Bitcoin...Read More
BTC’s recent 9 daily candle streak to the upside has been very impressive. We have been tracking the third-largest BTC whale wallet and found interesting activity and signals. The whale entity, at one point, held over 116,841 BTC. Its current total BTC holdings stand at 113,841. The recent sales from this address since April 2021...Read More
Bitcoin investors have halted depositing their assets onto cryptocurrency exchanges and have actually started to withdraw substantial quantities, says on-chain data. Furthermore, it showed that most of the withdrawals came from retail investors, but whales and institutions have also accumulated BTC lately. Exchange Withdrawals to Early Highs Data from CryptoQuant highlighted the recent trends in...Read More
On-chain data analysis firm Santiment reported that whales purchased 60,000 BTC in one day, making it the biggest daily accumulation this year. Bitcoin whales, in this context, are those big investors and institutions holding between 100 to 10,000 bitcoins in a single address. According to Santiment, these addresses currently hold a combined 9.12M bitcoins –...Read More
Bitcoin whales have used the recent price dump as an opportunity to accumulate more BTC according to on-chain data. This came as the cryptocurrency dumped below $29,000 following substantial sell-offs from large players. Bitcoin Whales Bought the Dip? BTC whales represent large wallets that contain between 100 and 10,000 bitcoins, and their role in the...Read More
Over the past couple of months, there has been a lot of discussion around how the Bitcoin rally is currently being driven by whale traders and institutions. The inclusion of long-term hodlers also comes into the picture, but from the perspective of long-term growth, widespread adoption remains vital. Amidst the current rally, keeping track of...Read More
After Bitcoin dropped on the 21st of January, the investors dropped back to a previously used market strategy that supposedly triggered BTC’s bull run; hodling. As reported previously, dormant coins undergoing movement during the massive $42,000 high became dormant again, and hodlers settled back to navigate through the bearish storm. However, the rally which started...Read More
MicroStrategy is hodling A LOT of Bitcoin, and it’s coming for more. The corporation just revealed that it’s looking for financing to acquire an additional stash of Bitcoin. The company shared the information in an official announcement on its website on December 7, 2020. According to the Press Release, MicroStrategy would be contemplating a $400...Read More
