A GMX whale trader made nearly $1 million in profit during the recent crypto market crash, with an impressive 80% win rate over the past two months.
Bitcoin's recent correction and retracement of gains linked to BlackRock's BTC ETF application indicate weakness in the market, prompting one crypto trader to stay on the sidelines until Bitcoin either reclaims $30,000 or experiences a major collapse, while also noting that trader sentiment currently favors altcoins.
Ethereum may have reached a bottom in the bear market and is expected to break out from an ascending triangle pattern, according to crypto strategist Credible Crypto, who predicts a consolidation between $1,600 and $2,000 for the rest of the year before a surge in early 2024. However, they also hold a bearish view for ETH/BTC in the short term.
Large ether (ETH) investors took advantage of lower prices following a market tumble to accumulate $94 million worth of ETH, while large bitcoin investors added $309 million worth of BTC to their wallets.
A whale investor bought 640 billion PEPE tokens, worth $529,000, at a reduced price due to concerns about developer manipulation and modifications to a multisig wallet, causing a 15% drop in the value of the meme coin.
A Bitcoin whale has moved $134 million worth of BTC out of a centralized exchange, coinciding with a decrease in the amount of BTC sitting in exchanges and an increase in whale transactions.
Summary: A small group of companies and individuals, known as "whales," hold a large percentage of Bitcoin's current supply, leading to concerns about Bitcoin's decentralized distribution and its original purpose of erasing the influence of governments and traditional financial institutions; key whales include Satoshi Nakamoto, Tim Draper, the Winklevoss Twins, Michael Saylor, Changpeng Zhao, and several public companies, private institutions, and even governments.
Bitcoin's recent surge in value may be attributed to a $10 billion investment by whales, Robinhood's involvement in a $3 billion Bitcoin purchase, and JPMorgan analysts predicting an end to the crypto bear market.
Bitcoin's velocity has decreased to a 3-year low, potentially suggesting that whales are holding onto their positions rather than transferring ownership to new investors. Meanwhile, select altcoins like Toncoin, Monero, Mantle, and Quant are showing signs of strength and could present short-term trading opportunities depending on Bitcoin's next move.
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe suggests that altcoins, including Ethereum, are following a historical pattern before Bitcoin halving events, indicating a potential bullish move in the market.
Bitcoin pulled back from its all-time high above $28,000 as investors analyzed the implications of Grayscale's court victory against the SEC, with the cryptocurrency dropping 2% to $27,240, while Ether decreased 1.7% to just above $1,700, leading to a decline in the broader crypto market.
Large BTC investors, known as "whales," have increased their holdings by $1.5 billion in the last two weeks of August, indicating organic buying demand and optimism among institutional investors as the approval of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) approaches.
A blue-chip altcoin, Chainlink (LINK), may experience a bullish rally based on various analytics, while whales and sharks have accumulated $71 million worth of Maker (MKR) tokens, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has seen a price rebound, according to Santiment.
Crypto analyst Nicholas Merten warns that the altcoin market could lose $60 billion, with Ethereum failing to break above $2,000, indicating a bearish pattern, and he plans to short Bitcoin as well.
Ethereum's price has been declining, leading to concerns among investors, but there are two factors to consider: a drop in user activity and transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain, which may be due to users migrating to faster and cheaper Layer 2 blockchains, and selling by Ethereum "whales" and insiders, including co-founder Vitalik Buterin, which could be attributed to profit-taking and security measures rather than a lack of confidence in Ethereum's future prospects. Despite the market's overreaction, Ethereum remains a strong investment with its dominance in various business segments and ongoing development plans.
A cryptocurrency whale lost millions of dollars in a phishing attack on Rocket Pool, with the stolen funds being transferred to a cryptocurrency exchange, FixedFloat.
Crypto whales have taken advantage of the recent downturn in altcoin markets to buy discounted Polygon (MATIC), Litecoin (LTC), and Apecoin (APE) tokens, potentially increasing confidence in the long-term viability of these projects.
