1. Home
  2. >
  3. Cryptocurrency 💰
Posted

Mysterious Bitcoin Whale Abruptly Moves Over $134,000,000 in BTC – Here’s Where the Crypto’s Headed - The Daily Hodl

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.

dailyhodl.com
Relevant topic timeline:
The recent surge in Bitcoin's price on the Kraken exchange could signal a market reversal, according to believers of the "Kraken magic" theory, suggesting that large-scale purchases on regulated platforms indicate a whale's confidence in the asset's future performance. However, caution is advised as relying solely on price anomalies on one exchange may not accurately predict broader market trends.
Bitcoin experienced a significant correction with an 11.4% drop, but analysis of the market structure suggests that whales and market makers remain optimistic, with the derivatives market quickly absorbing the shock and options markets showing no signs of bearish sentiment.
Whales are actively acquiring various digital assets, including Ethereum, Lido, Uniswap, and Aave, which could indicate bullish trends in the crypto market.
Mysterious Whale adds $6 million worth of Shiba Inu to her portfolio, accumulating a total of 5.37 trillion SHIB tokens in the past seven days, as the cryptocurrency gains attention following the launch of Shibarium and ranks as the third most trending cryptocurrency globally.
The price of XRP is declining as investors sell off their holdings, with a significant whale transferring 29 million XRP to a crypto exchange, possibly indicating a sale of their assets.
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.
An anonymous whale has moved almost half a billion XRP tokens from a Netherlands-based crypto exchange to an unknown wallet, making it the largest XRP transfer recently detected by Whale Alert.
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.
A new XRP whale moved 425.8 million XRP from the Bitvavo exchange after accumulating them for four weeks, despite market uncertainty, leading to speculation about long-term HODLing.
A massive 30,000 BTC has been moved into cold storage, indicating a bullish outlook for Bitcoin as whales and institutional investors anticipate a price increase and opt for self-custody.
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.
BTC's illiquid supply now makes up 80% of the total BTC tokens in circulation, indicating a shift towards long-term investment, while low exchange volumes could lead to volatile price swings; Bitcoin whales have begun adding to their stockpiles, signaling confidence in an upcoming bullish trend.
Bitcoin (BTC) drifted towards $27,000 as buyer interest remains low and analysts caution about a potential downside, despite a recent legal victory for Grayscale.
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.
A deep-pocketed investor caused a price collapse of an Ethereum-based altcoin by selling off their token holdings, while another whale bought up a large amount of Ethereum, helping it to form a bottom.
A whale controlling a significant portion of the Tellor token supply has withdrawn $116 million worth of TRB from exchanges, potentially to manipulate funding rates and profit from open futures contracts.
Deep-pocketed crypto investors have moved over $660 million worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Chainlink as Bitcoin's price drops below $27,000.