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Dormant Bitcoin Whale Wallet Holding 405 BTC Comes to Life After 8.3 Years

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The account Whale Alert, which tracks the movement of huge cryptos, announced the activation of a wallet address that had been inactive since 2013. This battered wallet had 407 bitcoins, which were valued at more than $15 million at the time of writing.

In comparison to its worth in 2013, this was an almost 4,000 percent increase in only eight years.

Whales riding the wave

While community members speculated over the unexpected activation of the address, it wasn’t the first time that elderly hodlers brought their wallets back to life. In fact, in February, an old Ethereum wallet with almost $5 million worth of ETH was activated, in addition to Bitcoin.

It’s possible that the holder didn’t want to miss out on the market’s price activity. The financial market was in a profitable position as a result of historical events going place throughout the world.

While aggressive Russia was funding its military troops, cryptocurrencies were being requested to assist Ukraine in its upheaval.

Meanwhile, the holder’s identity remained unknown. Given the wallet’s age, conspiracy theories about its origins grow more prevalent.

Some speculated that it belonged to Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin founder. Some people, however, believed that unlocking the wallet now was a waste of time.

According to the transaction’s data, the holder has divided the money among many wallets. While cashing out was an option, it’s safe to suppose that the dump won’t be carried in a single day. However, this may not be the only wallet with a huge amount of Bitcoin, and as the landscape of the crypto business shifts, we may see more of these wallets resurface.

Get to know about Bitcoin whales

A bitcoin whale is a cryptocurrency word for someone or any entity that has a significant quantity of bitcoin. Whales have enough crypto to be able to manipulate currency exchange rates.

Whales are large bitcoin holders whose actions upset the waters in which lesser fish swim. The top 20% of bitcoin holders possess more than 80% of the bitcoin value in US dollars, according to the 80-20 rule (also known as the Pareto principle).

Large quantities of bitcoin are being revived in old, dormant wallets from the early days of Bitcoin. Early investors who dumped a few hundred dollars and held their investments have grown into BTC whales as the value of the cryptocurrency continues to soar.

Bitcoin Whales Vigorously Liquidating their Holdings: Reaches 3 month low of 15,923

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According to on-chain statistics given by Glassnode analytics service, the number of prominent Bitcoin whale addresses on the network has plummeted to a three-month low. Current speculation states that the value is at September 2021 level.

Glassnode is the industry’s most comprehensive source of on-chain and derivatives data. Their recent tweet reviewed this observation:

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It is noted that the bulk of the market has given up on counter-trading the asset and has joined the bear market. This was confirmed because the unique addresses holding 100 or more coins have decreased to October. As per the observations, even though the inflow of funds into Bitcoin has reduced, the volume of USDT funds flowing into the exchanges is pretty high and substantial.

Who are these Bitcoin whales?

A bitcoin whale is a cryptocurrency terminology for an enterprise or an individual with a significant bitcoin quantity. Whales have enough cryptocurrencies to be able to control currency exchange rates. Whales are large Bitcoin holders whose actions upset the waters in which smaller fish swim. According to the 80-20 rule, the top 20% of bitcoin holders own more than 80% of the currency’s value in US dollars.

There is a dedicated analytical and tracker system to analyze the transactions of whales. One such platform is Whale alert, where you are provided with live tracking and analysis of millions of transactions every day. It is evident from their reports that even during the bear market, whales keep on accumulating and adding to their collections, where most of the newbies panic sell.

Bitcoin plunges to $33,184 on Monday

Following the trails of the bloodbath, BTC plunged into another nosedive hitting almost 50% of its price as of its all-time high of $69,000 in November. The altcoins have also taken a punch to the head as a significant follow-up and have gone down by double digits in the last 24 hours.

The blood market is striking fear and uncertainties in the minds of investors. But one must remember that even though the markets are not looking their best right now, that’s how it goes in the world of crypto. If you can’t handle Bitcoin at its worst, you don’t deserve it at its best.

Here’s what brewing in Bitcoin [BTC] Whales Address Count

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Santiment, the leading on-chain analytics platform, observed that large-cap investors or whales holding bitcoins in the range of 100 to1000 BTC have exponentially surged in a span of five weeks. The website compared the data from five weeks ago and noticed an increase of 254 new addresses recording a jump of 1.9% in such a short span of time.

Commenting on the data, Santiment in its tweet noted,

The number of Bitcoin addresses holding between 100 to 1,000 BTC has grown substantially over the past five weeks. 254 more of these whale addresses now exist compared to five weeks ago, which is a notable 1.9% increase in this short time period.

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The increased accumulation among the rising cohort of new whales indicates that that the large BTC holders are not keen to sell their assets and are in anticipation of a further increase in the price action of the king coin.

Bitcoin [BTC] holders on an accumulating spree

A few days ago, the crypto analytics forum stated that the recent BTC price surge was swayed by the whales instead of the widely perceived bulls. In its Twitter post, the on-chain data provider mentioned that the large-cap investors holding BTC between 100-1000 have amassed to the tune of 85.7k BTC with a total valuation of around $4.78 billion since the flagship asset’s price crash last September. According to the firm, these long-term market participants held a record 21.3% of the Bitcoin total supply.

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BTC further upswing signals

On a similar note, another prominent blockchain data intelligence provider, Glassnode observed that large-cap investors have returned to gain from the significant unrealized proceeds. The long-term holder’s cohort currently retains about 70% of the market capitalization in terms of unrealized profits. In the event of the metric climbing higher than 75%, the probability of repeating the 2013 double rally scenario is in the cards.

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Bitcoin [BTC] has exhibited a bullish momentum lately owing to the probable debut of the Bitcoin exchange-traded fund [ETF] in the next week. It soared to $62,626 briefly yesterday in the early hours following Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s announcement to build a customized silicon Bitcoin mining rig. At press time it is trading at $61,136, an almost 2% decline in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin [BTC] Whales Seem Less Confident But PlanB Is Bullish As Ever

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Bitcoin [BTC] is not making waves anymore. After an unprecedented ride, in the first quarter, the trend has changed drastically. While it still continued to be the undisputed market leader, its dominance has declined to 40%. After getting caught on to the bearish trend, the BTC whales have resumed selling and short-term prospects are looking a little bleak.

This was revealed by the blockchain intelligence firm Santiment which noted that the Bitcoin holders holding 100 to 10k BTC have moved more than $5.7 billion worth BTC from their wallet. Its tweet stated,

“Our data indicates that the high-alpha group of ‘Bitcoin Millionaires’ holding between 100 to 10,000 BTC have now shed 120,000 coins ($5.74 billion) from their wallets in the last 5 weeks. This is the least amount of coins held by this group since Feb. 10.”

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In line with this trend of high selling pressure, the analytic platform also revealed Bitcoin’s supply that is sitting on cryptocurrency exchanges has currently bounced back to its highest level since the 14th of January this year. This essentially meant the amount of the tokens being deposited into exchanges has risen was indicative of fear and less confidence among the investors in the BTC market.

Interestingly, 14th of May also marked the largest day of exchange inflows since the Black Thursday crash in March last year.

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In addition, the supply of Tether [USDT] was close to 2021-low. This was a cause of concern since it could suggest that investors are reluctant to buy the latest dip.

But Bitcoin Could In Fact See More Gains

According to PlanB, Bitcoin still has a lot of levels to climb before the bull season closes. In the latest tweet, the analyst well-known for applying the stock-to-flow [S2F] model to Bitcoin, has forecasted that the digital currency could register another meteoric rise in the coming months in the midst of massive downside correction.

PlanB stated that

“Bitcoin’s relative strength index (RSI): we are at the typical mid-bull-cycle drop in RSI (yellow circles), between 2013 and 2017. Excited about the next couple of months.”

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Bitcoin Whale Moved Over $337 Million After Transferring 7,073 BTC

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Bitcoin Whales appeared to be been cashing out which snowballed into and unbearable selling pressure in the market.

February has been historically corrective for Bitcoin. Over the past week alone, the crypto-asset lost more than 20%. and was down to $45,381.

Accompanying yet another daily correction was an unknown wallet transfer with a significant amount by a Bitcoin whale who happens to be the 241st largest wallet of the cryptocurrency.

This was revealed by the blockchain tracker ‘Whale Alert’ which notified the transfer of more than 7,000 Bitcoin by an anonymous whale which was then worth approximately $337 million.

The transaction in question was made at 01:53 UTC from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet.

Besides, Bitcoin has had an exceptionally trying week and the sell-offs have coincided with several other whale movements. Due to the anonymity of the Bitcoin whale transfers, they were either speculated as institutions moving coins to cold storage, or huge over-the-counter [OTC] trades or internal transfers between exchange wallets.

What sparked even more curiosity was some really ancient Bitcoin whale movements whose coins were lying dormant for more than a decade.

Willy Woo’s Take On Bitcoin Whale Movement

Whale movements can sometimes jolt the markets. For instance, a Bitcoin whale movement back this past December sung the crypto-asset’s price just as it crossed $20,000. According to an expert, however, the series of panic sell-offs that shook the market this February was was due to falsely generated concerns regarding a whale dumping.

In a recent interview on What Bitcoin Did, the popular on-chain analyst and market researcher, Willy Woo claimed that incorrectly spawned market concerns over a whale dumping $1.5 billion in Bitcoin is what likely generated the panic sell that eventually resulted in the cryptocurrency’s price drop to a low of $45,230 on the 26th of February.

Woo, along with Glassnode CTO Rafael Schultze-Kraft went on to confirm the transaction in question was merely an internal transfer of the exchange’s funds.

He said,

“I was trying to figure out this big sell-off. And, you know, the very peak of it started when there was a little alert that we had $1.5 billion that just moved onto the exchanges to sell… the assumption was to sell. And I think that spread amongst traders and we started to see the sell-off preempting that.”

Larger Bitcoin Wallets Are Shuffling Supply

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One of the most promising trends that Bitcoin has witnessed was its corporate balance sheet acquisition, with MicroStrategy at the tip of the spear. But the latest market movement proved to be the biggest and the most damaging correction that Bitcoin sustained in its lifetime.

The crypto-asset lost $200 Billion in just 24-hours following panic among the retail traders.

Bitcoin Accumulation Wallets Hit Reversal

Leading up to this event was the peculiar activity from the large wallet holders who were found to have been shuffling supply. As noted by the blockchain intelligence firm, Glassnode, wallets with 1k to 10k Bitcoin holdings appeared to be ‘reducing holdings’.

This is in a clear reversal in the accumulation trend by these high-profile wallets which had been in accumulation throughout 2020. But this class of BTC holders saw a perfect inverse in 2021.

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According to the weekly report by Glassnode, Whales saw a supply increase in January of around +80k BTC and a subsequent decrease in the supply of -140k BTC in February.

It is important to note how the supply changes for the 100 to 1k BTC class [purple] and1k to 10k BTC,[(green] is mirrored in volume and shape.

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Upon closer inspection, it was found that when one class saw an increasing volume, the other saw a decreasing volume and vice-versa. Hence, large vertical changes in charts like this often represent that a few large entities [example: exchanges, whales, or miners] making internal transactions.

The latest wallet behaviour could, in fact, signify that a sizeable portion of these coins may not be sold, but instead being restructured in custodial wallets. Along the same line, Glassnode noted,

“There was a preference for 1k to 10k wallets in January that are now transitioning into larger sets of UTXOs with smaller denominations between 100 and 1k. Perhaps coins are being placed into multi-signature schemes or custodians are undertaking internal shuffling to meet client requirements.”

Furthermore, the balance held by accumulation addresses continued to remain in a steadily upward direction which suggested long-term ‘HODLer heuristics’. The fact that these wallets saw no spends further validated the above argument.

That being said, while it is no secret that these Bitcoins are on the move and larger balances are being reclassified, it, however, does not necessarily demonstrate an end to, as Glassnode said, “whale spawning season”.

Another Bitcoin Whale With 100k+ Tokens Emerge

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Despite Bitcoin’s rather weak price movement, another whale address has emerged that has 100K+ Bitcoin tokens held in it. This was reported by the crypto-analytic Santiment which tweeted,

“For the first time since June 24th, Bitcoin has a 2nd whale address with 100k+ $BTC tokens held. There are also now 233 new addresses with 1,000+ $BTC in them, a clear All-Time High”

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Bitcoin made a swift recovery after falling below $30k on Wednesday. By the looks of it, whales have tried to buy the level to avert a further breakdown after reclaiming it.

Bitcoin’s Growing Accumulation: a mega bullish trend

So far, the world’s premier crypto-asset has managed to retain its fort above the aforementioned support level. Thanks to rapid upswings, data shows that the coin’s retail and institutional investors have escalated the accumulation.

Another crypto analytics and research platform, Bloqport revealed data compiled by Glassnode wherein it mentioned that 140 new Bitcoin addresses with 1,000+ BTC were created during the last 28 days alone. It was found that the number of Bitcoin whale addresses has risen significantly since the start of 2020.

Besides, a total of 2,450 Bitcoin addresses were now holding a minimum of 1,000 BTC, a new all-time high.

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Its tweet further stated that the recent trends of increase in whale addresses suggested that large entities may be expecting a significant price rise for BTC in the near future.

Besides, the number of whale addresses holding 10,000+ ETH also climbed to the highest level in 13 months as 35 new Ethereum whale addresses were found to have been created since the beginning of the year.

Further indicating confidence in the ongoing bull market was the movement of these whales especially during dips. The abrupt sell-off this week was driven by massive selling in the spot market.

This was further accompanied by astonishing trading volumes. The market-wide rout has so far failed to deter the optimism of big players from accumulating the crypto-asset. Moreover, these large bag holders expect the pullbacks to be short-lived.

Here’s How USDC Whales At Coinbase Are Playing the Bitcoin Game

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Bitcoin frenzy has gripped the world as it went on a fierce rally above $24K. Despite a minor retracement, the world’s premier crypto-asset was being traded at $22,873, at the time of writing. With the new peak, it can be safely said that Bitcoin the new cycle has been gaining a lot of steam.

USDC Whale Deposits in Coinbase

In yet another interesting observation, USDC whales have reportedly been making massive deposits at Coinbase. This was noted by prominent crypto analyst and CEO of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju who also revealed that this trend, is most often followed by Bitcoin’s price rallying higher against the US Dollar.

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It is important to note that Coinbase is a huge hit among institutional investors, both old and new, especially in the US. Furthermore, the SF-based cryptocurrency exchange has registered a large number of OTC deals since mid-2020. It is no secret that institutional investors or high-net individuals are usually the ones who execute a significant portion of the OTC deals in question.

And according to the analyst, most of these investors have been using the dollar-pegged Coinbase and Circle-backed stablecoin. Both these platforms have a solid reputation which can be attributed to the rise in popularity of the stablecoin as Bitcoin surged to record levels.

Ki Young Ju had previously explained how several on-chain metrics help in estimating several OTC deals. The exec had pointed towards the massive BTC outflows from Coinbase which was around 6000-8000 BTC from exchange to the cold wallets of the users.

 “If Coinbase moves a significant amount of Bitcoins to other cold wallets, it would indicate OTC deals. “

In the second week of December, British investment giant Ruffer LLC reportedly bought $700 worth of Bitcoin via Coinbase, in November this year. Adding to this trend was none other than the leading asset manager, Grayscale’s most popular product- the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust [GBTC], which has been on an accumulating spree, also amassed a massive quantity of the crypto-asset through Genesis Trading which in turn uses the Coinbase OTC desk.

To top that, the ‘Fund Flow Ratio’ also noted a spike in its figures in tandem with Bitcoin’s latest price action. Fund Flow Ratio for all exchanges is essentially the ratio of network transaction volume of exchanges among the entire tokens transferred on the network. And when this value goes up, it basically implies that most of the network transactions are exchange deposits or withdrawals.

Contrastingly, the transaction volumes are originating from non-exchange wallets. As noted by the analyst, since the price is eventually determined on exchanges, massive non-exchange transaction volume is often considered as a bullish signal, and that these transactions include OTC deals.

The exec’s final tweet read:

“Conclusion:
This $BTC bull-run never stops as long as these OTC indicators keep saying institutional-buying.”

 

Optimism Rises as Bitcoin Whales Refuses to Sell; Institutions Flocking in to Buy More BTC

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Bitcoin broke past the crucial $11k on the 9th of October. The whale activities of Bitcoin suggested strengthening momentum in terms of the coin’s price. The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency tested $11,500 for the first time in over a month and one of the main drivers for this could be whale accumulation. According to the blockchain intelligence platform, Glassnode, which noted that the number of Bitcoin whales has been on a consistent uptrend for the past months.

Huge Bullish Signal 

Typically whales and institutions have a major impact on the price of Bitcoin because of the sizes of their trades. The rise of Bitcoin’s value this week has not yet triggered a sell-off. This essentially depicted a sentiment of declining appetite of whales to sell BTC, which is a positive factor. Hence, there is a strong buying demand from Bitcoin whales

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Along the same line, Glassnode’s tweet read,

“An indication that more high-net-worth individuals are entering the space to invest in Bitcoin in expectation of BTC price appreciation.”

Rising Institutional demand

The optimistic activity of BTC whales occasioned with a clear spike in institutional demand for Bitcoin on Bakkt. According to the latest Skew charts, the open interest [OI] in monthly Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange’s [ICE] Bakkt platform was surging to levels not seen since mid-August. The figures for OI rose to $15 million on the 9th of October.

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Open positions on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s [CME] Bitcoin futures also bounced back depicting a bullish outlook in the underlying asset’s price action in the coming days. This uptick in two major institutional platforms along with the price surge essentially indicated the strength behind the latest push. Meanwhile, trading volume on both Bakkt and CME has been on a declining trend for the past couple of weeks.

Over the last two months, two multibillion-dollar behemoths made public bulk purchases of Bitcoin. Back in August, it was the publicly-traded business intelligence company, MicroStrategy announced the purchase of 21,454 Bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $250 million. This was followed by yet another additional $175 million worth of Bitcoins.

More recently, Jack Dorsey’s financial payments company, Square $50 million BTC purchase further pointed at a big buy signal. These were the significant events for Bitcoin which catalyzed the rise of positive momentum.