Number Of Bitcoin Whales Holding 10k Or More BTC Has Gone Up Recently
As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant , both the 1k+ and 10k+ BTC holders have observed some growth in recent weeks.Holders with 1k or more BTC are considered whales, and movement from them can have noticeable impacts on the Bitcoin market.
Looks like the 10k BTC holders have observed some very sharp growth recently | Source:As you can see in the above graph, while the value of Bitcoin has been on a downtrend since November of last year, the number of Bitcoin whales with more than 10k BTC has only gone up. The 1k+ BTC holders, on the other hand, were mostly on a sideways trend until May came, where the 10k BTC whales slumped down a bit and the 1k+ holders spiked up. This could possibly be because of the former group selling off some of their supply and dropping into the 1k to 10k range.
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However, very recently the 1k+ BTC whales have again observed some growth while the 10k holders have still been sharply trending up. This implies that the total number of whales as a whole has gone up in the market recently. Such accumulation from Bitcoin whales can lead to a positive outcome for the price of the crypto.BTC Price
At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price floats around $22.2k, down 1% in the last seven days. Over the past month, the crypto has gained 10% in value.
The value of the crypto has gone down a bit over the last couple of days | Source:
Featured image from Karl-Heinz Müller on Unsplash.com, charts from TradingView.com, CryptoQuant.com