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12 Months of Onchain Data Shows Bitcoin Whales Obtained Hundreds of BTC from Small Fish

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12 Months of Onchain Data Shows Bitcoin Whales Obtained Hundreds of BTC from Small Fish


According to recent data, crypto participants known as ‘bitcoin whales’ have been steadily accumulating bitcoins, and not selling since the ‘Black Thursday’ market carnage on March 12, 2020. Onchain data and blockchain analysis firms indicate that the number of bitcoin whales with 1,000 to 10,000 BTC or more on a single address has increased significantly.Small and Mega-Bitcoin Whales Accumulate More Coins During the Market Dip


In the cryptocurrency world, investors who hold a large number of digital assets are typically called ‘whales.’ There are also all types of whales like BTC whales, ETH whales, and BCH whales. The definition of a BTC whale would be a person or organization (a single address) with around 1,000 BTC or more. Whales with around 1,000 BTC would be considered small whales and at the time of publication, there are 2,002 addresses with 1K BTC or more. Onchain data from December 17, 2018 (1,754) until May 1, 2020, shows these smaller whales grew by 14.13%. Then there are mega-whales who own 10,000 BTC or more, which is around $87 million using today’s exchange rates.Onchain BTC data on December 17, 2018, and February 25, 2019.


Onchain data from December 17, 2018, shows at the time there were 91 addresses with 10,000 BTC or more. Today’s statistics show there are now 106 addresses with 10,000+ BTC. The data highlights that whales with 10K BTC or more have grown by 16.48% since the end of 2018. On February 25, 2019, there were 1,709 addresses with 1,000 BTC or more. Since then, the increase of smaller whales has been around 17.14%. Similarly, on the same day in February 2019, there were 100 addresses and the increase to 106 would be approximately 6%.


Bitcoin Addresses With 100 and 100,000 Bitcoins Decreased


Then there are even bigger whales than the 10K BTC holders, as there are three addresses with anywhere between 100,000 to 1,000,000 BTC today. A whale address that has 100K BTC is worth around $873 million at today’s exchange rates. Back in December 2018, there were more 100K or more addresses than today, as five of them held these balances. Fast forward to February 2019, and the number remained the same with only five addresses holding 100K BTC. Of course, most of these 100K addresses belong to exchanges that hold BTC in a custodial fashion for their customers.There are all types of whales. Some say small whales own over 1,000 coins, and mega whales own 10,000+. There are only three bitcoin addresses that hold 100,000 BTC or more today. Back in December 2018 and February 2019, there were 5 addresses with 100K BTC or more.


Now the much smaller investor, with 100 BTC or more is around 14,000 addresses on May 1, 2020. In December 2018, there were 14,809 addresses with 100 BTC or more, and on February 25, 2019, that number dipped to 14749 addresses. So these types of holders have decreased and it is possible they sold to the much larger whales during the last few months. On March 12, 2020, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ BTC prices dropped to $3,600 per coin. Reports from popular exchanges like Kraken, Binance, and Coinbase explained that there was a massive amount of buyers during the 24 hours that followed the market rout. The San Francisco exchange Coinbase wrote a blog post on how crypto investors bought the crypto asset when it was much lower in value. Even the famed whistleblower Edward Snowden said he felt like buying the dip.


What do you think about the bitcoin whale accumulation? Let us know in the comments below.Bitcoin Halving Theories: Whale Says Price Rise Is a ‘Nonsensical Narrative,’ Weiss Ratings Expects ‘Massive Crypto Superboom’FEATURED | 3 days agoBitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTCFEATURED | Apr 24, 2020Tags in this storyaddresses, BCH, Bitcoin Rich List, Bitcoin Whales, Bitinfocharts.com, Black Thursday, BTC, Buyers, Coinbase, crypto, Cryptocurrency, ETH, Exchanges, Kraken, March 12, Traders, Whales


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