An anonymous whale has become the world's largest Bitcoin holder, second only to Binance and Bitfinex wallets.
According to on-chain data from BitInfoCharts, an unknown entity has become the world's largest Bitcoin holder, accumulating 144.664 Bitcoins, worth approximately more than $2.400 billion.
This anonymous whale would have surpassed the largest known whales and, according to the list Bitcoin Rich List, would be only below the addresses of the cold wallets of Binance and Bitfinex that have 259.597 and 168.010 Bitcoin respectively.
BitInfoCharts data also suggests that the wallet would have a unrealized losses of about $800 million. Despite them, it seems that it continues accumulating Bitcoin at a good pace during the dep.
Since it has not been identified, it is not possible to know if it is a wallet belonging to an exchange, an entity or a private user. However, the analyst Venturefounder explains that The wallet activity pattern is not that of an exchange.
Venturefounder explains that the selling pattern and transaction volumes are very inconsistent, when compared to exchange addresses. Instead, the activity It is due to a purchase in dip, as the wallet has made large sales during bullish moments.
On November 14, the management acquired, in two separate purchases, 1.200 BTC, taking advantage of the price drop caused by the FTX crash.
An Ethereum whale wakes up
Moreover, one direction de Ethereum pre-mining with 500 ETH has been activated after seven years of activity, according to data from Whale Alerts.
The funds were transferred to the wallet owned by William Sutanto, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of the Indonesian exchange Indodax, although the reasons for the transaction are not clear, it could be due to the exchange carrying out a Proof of Reserve of your funds.
On the other hand, it is not uncommon for long-dormant whale addresses to suddenly wake up and make large movements of funds. Just a few weeks ago, another Ethereum pre-mining address was reactivated after seven years of inactivity and made a series of transactions.
