Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency, was brought to the world with the aim of creating a decentralized money transfer network, celebrated its 13th birthday yesterday. The cryptocurrency, which still remains a mystery today, has been affecting the market fluctuatingly in recent days, while it is hovering around 46.600 as of the time of writing this article.
After the last days when the value of Bitcoin was fluctuating, an important transaction was carried out that closely concerns investors. The third largest Bitcoin whale in the cryptocurrency market bought 456 Bitcoins worth about $21 million. This transaction was the largest cryptocurrency purchase of 2022 for now.
There are 120,845 Bitcoins in the wallet
According to the sharing of the Whale Alert bot, which shares huge transactions in the crypto money market, the transaction was carried out on Coinbase. With the transaction worth 21 million 161 thousand dollars made about 12 hours ago, the amount of Bitcoin in the third largest Bitcoin wallet increased to 120,845.57. This means that there is approximately $5.6 billion worth of Bitcoin in this wallet.
It is not known who owns the cryptocurrency wallet in question. However, this heavy purchase made these days when the price of Bitcoin fell to 46 thousand again, attracted the attention of many investors. Bitcoin has lost nearly 9% of its value compared to last week. Despite the short-term problems, many investors are still hopeful about the cryptocurrency market.
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