An anonymous cryptocurrency wallet sent $43,718,860 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to the Coinbase exchange. One can guess that the transfer, which took place at noon, was made to provide liquidity to the exchange or to buy from other altcoins. Let’s look at what the transfer means and the latest situation in Bitcoin price. For details, continue reading Kriptokoin.com.
What does massive Bitcoin transfer mean?
Cryptocurrency transfers from wallets to exchanges are generally considered a pessimistic indicator. Most high-net-worth Bitcoin investors keep their funds in a hardware wallet that offers superior protection than cryptocurrency exchanges. Investors’ private keys are stored offline in hardware wallets that protect their cryptocurrencies from hackers.
When whales transfer Bitcoin (BTC) to an exchange, they often look for liquidity. The investor is unlikely to hold their cryptocurrency on Coinbase because the security risks of storing large amounts of cryptocurrency on an exchange are higher than storing those assets in a hardware wallet. It can be speculated that this Bitcoin whale plans to either sell Bitcoin or exchange it for other cryptocurrencies.
BTC price reaches $45
After hitting the previous record at the end of December, the BTC/USD and altcoin markets together dropped to several-month lows, while stablecoin reserves fell in early 2022. However, the trend has changed in recent weeks, with users of the exchange sending more coins to their accounts as of February 9 than at any other time in history. As a result, the amount of liquid cash available for possible cryptocurrency distribution from exchanges has never been higher.
CryptoQuant data analyzes 43 retail and derivatives trading platforms in total. Even though the Bitcoin spot price has gained about 50% since the third week of January, the pattern in BTC reserves across 21 exchanges the firm is tracking is one of constant pullbacks. As of February, the amount of Bitcoin on exchanges reached 2.361 million Bitcoin as of February 9. Popular on-chan analyst Willy Woo argues that while demand for BTC continues with recent gains, Bitcoin’s current fair market value is $50,000. Woo shows that the “Supply Shock Valuation” metric fell in January but remained above spot price fluctuations despite previous victories:
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