$3 billion in Bitcoin left exchanges this week amid FTX contagion fears

$3 billion in Bitcoin left exchanges this week amid FTX contagion fears

It appears that more investors are choosing to self-custody their BTC funds in the wake of the FTX scandal and fallout. Bitcoin (BTC) investors are withdrawing funds from exchanges at a rate not seen since April 2021 with nearly $3 billion in Bitcoin withdrawn over the past seven days.New data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows the number of wallets receiving BTC from exchange addresses hit almost 90,000 on Nov. 9.Exchange users wake up to self-custodyAmid ongoing turmoil over the bankruptcy of major exchange FTX, concerns have heightened among exchange users over security of....


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