Whale who sold Bitcoin before 2020 crash cashed out $156M before this week's ...
A serial seller with a lot of BTC to their name chose to divest themselves of a large chunk of Bitcoin just before Monday's crash to $47,400. Bitcoin (BTC) lost 20% in a day partly thanks to the actions of a single whale, new research suggests. Data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment on Feb. 23 showed that BTC/USD dipped to $47,400 after Bitcoin’s second-largest transaction of 2021 took place.Ghost of Bitcoin sell-offs past returnsThe transaction, 2,700 BTC worth $156.6 million at $58,000 per token, resulted in a sale which piled pressure on the market, this snowballing into the....
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New data from Whalemap reveals three whale clusters around $12K that should act as support and resistance areas for Bitcoin price in the short term. According to Whalemap, there are three major Bitcoin (BTC) whale clusters in the near term that might serve as key technical levels. The $11,857, $12,256 and $12,868 levels would likely act as important support and resistance areas.In previous cycles, whale activity coincided with significant price movements at crucial technical levels. For instance, Cointelegraph reported that a whale sold at $12,000 after “HODLing” for years. In the next few....