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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Apparently, there are incredible traders in the Ethereum Foundation. Once again, they managed to cash out at the very top. On November 16th, ETH was worth an all-time high of $4891. On the very next day, the Ethereum Foundation sent 20,000 ETH to Kraken and sold them. Is this suspicious at all? Not per se, but this is the second time that they pull the same magic move. Related Reading | Why The Ethereum Foundation Launched A Client Incentive Program A professional trader that goes by the name Edward Morra on Twitter was the first to spot the trade. “Friendly reminder that ETH....