Whales

Bitcoin Supply Held by ‘Whale Entities’ Hits Two-Month High in Bullish Sign

Blockchain data shows wealthy investors are coming back to the bitcoin market.

News  ·  4 July 2021

Institutional Investors Come to Polygon Amid Rising Ethereum Layer-2 Demand, Blockchain Data Shows

Questions remain about promised scalability improvement from Ethereum 2.0.

Tech  ·  16 June 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s ‘Rich List’ Continues to Snap Up Cheap Coins

Bitcoin's rich list has accumulated 80,000 BTC since the May 19 crash.

Markets  ·  10 June 2021
Bitcoin Addresses

Crypto ‘Whale Watching’ Could Become a Thing at Ukrainian Town Council Meetings

Ukrainian civil servants together own about 46,351 bitcoin, one-third of which is held by a single city council member, researchers found.

News  ·  7 April 2021
Bitcoin Rich List

Bitcoin’s ‘Rich List’ Shrinks Amid Continued Price Rally

The number of unique addresses holding more than 1,000 BTC has shrunk by over 8% since Feb. 8 as whales take profits.

Markets  ·  18 March 2021
Gemini

Bitcoin Transfers Worth Billions Could Mean More Selling Pressure

Blockchain data showed investors moving the cryptocurrency onto exchanges, ostensibly preparing for a quick sale.

Markets  ·  22 February 2021
Bitcoin

Institutions Keep Buying Bitcoin’s Dip, Despite Near-term Volatility: Data

Institutions and "whales" have continued their bitcoin purchases, on-chain data shows.

Markets  ·  22 January 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Whales Kept Accumulating During Monday’s Crash

Larger investors, or whales look to have reacted differently than retail investors amid this week's bitcoin price drop.

News  ·  12 January 2021
Bitcoin

‘Bitcoin Rich List’ Rebounds to Hit All-Time High

'Bitcoin Rich List' broke its all-time high as bitcoin's price continues to rally.

Markets  ·  7 January 2021
Bitcoin

Whale Sightings Become Scarce, Removing Downward Pressure on Bitcoin: Analyst

Big bitcoin balance holders, or "whales," are moving less crypto onto exchanges, signaling some reduction of sell-side pressure, according to CryptoQuant.

Markets  ·  28 December 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Whales Buy Low, Sell High; Retail Investors Chase Rallies: Data

Data from OKEx gives one explanation of how bitcoin whales were able to influence the market during the rallies.

Markets  ·  11 December 2020
Bitcoin

Number of Bitcoin ‘Whale’ Addresses at Highest Since Autumn 2016

The number of investors with over 1,000 bitcoin has peaked to four-year highs amid the recent price rally.

Markets  ·  26 October 2020
Bitcoin

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales and American Buyers May Be Driving This Rally

Amid this market rally, Bitcoin wallet startups report an uptick in users and profits. Get the latest bite-sized news here.

News  ·  1 May 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Whale Addresses Hit Highest Number Since August 2019

Large crypto investors, popularly known as “whales,” seem to be accumulating bitcoin amid the ongoing price rally.

Markets  ·  30 April 2020
Bitcoin

Whale Watching: Exchange Data Contained Early Warning of Thursday’s Bitcoin Dump

Data on the flow of funds into exchanges suggests big investors were preparing to dump bitcoin on the market five days before Thursday’s price rout.

Markets  ·  13 March 2020