TL;DR Breakdown:
- About 164 Bitcoin whales address with over 1,000 BTC has been created since this year.
- Large BTC addresses have been on the rise since Bitcoin began increasing in value.
Bitcoin (BTC) seems to have lost a lot of price momentum, as many people believe that the altcoin season is here. Cryptocurrencies like Ether (ETH), Polkadot (DOT), Chainlink (LINK), even Binance Coin (BNB) recently reached a new all-time high in value. However, the largest digital currency, BTC, is struggling to break $40,000 again, after dropping from that point a few days ago.
During the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $35,843 on Coinmarketcap, with a market valuation of $666 billion. While some investors may be selling-off their holdings, deep-pocketed investors are still going bullish on the cryptocurrency. Recent data from Glassnode confirmed on Wednesday that Bitcoin whale addresses are still increasing, despite BTC trading below $40,000.
Bitcoin whales remain bullish
While people turned bearish on the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin whales were seen accumulating more coins to their portfolio. According to Glassnode, BTC addresses holding at least 1,000 coins reached a new record level today. Whales began the year with confidence on Bitcoin, given that about 164 BTC addresses – containing over 1,000 coins – were created this year alone, which should be worth over $6 billion.
A glance at Bitinfocharts shows that about 2,334 Bitcoin whale addresses are currently holding between 1,000 to 10,000 Bitcoins. Ninety-nine addresses are holding 10,000 – 100,000 BTCs.
On Monday, Arcane Research shared data on Twitter showing that BTC addresses with 1,000 coins have risen significantly since this year. Since the past year, such addresses have only increased by 6.7 percent. However, from December 2020 to January 18, these addresses surged by 7.2 percent, which is greater than the whole of 1,000 BTC addresses created in 2020.
