Hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and Ethereum were transferred in three transactions
Despite the calmness of the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum in recent days, the actions of three digital currency whales attracted attention.
According to Wallex and quoted by Daily Hodl, the three mentioned whales transferred the amount of 743 million dollars during three transactions.
The first digital currency whale started its work on Friday; this address He transferred 13369 bitcoins worth 311 million dollars from an unknown address to another unknown account. By receiving this amount of bitcoins, the destination address became the 65th largest address in the Bitcoin network.
On Saturday, February 6, it was the turn of another big whale, this time on the Ethereum network, to make a huge transfer; This address transferred 186,009 Ether worth $309 million from an unknown address to another unknown account.
A few hours later, the Whale Alert service reported another large transfer. Another address on the Bitcoin network transferred 5,278 Bitcoins (worth $123 million) from the Gate.io exchange to an anonymous wallet in one transaction.
This transaction can indicate the withdrawal of a new purchase from the exchange to a personal account or the transfer of existing capital to a cold wallet for security purposes. However, due to the characteristics of centralized exchanges, the previous actions of the said account cannot be identified.
After a turbulent period, the price of Bitcoin is now calm and trading above $23,000. On the other hand, the price of Ethereum has a similar situation and with little change compared to the last 24 hours, it is changing hands in the range of $1,664.
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