Whales quickly hit more than $363 million after Bitcoin hit $21,000 again bitcoin (BTC) and XRP moved.
Blockchain tracker and whale research platform Whale Alert announced that at the time of writing, whales have moved a total of 11,611 Bitcoins, worth $240,675,134 in three separate transactions.
According to Whale Alert, in the largest of three noteworthy transactions on Thursday, Jan. 19, a whale recovered from an unknown wallet. cryptocurrency The exchange moved 6,314 BTC worth $130,868,521 to Binance.
Another whale moved 3,336 BTC worth $69,226,236 from an unknown wallet to crypto exchange Binance.
In a third transaction, 1,961 Bitcoins worth about $40,580,377 were transferred from crypto exchange Gemini to an unknown wallet.
These three transactions took place after Bitcoin rose by about 30% within days. Koinfinans.com As we have reported, Bitcoin is trading at $21,070 at the time of writing this news.
Bitcoin and Ripple Whales Focus
Next up on Whale Alert’s radar are major transactions of the payment token XRP.
A total of 332,194,839 XRPs worth approximately $129,501,410 million were moved in three separate transactions.
A whale moved 61,094,839 XRP worth $102,414,350, the largest of the three transactions, from one unknown wallet to another unknown wallet.
A second whale sent 40 million dollars worth $15,238,852 to crypto exchange Bitstamp from an unknown wallet. XRP carried it.
In the third transaction, 31,100,000 XRP worth $1,848,208 was moved from crypto exchange Bitso to an unknown wallet.
At the time of this writing, XRP is trading at $0.394. The 6th-ranked crypto-asset by market cap has risen more than 26% from its monthly low. XRP is also down more than 88% from its all-time high of $3.84, which it reached in January 2018.