{"id":450990,"date":"2020-11-28T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=450990"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:08:49","slug":"whales-dump-ahead-of-bitcoin-ath-more-than-93k-btc-sold-since-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/whales-dump-ahead-of-bitcoin-ath-more-than-93k-btc-sold-since-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales Dump Ahead Of Bitcoin ATH, More Than 93K BTC Sold Since Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin price<\/a> is now trading at roughly 15% less than it was just days ago, falling short of setting a new all-time high by just a few hundred dollars.<\/p>\n

A new record was so close bulls could taste the victory, but the achievement was blocked by massive whales who reloaded centralized crypto exchanges with a flood of BTC to be dumped, stopping the rally in its tracks. Here’s what this could mean for the crypto market over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

Whales Flood Crypto Exchanges With 93K BTC, Bring Bitcoin Rally To Abrupt End<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin was moments away from making history<\/a>, setting a new all-time high in price and breaking the 2017 crypto bubble record. New BTC addresses are at record highs, as is hash rate, and even the cryptocurrency’s market cap. But so far, price couldn’t yet follow.<\/p>\n

Related Reading | Time To Pay Attention: Where The Bitcoin Bull Market Correction Might End<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A new all-time high in Bitcoin price could create a storm of FOMO<\/a>, which whales potentially sought to stop just before the record was broken.<\/p>\n

According to on-chain analytics, whales began moving BTC en masse to centralized crypto exchanges like Coinbase in the days and hours leading up to the near-recording breaking finish to the recent rally.<\/p>\n

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Whales have been moving $BTC<\/a> into exchanges.#Bitcoin<\/a> has faced a steep correction since Wednesday\u2019s highs of $19,600<\/p>\n

This drop started as soon as whales began to deposit BTC to exchanges. More than 93 thousand Bitcoin's were deposited into centralized exchanges. pic.twitter.com\/ntq1yIlDeV<\/a><\/p>\n

— IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n