Massive Crypto Whales Move 318,649 BTC Worth $3 Billion in Just Six Hours

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Crypto traders are tracking a series of massive Bitcoin whale transfers.

In a matter of just six hours, whales have moved 318,649 BTC worth more than $3 billion. All of the transfers happened between wallets of unknown origin.

This indicates the crypto may have changed hands in over-the-counter (OTC) sales, or the users decided to shift funds to new wallets for security.

• 47,454 BTC worth $451.0 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 47,404 BTC worth $450.5 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 47,465 BTC worth $451.1 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 5,400 BTC worth $51.5 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 5,357 BTC worth $51.2 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 5,700 BTC worth $54.5 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,400 BTC worth $61.1 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,600 BTC worth $63.1 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,000 BTC worth $56.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,000 BTC worth $56.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,000 BTC worth $56.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,000 BTC worth $56.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,200 BTC worth $58.7 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 47,357 BTC worth $448.5 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 6,756 BTC worth $63.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 7,000 BTC worth $66.1 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 5,800 BTC worth $54.8 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
• 49,756 BTC worth $468.4 million transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet

So far, none of the BTC appears to be headed to crypto exchanges, where it could be traded on the open market and have an impact on the price of Bitcoin.

Until this burst of activity, whales had been relatively quiet in recent days with the price of Bitcoin hovering between $9,400 and $10,200.

At time of publishing, Bitcoin is down 0.77% at $9,486 according to CoinMarketCap.

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