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February 11, 2020

Some of the Biggest Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Holders in Existence Moving Mass Amounts of Crypto Amid Market Pullback

By Daily Hodl Staff

Bitcoin’s quick retracement from its Saturday high of $10,153 is forcing some of the biggest crypto whales in existence to surface.

BTC is down 2.71% in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, reaching $9,753 at time of publishing.

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In the same time frame, Bitcoin whales moved 37,647 BTC worth $374.1 million across 24 separate transactions. The largest single transaction sent 15,000 BTC worth $151.7 million between two wallets of unknown origin.

Of the 24 transfers, 12 involved BTC moving from cryptocurrency exchanges to unknown wallets. Ten of the transfers sent BTC from an unknown wallet to an exchange, where it could be sold on the open market.

Of the last two transactions, one involved crypto moving from one exchange to another, while the other transferred BTC between two unknown wallets. Here’s a look at all of the large BTC movements in the last day.

Meanwhile, XRP whales are also making a splash. The crypto tracker Whale Alert caught two large XRP holders moving funds.

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One transfer sent 33,000,000 XRP worth $9.1 million from the crypto exchange Bithumb to an unknown wallet. The other moved 19,999,990 XRP worth $5.4 million from an unknown wallet to Bittrex.

Not to be left out, a large Ethereum holder moved 25,000 ETH worth $5.6 million off of Bithumb to an unknown wallet.

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