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January 29, 2023

Whales Abruptly Move Over $150,000,000 in XRP and Dogecoin As Bitcoin Floats Above $23,000

By Daily Hodl Staff

Crypto whales are suddenly relocating their XRP and Dogecoin (DOGE) troves as the two altcoins continue to lag behind Bitcoin (BTC).

Over the last 24 hours, deep-pocketed whales have shifted over $145 million worth of XRP tokens as BTC trades above the $23,000 level.

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One transfer involves the shifting of XRP between unknown wallets and three other transactions saw the movement of the sixth-largest altcoin between crypto exchanges and wallets of unknown origins:

At time of writing, XRP is switching hands for $0.411, flat on the day. The payments network remains up 22% this year after opening 2023 at $0.338. Even with this year’s rally, XRP is still down nearly 88% from its all-time high, which it hit in January 2018.

A Dogecoin whale is also on the move, relocating over 60.32 million DOGE worth $5.25 million from a wallet of unknown origin to crypto exchange Coinbase.

DOGE is trading at $0.088 at time of writing, a 25% increase from its 2023 open of $0.070. Despite DOGE’s rally, the top meme coin is still down nearly 88% from its all-time high, which was recorded in May 2021.

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As for Bitcoin, the king crypto is up over 40% this year, trading at $23,170 at time of writing.

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