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February 19, 2023

Whales Abruptly Move $282,500,000 in XRP and Polygon (MATIC) in Series of Massive Crypto Transfers

By Daily Hodl Staff

Crypto whales are out in force as a new week arrives, moving a staggering $282.5 million in XRP and Polygon (MATIC).

The crypto address tracker Whale Alert spotted a series of mounting transactions in the last 36 hours.

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Whales have moved XRP both to and from crypto exchanges Bitstamp and Bitso.

Here’s an overview of the activity, which totals $248.9 million.

Meanwhile, Polygon whales have moved a total of $33.6 million, with only one of the transactions involving centralized exchanges.

New numbers from WhaleStats show Polygon is now the fifth-largest crypto asset holding among the 5,000 biggest Ethereum whales on record.

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The top four are Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Shiba Inu (SHIB).

XRP is at $0.39 at time of publishing, down 0.5% in the last 24 hours. MATIC is at $1.49, down 0.9% in the last day.

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