Unknown investor bought $3 billion worth of bitcoins in July

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His wallet holds 0,7% of all BTC in circulation

Unknown investor bought $3 billion worth of bitcoins in July

02.08.2022 - 14:50

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What’s new? In July, a large investor bought 131 882 bitcoins worth about $3 billion. He made the main purchases in three transactions of 15 499 BTC, 45 499 BTC, and 71 879 BTC. According to BitInfoCharts’ ranking of the largest wallet owners, the investor ranked 3rd. His wallet holds 0,7% of all bitcoins in circulation. As of August 2, 13:40 UTC, BTC is trading at $22 851, down by 0,8% per day, according to Binance.

Information on the BitInfoCharts website

On July 20, a large Ethereum investor bought $1,7 billion worth of ETH futures contracts. According to market orders, the purchase was the largest hourly volume for Ethereum futures contracts in the past seven months.

On July 21, an unknown large bitcoin holder transferred 67 125 coins totaling $1,54 billion (at the time of the transaction) to the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange in a series of eight transactions averaging 8390,6 BTC.

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