Unknown investor transferred $1,5 billion worth of bitcoins to Coinbase
According to the Whale Alert service, a large BTC holder sent funds to the crypto exchange in a series of eight transactions, averaging 8380,6 coins
22.07.2022 - 13:00
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What’s new? On July 21, an unknown large bitcoin holder transferred 67 125 coins worth $1,54 billion (at the time of the transaction) to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in a series of eight transactions averaging 8390,6 BTC. This is reported by the Whale Alert service. As of July 22, 13:10 UTC, BTC is trading at $23 591, having gained 3,72% per day, according to Binance.
Other data by Whale Alert. According to the service, also on July 21, another unknown investor transferred 16 983 bitcoins worth $395 million (at the time of the transaction) from the Coinbase exchange to an unknown wallet. Since February 2022, a total of 55 688 BTC have been transferred to this address, which currently holds 20 890 coins ($492,8 million at the July 22 rate).
Information on the Whale Alert website
On July 15, an unknown user transferred 64 300 BTC ($1,34 billion at the time of the transaction), while a transaction fee was 0,00077850 BTC ($16,1). Of this amount, he sent 10 000 bitcoins ($206 million) to the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange.
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