Bitcoin's 30% recovery in two weeks has BTC whales back in accumulation mode
Bitcoin (BTC) addresses holding at least 1,000 BTC, the so-called whales, have started accumulating more tokens during the recent market recovery. As of Feb. 10, the total supply in these addresses was 8.096 million BTC versus 7.95 million on Jan. 24, according to data from Coin Metrics.
The buying sentiment among the richest crypto investors picked momentum during Bitcoin's recovery in the past two weeks as BTC rebounded from its 2022 low of $33,000 on Jan. 24 to around $43,500 on Feb. 11.
Small Bitcoin investors, addresses that hold less than 1 BTC, so-called "fishes," also joined the accumulation spree during the recent Bitcoin price rebound.
Meanwhile, data resource Ecoinometrics shows the Coin Metrics data in the form of clusters, showing a synchronous accumulation behavior among the Bitcoin whales and fishes.
Interestingly, the clusters looked the same as they did in the days leading up to BTC's record high of $69,000 in November 2021.
"Once more this cycle, this rebound in price correlates pretty well with both the small fish and the whales addresses buying simultaneously for an extended period of time, wrote Nick, the analyst at Ecoinometrics, in a note published Fed. 7, adding:
A report published by CoinShares this week also showed a rise in inflow across crypto funds last week. Notably, the capital injections into these funds quadrupled to $85 billion, with $71 million flowing into Bitcoin-focused investment products, suggesting renewed institutional interest is also buoying BTC's price recovery.
Nick suggested that Bitcoin has enough room to grow its valuation in the coming months, citing a so-called "aggregated risk score," derived from four parameters that are: risk of overextended market, risk of low-demand,
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