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Business News of Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Source: nairametrics.com

Entity transfers $239 million worth of Bitcoin, as BTC drop to $31,000

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A growing number of powerful investors have recently been increasing their transactional volume in Bitcoin’s market, triggering the flagship crypto to trade $31,000 price level.

What you must know: Data obtained from Whale Alert, a crypto analytic tracker, revealed that an unknown BTC whale transferred 7,500 BTC worth $238,801,020 transferred from an unknown wallet to an unknown wallet.

Why it’s happening: Global investors and crypto-traders are now cashing in on some of their profits amid fear of regulation coming from the world’s largest economy.

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $31,138.29 with a daily trading volume of $82,724,891,290 USD. Bitcoin is down 5.19% for the day.

Prevailing market conditions at the flagship crypto market reveal large crypto investors and traders are moving large stacks of Bitcoins which are typically known as Bitcoin whales.

This means that a BTC whale would be an individual or business entity (with a single Bitcoin address) owning around 1000 Bitcoins or more.As BTC whales accumulate BTCs, bitcoin’s circulating supply reduces, and this can weaken any bearish trend bitcoin finds itself in.