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ApeCoin (APE), a new cryptocurrency token that has attracted great interest, has debuted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
WhaleStats<\/a> reports that in two separate transactions by two top Ethereum whales, 600,000 ApeCoins,\u00a0or nearly 8.4 million worth, have been bought in recent hours. The first transaction was undertaken by a whale ranking 20th, and the second by the 10th\u00a0largest whale, according to WhaleStats.<\/p>\n Simply defined, a\u00a0whale<\/a>\u00a0is someone who owns a chunk of cryptocurrencies or is otherwise a large holder.<\/p>\n 🐋 An ETH whale just bought 300,000 $ape<\/a> ($4,206,000 USD).<\/p>\n Ranked #10 on WhaleStats: https:\/\/t.co\/EIH4SaZXdR<\/a><\/p>\n Transaction: https:\/\/t.co\/QH2azAdDAH<\/a>#APE<\/a> #ERC20<\/a> #DEFI<\/a> #ETH<\/a> #whalestats<\/a> #babywhale<\/a> #BBW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 🐳 An ETH whale just bought 300,000 $ape<\/a> ($4,206,000 USD).<\/p>\n Ranked #20 on WhaleStats: https:\/\/t.co\/ed7FkDM14n<\/a><\/p>\n Transaction: https:\/\/t.co\/8ZIoyG617Y<\/a>#APE<\/a> #ERC20<\/a> #DEFI<\/a> #ETH<\/a> #whalestats<\/a> #babywhale<\/a> #BBW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The debut of ApeCoin (APE), a new cryptocurrency token that has attracted great interest on the cryptocurrency market, was announced on March 17 by the Bored Ape Yacht Club, a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).<\/p>\n APE attained highs of $18.05 (as seen on Binance exchange) on March\u00a018, before a slight decline to where it trades presently. According to CoinMarketCap<\/a> statistics, ApeCoin is currently trading at $13.54, down 3% percent in the last 24 hours and 1,253% in the past seven days.<\/p>\n Bored Ape NFTs are in high demand, with each one fetching several hundred thousand dollars leading to a spark\u00a0in interest in ApeCoin. U.Today<\/a> previously reported that the Universal Music Group, the record label behind such megastars as Taylor Swift and Drake, purchased Bored Ape 5537, one of the non-fungible tokens from the immensely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection.<\/p>\n A large ETH whale<\/a>, “Gimli,” ranked eighth by WhaleStats crypto data platform\u2014who holds 375 billion SHIB tokens or $8,201,153 worth of Shiba Inu, has added other altcoins to his portfolio in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n “Gimli,” famous for his Shiba Inu buying spree late last year, has acquired nearly 300,000 ApeCoins in two separate transactions. The first transaction made\u00a0by the ETH whale was a purchase of 84,090 APE, or $1,178,952 worth. The second acquisition\u00a0was 216,220 APE, or $2,841,135 worth.<\/p>\n 🐳 ETH whale “Gimli” just bought 84,090 $ape<\/a> ($1,178,952 USD).<\/p>\n Ranked #8 on WhaleStats: https:\/\/t.co\/3bvrsUeq69<\/a><\/p>\n Transaction: https:\/\/t.co\/Q1NHW3gWj7<\/a>#APE<\/a> #ERC20<\/a> #DEFI<\/a> #ETH<\/a> #whalestats<\/a> #babywhale<\/a> #BBW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 🐳 ETH whale “Gimli” just bought 216,220 $ape<\/a> ($2,841,135 USD).<\/p>\n Ranked #9 on WhaleStats: https:\/\/t.co\/3bvrsUeq69<\/a><\/p>\n Transaction: https:\/\/t.co\/pBPOjyPEdb<\/a>#APE<\/a> #ERC20<\/a> #DEFI<\/a> #ETH<\/a> #whalestats<\/a> #babywhale<\/a> #BBW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This brings the total amount of ApeCoin bought by the top ETH whales in the last 24 hours and\u00a0reported by WhaleStats to\u00a0nearly 900,000 tokens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Whales are increasing holdings<\/h2>\n
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