{"id":3449,"date":"2021-12-31T22:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T22:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2021-12-31T22:19:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T22:19:09","slug":"bitcoin-whale-initiates-466510721-coinbase-transfer-as-large-ethereum-and-xrp-holders-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=3449","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Whale Initiates $466,510,721 Coinbase Transfer As Large Ethereum and XRP Holders Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A massive whale is turning heads after relocating nearly half a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) in a single transaction.<\/p>\n

Whale-tracking bot Whale Alert initially detected the huge BTC transfer and reported the details to its 1.9 million Twitter followers.<\/p>\n

The whale involved transferred 9,901 BTC, worth $466.51, from US-based crypto exchange giant Coinbase.<\/p>\n

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🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 9,901 #BTC<\/a> (466,510,721 USD) transferred from #Coinbase<\/a> to unknown wallethttps:\/\/t.co\/3HRJtIdZBJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Blockchain.com says that the deep-pocketed crypto investor paid 0.00245662 BTC in transfer fees, worth $115.89 at time of writing.<\/p>\n

The distributed ledger explorer also reports<\/a> that this massive bag of Bitcoin has moved once again less than an hour later, this time for a fee of just 0.0011104 BTC, or $52.38.<\/p>\n

The initial receiving wallet has only transacted twice and currently has a balance of zero.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin<\/a> is mostly flat on the day and currently exchanging hands at $47,337.<\/p>\n

BTC isn\u2019t the only digital asset that whales have been shuffling around lately as top altcoin Ethereum (ETH) and global payments crypto XRP have been on the move as well.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of the largest ETH and XRP transfers over the past day:<\/p>\n

Ethereum is also trading sideways and is currently priced<\/a> at $3,742. XRP<\/a> is down 1.25% on the day and is trading for $0.83.<\/p>\n

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