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- ADA whales and small\u00a0to medium-sized investors have reduced their ADA holdings in the past few months.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
- On-chain assessments suggested that most ADA holders were logging losses on their holdings at press time.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
According to a report from <\/span>Santiment<\/span><\/a>, small to medium-sized investors holding between 10,000 and 1,000,000 Cardano [ADA]<\/a> coins have become hesitant to accumulate more of the cryptocurrency. ADA\u2019s price experienced a continuous decline over the past few months which could be the reason for reduced holdings.<\/span><\/p>\n
According to the on-chain analytics platform, this cohort of ADA holders ramped up accumulation during the 2019 bear market. However, these holders ended the same during the final stages of the 2021 bull market, when the ADA\u2019s price touched $1.3.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nAfter this, these investors began distributing ADA tokens more than they bought until two months ago. This was when ADA traded for as low as $0.33.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Santiment\u2019s analyst observed,<\/span><\/p>\n
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\u201cThis suggests that these investors may be cautious about the potential of ADA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Even the whales are wary<\/b><\/h3>\n
A closer assessment of ADA\u2019s supply distribution revealed that stakeholders holding between 1,000,000 \u2013 100,000,000 ADA tokens increasingly dumped their bags in the past few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Per data from Santiment<\/a>, in 2022, the count of these addresses peaked at 2915 in June 2022. As ADA\u2019s price fell during the year, these investors also sold off their holdings to hedge against further losses.<\/span><\/p>\n
With 2819 addresses at press time, the count of this cohort declined by 3% since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nSource: Santiment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A close correlation exists between increased whale accumulation and an asset\u2019s price. A drop in the former often results in a corresponding decline in the latter. This, coupled with the severe decline that plagued the general cryptocurrency market last year, gave ADA no chance to recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n - On-chain assessments suggested that most ADA holders were logging losses on their holdings at press time.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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