Deep-pocketed crypto investors on the smart contract platform Ethereum (ETH<\/a>) were trending in the news with their acquisition. The top 1,000 whales by assets increased their exposure to the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (SHIB<\/a>).<\/p>\n New data from WhaleStats on 17 February showcased that ETH whales\u2019 holdings surpassed the $2 billion mark as SHIB topped the list of altcoins by total holdings. The top 1000 ETH wallets were holding<\/a> 18,266,568,894,208 SHIB tokens. This amounted to $2,604,410,281 at press time.<\/p>\n BREAKING: Value of $SHIB<\/a> @Shibtoken<\/a> held by the top 1000 #ETH<\/a> whales just reclaims $2B 🥳🥳<\/p>\n 👉 Specifically $2,761,646,130 (18,260,127,622,912 #SHIB<\/a>) 🐳🐳<\/p>\n Whale leaderboard: https:\/\/t.co\/28TDZ6JFiD<\/a>#ShibArmy<\/a> #Shiberse<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aLpn1SkwDm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 WhaleStats \u2013 BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This wasn\u2019t the first shopping foray here. On 16 February, the WhaleStats platform tweeted a fresh list of crypto assets, comprising the largest parts of their holdings. Meme cryptocurrency, Shiba Inu was in the first place<\/a>, totaling 16.74%\u00a0worth $1,701,965,649.<\/p>\n Apart from this, the crypto whales also devoured Polygon at an average of $36,735 for 19,919 MATIC<\/a> tokens. In fact, metaverse game Decentraland<\/a> cracked the top-10 spot over the last week. Interestingly, the whales dropped<\/a> $18,505 on average to purchase 5,502 MANA.<\/p>\n Overall, SHIB has had an interesting start to 2022. Despite a few hiccups, it outperformed<\/a> a majority of altcoins as most of the assets were moving in the \u201cred zone\u201d. However, not everyone was on the same page. Binance Smart Chain (BSC<\/a>) whales didn\u2019t quite show<\/a> the same enthusiasm towards the second-largest canine cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nShopping spree<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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