{"id":8591,"date":"2022-02-21T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=8591"},"modified":"2022-02-21T19:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:46:33","slug":"ethereum-heavyweights-are-accumulating-four-metaverse-altcoins-as-bitcoin-and-crypto-markets-hit-extreme-turbulence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=8591","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Heavyweights Are Accumulating Four Metaverse Altcoins As Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Hit Extreme Turbulence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As the overall markets and Bitcoin (BTC) try to recover from a volatile week of trading, big players in the crypto world are diving into the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh data from whale-watching bot WhaleStats reveals that over the past 24 hours, the top 1,000 Ethereum whales are feasting on Decentraland (MANA), a 3D virtual reality video game. The average purchase was 345 tokens for $998 but one whale <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhaleStats\/status\/1495335765286563846\" rel=\"noopener\">splurged<\/a> over $1 million for 375,355 MANA.<\/p>\n<p>Another metaverse token being snapped up by deep-pocketed investors is play-to-earn blockchain gaming platform Gala Games (GALA). The whales gobbled up an average of 3,171 GALA for $902.<\/p>\n<p>Whalestats <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhaleStats\/status\/1495216347239747584\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGALA flipped MATIC [<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/matic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygon<\/a>] to be most traded token by 1,000 biggest ETH whales in the last 24 hrs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The top 1000 ETH whales are hodling 654,797,325 GALA [worth] $182,806,252.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At time of writing, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/decentraland\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Decentraland<\/a> is up over 2% and trading for $2.77, while <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/gala\/\" rel=\"noopener\">GALA<\/a> is trading sideways at $0.25.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190470\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"190470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2022\/02\/21\/ethereum-heavyweights-are-accumulating-four-metaverse-altcoins-as-bitcoin-and-crypto-markets-hit-extreme-turbulence\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?fit=544%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"544,583\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whalestats_top10_bought_feb21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: WhaleStats\/Twitter&lt;\/p&gt;&#010;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?fit=280%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?fit=544%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-190470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?resize=349%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?w=544&amp;ssl=1 544w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_bought_feb21.png?resize=280%2C300&amp;ssl=1 280w\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WhaleStats\/Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fellow metaverse altcoin The Sandbox is also being devoured by ETH whales as their average transaction sees them spending $639 for 182 SAND. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/sand\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandbox<\/a> is down 1% on the day to $3.21 at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The final metaverse token on the WhaleStats list is Enjin Coin, whose crypto asset ENJ serves the utility token for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) within its ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Whales shelled out an average of $258 for 155 ENJ. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/enjincoin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjin Coin<\/a> is down less than half a percent to $1.53 at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The whale-tracker also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhaleStats\/status\/1495333123068141568\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a> that two of the aforementioned metaverse projects also appear on the top-10 most used smart contracts over the past day, with GALA in 4th place and SAND rounding out the list.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190471\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"190471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2022\/02\/21\/ethereum-heavyweights-are-accumulating-four-metaverse-altcoins-as-bitcoin-and-crypto-markets-hit-extreme-turbulence\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?fit=546%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"546,586\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whalestats_top10_smart_feb21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: WhaleStats\/Twitter&lt;\/p&gt;&#010;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?fit=280%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?fit=546%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-190471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?resize=349%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/whalestats_top10_smart_feb21.png?resize=280%2C300&amp;ssl=1 280w\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WhaleStats\/Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>King crypto <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin<\/a> has recovered from an overnight low of $37,557 after dumping nearly $2,000 in a matter of hours. 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