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The Bitcoin price slid 3% in the past 24 hours to trade at $111,910 as of 3:51 a.m. EST on trading volume that plunged 23% to $73.3 billion. This comes as a whale investor, who earned close to $200 million by shorting Bitcoin and Ethereum just before Donald Trump’s tariff announcement against China on October 10, doubled down on another short against BTC with 10x leverage Data from Hypurrscan shows that a the whale trader and possible ”Trump insider’ with the address “0xb317” on the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid deposited $40 million in USDC. Shortly after that, the whale built a 10X short position in Bitcoin valued at around $340 million. Based on the account’s entry price of $116,009, it has already amassed more than $700,000 in unrealized profits.  BREAKING: TRUMP INSIDER WHALE IS NOW SHORT $340M $BTC The HyperUnit Bear Whale who shorted $700M of $BTC and $350M of $ETH right before Friday’s market crash (making ...

In a high-profile crypto phishing attack, a whale lost $55.47 million in DAI stablecoins after signing a fraudulent transaction. The incident on August 20 involved a transaction within the Maker decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol. According to on-chain data and blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain, the attack altered the ownership of the wallet’s assets, allowing the attacker to gain full control over a substantial amount of funds. A whale lost 55.47M $DAI in a phishing attack! How did it happen? The whale carelessly signed an unknown transaction 13 hours ago, setting the owner of his 55.47M $DAI in Maker to the phishing address"0x0000db5c…41e70000".https://t.co/jpIz4pD043 When he later tried to… pic.twitter.com/qOkkcbYp4q — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 21, 2024 How the Attack Unfolded The victim, identified as a significant crypto holder, mistakenly authorised a transaction from an unverified source. This action led to a shift in o...

A cryptocurrency trader deposited $2.1 million worth of Synthetix (SNX) to Binance on July 20, capitulating from their entire SNX position with approximately $254,000 of realized losses. SpotOnChain data shows the capitulation activity from the whale address ‘0x921‘, suggesting the trader believes in further losses for Synthetix. Usually, crypto whales can have a strong influence on cryptocurrencies‘ price dynamics, so they are worth following for insights. In particular, this crypto trader acquired 1.07 million SNX in four withdrawals at a dollar-cost average of $2.203. These purchases happened from January 31 to August 24 at an estimated cost of $2.35 million. Picks for you Robert Kiyosaki warns 'bad times are coming,' advises how to take care 16 mins ago ...

Highly capitalized investors have been accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) since the year started, driving the asset’s price to an all-time high. These investment activities are observable through Bitcoin wallet addresses holding large amounts of the coin, also known as whales. In particular, a Bitcoin whale has stacked 1,308 BTC, worth nearly $90 million since March 6. The address ‘bc1qag725vjxxpkkl5gshfkye9xn4p5vklrlhgkw5w’ currently holds this amount at a dollar-cost average of $68,617 per coin, according to Lookonchain’s post. Notably, its last purchase was on April 7, for a 113.735 BTC Binance withdrawal, worth over $7.85 million . This was the Bitcoin whale ’s second-largest transaction during this month of accumulation. The largest single purchase was 123.128 BTC, with a value superior to $8 million on April 3. Picks for you Dogecoin price prediction; Can DOGE flip XRP's market cap? 45 mins ago BTC's hidden history: 'Hij...

Bitcoin (BTC) has witnessed significant falls over the past month. With the many BTC-related exchange-traded funds (ETF) filings, the digital gold broke the $30,000 barrier while taking the broader market in green. Data shows that the current bull run gained traction as the bitcoin whale transactions reached three-month highs. According to data provided by the market intelligence platform Santiment, whales have moved 259 transactions worth at least $1 million each. #Bitcoin's whale transactions hit its highest hour in over 3 months, as 259 transactions exceeding $1M in value occurred on the $BTC network just 2 hours after its price exceeded $30.6k. Volume likely needs to continue rising to justify more growth. https://t.co/N5jkXCws6R pic.twitter.com/DrFo4avE0a — Santiment (@santimentfeed) June 21, 2023 You might also like: Binance unveils local crypto exchange in Kazakhstan Per Santiment, the transactions came around two hours after the bitcoin price surpass...