Large Bitcoin Holders Accumulate $1.5B Worth of BTC as Price Wavers

Whales are entities who control large amounts of a digital asset. Their purchases and sales can have a sizable impact on markets, thus crypto watchers closely follow their behavior to anticipate market movements.The purchases happened during a period when BTC’s price sunk to a two-month low, temporarily lifted by an important court decision in Grayscale’s campaign to list a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the U.S.

Large holders first loaded up after Aug. 17, when BTC plunged more than 10% to below $26,000, its lowest price since June, IntoTheBlock data shows.

They also increased holdings earlier this week following asset manager Grayscale’s court victory over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A federal appeals court ordered the agency to vacate and review its denial to convert the $14 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into a more-desirable spot bitcoin ETF.

Analysts interpreted the court’s decision as a key advance towards listing the first spot BTC ETF in the U.S., making the largest cryptocurrency more accessible for a new class of investors.

BTC has erased all gains from the brief rally ignited by the Grayscale ruling and slid back below $26,000 on Friday.

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Despite the weak price action, the accumulation suggests that “institutional investors are getting optimistic in Bitcoin as ETF decisions approach,” Outomoro said.

Edited by Nick Baker.

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Krisztian Sandor

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