Anonymous user buys $ 3 billion worth of bitcoins and becomes the largest cryptocurrency owner

Cryptocurrency analysts have drawn attention to the actions of an unknown whale that has accumulated more than $ 3 billion worth of bitcoin, becoming the third largest holder of Cryptocurrencies in the world.

According to data obtained from BitInfoCharts, the investor started his accumulation strategy in mid-May 2023. It is noteworthy that bc1ql49ydapnjafl5t2cp9zqpjwe6pdgmxy98859v2 has not sold a single bitcoin from the wallet since its creation.

The whale’s strategy was primarily to purchase BTC in various amounts. The first recorded transaction in May was a purchase of 0.25 BTC, followed by subsequent ones, the last of which was for 6,600 BTC. At the moment, the whale has 118,300 BTC in its account, which is equivalent to $ 3 billion at the time of writing.

Another major holder of BTC is its anonymous developer Сатоші Накамото" href="https://noworries.media/biography/satoshi-nakamoto/" data-bio-id="4232">Satoshi Nakamoto, who owns 1 million BTC (approximately $ 27 billion). This makes Nakamoto the main whale of the bitcoin market. Interestingly, the developer has not made a single transaction or moved any part of this impressive BTC stock since the coins were mined.

As a reminder, in July, Lookonchain analysts recorded that a cryptocurrency wallet that had not made a single transaction in the past 11 years moved 1037 BTC on July 22, worth about $ 31 million at the time. The unknown bitcoin whale sold the assets at a rate of $ 29,956. At its peak in November 2021, the virtual coins on the whale’s wallet were worth about $ 71.6 million.

Earlier, we told you about an anonymous cryptocurrency owner who increased his investment 365,000 times by purchasing BTC back in 2010. on June 15, a crypto-coin with 50 BTC on its account came out of 13 years of hibernation. The anonymous owner of the cryptocurrency transferred all his savings to another wallet.

In turn, in the spring of this year, an unknown crypto-miner transferred bitcoins totaling more than $ 1 billion to another crypto wallet. The commission for cryptocurrency transactions amounted to only $ 81.6.