Bitcoin ($BTC) Whale Holdings Reach Highest Level Since September Amid Ongoing Accumulation

As the price of Bitcoin ($BTC) struggles to surpass the $40,000 mark and stay above it, data shows that both retail investors and whales have been accumulating the flagship cryptocurrency in what is being interpreted as a bullish sign.

According to Barron’s, technical indicators suggest that continued accumulation made by crypto whales – large holders – has been ongoing while “retail sentiment is extremely bearish.” Speaking to the news outlet Marcus Sotiriou, an analyst at digital asset broker GlobalBlock, noted that “many metrics suggest we are in an accumulation phase.” Sotiriou said:

Whale holdings have risen to its highest since September last year. We can see that when whale holdings increased dramatically last September, it led to a significant increase in price in November,

The analyst added that as whales “have a substantial impact on the market,” whale holdings are an important metric to take into account. Whales’ holdings have been growing as Panama’s National Assembly passes a cryptocurrency bill and exempts crypto from capital gains tax.

As CryptoGlobe reported, the CEO of cryptocurrency investment fund Pantera, Dan Morehead, has recently suggested that crypto is the “only place to hide” as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates. Similarly, SkyBridge Capital’s founder Anthony Scaramucci has suggested “cryptocurrency markets represent tremendous growth.” Notably, on-chain data from IntoTheblock shows that whales aren’t the only entities accumulating BTC.

The data shows that the balance held by address with less than 10 BTC has soared to 2.08 million coins, while the balance of addresses with between 0.01 – 0.01 BTC and 0.01 – 0.1 BTC has grown by 2% in the last 30 days.