Bitcoin whales still ‘hibernating’ as BTC cost gets near $21K

Bitcoin (BTC) hit $21,000 the very first time in a number of days on This summer 15 as markets enjoyed what one trader known as “summer time relief.”

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Altcoin rebound eyed as BTC cost adds 11%

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD grinding greater overnight to simply tap the $21,000 mark on Bitstamp at the time.

An obvious change of tact had occur after initial losses around the back of forty-year highs for that U . s . States’ Consumer Cost Index (CPI). In comparison to the This summer 13 lows, BTC/USD was thus up 11%.

“Summer time relief time,” Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe summarized.

Popular trader Crypto Tony seemed to be within the mood for modest optimism on short timeframes, eyeing moving to $21,700 to make money-taking.

“When we have this, then Alts could have a nice pump and relief rally,” he put in a further tweet.

Many major altcoins had responded well towards the uptick in BTC cost action, with Ether (ETH) creating a noticeable rebound to cap over 12% daily gains.

Others within the top cryptocurrencies by market cap also fared well, with simply Solana (SOL) nevertheless managing to conquer ETH in the last 24 hrs.

ETH/USD thus been successful in staying away from coming back underneath the psychologically significant $1,000 level.

ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingView

Whales “awaiting moment to awaken”

Meanwhile, on-chain data recommended the largest Bitcoin hodlers were in no mood to do something at current prices.

Related: Bitcoin cost spikes to $20K as whale-bought BTC confirms support

Inside a Twitter thread on This summer 14, BlockTrends analyst Caue Oliveira highlighted what he referred to as “hibernation” ongoing among whale wallets.

“Whales stay in hibernation, waiting for the best moment to awaken,” he observed.

“Institutional movements, or generally known as ‘whale activity’ could be tracked in line with the transaction volume moved more than a short time, both denominated in BTC and USD.”

An associated chart demonstrated a definite insufficient large-volume transactions around the network in recent several weeks, with simply the Terra LUNA blowout creating a temporary trend break.

“Here there exists a obvious look at the reduced institutional activity, almost non-existent following the month of May, that was briefly awakened throughout the LUNA crash but which came back to hibernation,” Oliveira added.

Bitcoin spent output value bands annotated chart. Source: Caue Oliveira/ Twitter

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