{"id":530432,"date":"2023-05-08T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=530432"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:50:25","slug":"bitcoin-drop-further-whales-signs-of-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-drop-further-whales-signs-of-dumping\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin To Drop Further? Whales Show Signs Of Dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin exchange whale ratio has spiked recently, something that could lead to further downside in the asset’s value.<\/p>\n
As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post<\/a>, the exchange whale ratio is currently at its highest level since September 2019. The “exchange whale ratio<\/a>” is an indicator that measures the ratio between the sum of the top 10 inflows to exchanges and the total exchange inflows.<\/p>\n An “exchange inflow<\/a>” is any movement of Bitcoin towards the wallets of centralized exchanges from addresses outside such platforms (like self-custodial wallets).<\/p>\n The top 10 inflows here refer to the 10 largest inflow transactions going towards these platforms. Generally, these largest transfers are coming from the whales, so the exchange whale ratio can tell us how the inflow activity of the whales currently compares with that of the entire market (the total inflows).<\/p>\n When this indicator has a high value, it means these humongous holders are making up a large part of the total inflows currently. As one of the main reasons why investors move their coins to exchanges is for selling-related purposes, this kind of trend can be a sign that whales are selling right now.<\/p>\n On the other hand, low values of the metric imply this cohort isn’t making too many inflows relative to the rest of the market. Such a trend can be either neutral or bullish for the cryptocurrency’s price, depending on some other market conditions.<\/p>\n Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Bitcoin exchange whale ratio over the last few years:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin exchange whale ratio has observed a pretty large spike recently. This suggests that whales are making up a rather large part of the total exchange inflows currently.<\/p>\nLooks like the value of the metric has been pretty high in recent days | Source: CryptoQuant<\/a><\/pre>\n