A fraud: the Bitcoin whales do not affect the volatility of the coin
Source:When Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency is dropping, there are always those willing to take the blame "whales". We are talking about is cryptocurrency the rich, who poured large quantities of coins in a short period of time and thus dropping the entire market.
However, this version may be incorrect, write in their report, analysts from research company Chainalysis. According to them, the owners of large stocks of the crypts do not have a negative impact on the volatility and the market in General.
theWho influences the exchange rate of Bitcoin?
Experts analysed data about operations with 32 of the largest Bitcoin wallets, which in total holds about a million coins. The results showed that only a third of them are active traders. This group includes nine wallets, and their owners have 332 thousands of coins totaling about $ 2 billion.
All of these investors entered the market during the peak of the growth rate of Bitcoin in 2017, analysts say.
The Second category consists of three wallets "criminals". They hold more than 125 thousand coins or $ 790 million, obtained through theft and fraud. Third — wallets with lost keys that accumulate 212 thousand coins for $ 1.3 billion. According Chainalysis, 2011 with the money was not committed.
Source: 2bitcoins.ru
Analysts conclude that whales do not affect the volatility of the coins, as in 2016-2017, mainly buy coins, not sell them. The study quoted .
Whales did not sell Bitcoins in large quantities, but only bought them on the stock exchanges in the period from 2016 to 2017. This indicates that Cryptologic prefer to buy coins at low prices and hadlet them in the hope on the growth rate. Their actions are a stabilizing factor in the market, and not Vice versa.
In the second version, which is completely the opposite of the usual stories about the whales fault. Which one are you leaning? Share your answers .
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