Report Shows Over $2B Worth Of Bitcoin Bought During The Dip

Large investors — or so-called whales — bought great quantities of Bitcoin BTC/USD when it briefly dipped at the $30,000 price level.

What Happened: In a recent report by blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, the firm's Chief Economist Philip Gradwell explains that whales bought 77,000 bitcoin last week, now worth over $3 billion.

This is the conclusion drawn by the company from its analysis of blockchain transaction data.

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The buys by institutional investors took place when Bitcoin was trading in the $30,000 to $35,000 range.

Those, who entered the market more recently, experienced considerable losses.

Chainalysis claims that 1.2 million BTC was sent at a 5 to 25% loss, with 120,000 bitcoin moved at a 25% loss or worse.

According to the report, $3.2 billion of Bitcoin was sold at a loss last week after being acquired in the previous 4 to 13 weeks.

“However, this was a smaller number of bitcoin sent at a loss than in the late 2017 and mid-March 2020 price crashes, suggesting that last week was not the worst capitulation of holders in Bitcoin’s history,” the report states.

Price Action: At press time, Bitcoin was trading at $35,853, up 4.48% in the past 24-hours, and 8.71% over the last week.