Arkham Intelligence, an industry leader in on-chain data tracking, has released a list of the richest people in crypto according to their wallet balances. This list has been making the rounds in the crypto community due to the top 5 alone being worth billions of dollars. But perhaps, what is more interesting is how much of this money has now been deemed inaccessible. 3 Of The Top 5 Crypto Rich List Lost Forever Arkham took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the top 10 richest individuals in crypto ranked by the net worth of their wallet holdings. But the most interesting bits actually lay in the list of the top 5 richest individuals, which included the likes of Tron’s Justin Sun and Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin. Related Reading: Dogecoin Flashes Weekly Golden Cross: Why This Analyst Believes The Bull Rally Is Far From Over According to the data shared by Arkham, Justin Sun emerged at the top of the list with a wallet balance of $1.1 billion, followed by Rain Lohmus, the Chairman of LHV Bank, whose wallet is worth $793 million. Next in line is Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, with a wallet balance of $782 million. In fourth place is Stefan Thomas, a software engineer whose wallet holds a considerable $452 million. And then last but not least is James Fickel, with a total wallet net worth of $446 million. Altogether, these crypto millionaires and billionaire, hold a total of $3.5 billion. However, not all of this money is available to the owners. As Arkham notes in its report, two out of these five individuals are no longer able to access their wallets anymore. The first of these two is Rain Lohmus who had invested $75,000 during the Ethereum ICO. Lohmus’s allocation came out to 250,000 ETH, which has appreciated greatly over time. However, he can no longer access the coins. According to Lohmus, he had lost access to his Ethereum wallet and was unable to find the key to the wallet. Given this, the coins are presumed to be lost forever, but Lohmus has offered a 50-50 split to anyone who can access the wallet and recover the funds. Related Reading: Bitcoin Goes Pro: UFC Winner Wants $300,000 Bonus Paid In BTC Another individual whose coins are deemed lost is Stefan Thomas. Thomas is infamous in the crypto space for throwing out a flash drive that held the private keys to a wallet containing over 7,000 BTC over 10 years ago. Since then, Thomas has led efforts to excavate the landfill where he believes his trash was sent to, in an effort to recover the flash drive and recover the coins. However, he has run into various issues, such as the city not allowing him to excavate the dump site. The other three on the list still have access to their wallets and are still involved in the crypto space to varying degrees. Total market cap at $2.2 trillion | Source: Crypto Total Market Cap on Tradingview.com Featured image from Bankrate, chart from Tradingview.com

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On April 16, 2024, the Drift Foundation, which supports the Solana-based decentralized exchange (dex) platform Drift, disclosed plans to distribute 100 million tokens to its users. The tokens will function as the platform’s governance coin, to be utilized by the community and the Drift decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Solana-Based Dex Platform Drift to Distribute Governance […]

Popular cryptocurrency expert Cold Blooded Shiller has made a grim prediction that Bitcoin may be on the verge of a significant correction and could crash as low as 30%, given the current heightened volatility in the market.  Bitcoin Could Be Poised For 30% Pullback Cold Blooded Shiller believes it is important to note that Bitcoin is holding up and now showing much more strength, regardless of the different factors influencing the nascent sector, such as ETFs, fundamentals, and Halving. Related Reading: Analyst Expects Bitcoin Price Correction To Persist, Targets $57,000 Support Given that pullbacks of 30% are historically common for BTC, Shiller foresees the potential for this to repite this cycle. Should the trend manifest, the price of BTC could fall as low as $51,000 in the upcoming months. The post read: With the historical tendency to produce -30% pullbacks, what happens to the landscape if BTC does head down for a -30% correction and into the $51,000? Cold Blooded Shiller drew attention to a previous post offering investors insights on taking advantage of this development when it happens. Shiller is confident that BTC might undergo the correction mentioned above, and the impact on altcoins would likely be around -50%. The expert believes some investors are eager to profit in the bull cycle but neglect the risk involved in this period. “I keep referencing buy anywhere you want with risk management that supports -30% downside and ensure you can keep buying more,” he stated. Thus, the analyst has stressed the need for investors to be well organized and understand what constitutes an opportunity-filled environment in a bull market. His post encourages investors to reassess their risk management and investing tactics to navigate the ever-changing crypto landscape successfully. BTC Price Continues To Fall The price of Bitcoin continues to move downward, falling to $63,000 after a recovery witnessed on Monday. Over the last 24 hours, the crypto asset has dropped by 5%, causing a general collapse in the market. Related Reading: Bitcoin Halving RoadMap: Analyst Outlines 3 Phases For Market Dynamics At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $63,854, indicating an over 10% decrease in the past week. On the last day, its trading volume increased by roughly 1%, while its market value fell by over 5%. Given the current trajectory in the crypto market, BTC might suffer an even greater decrease in the next few days. Several analysts anticipate a further price decline before the Halving event in less than five days. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com

Many enthusiasts in the Bitcoin community were anticipating the next halving to coincide with Saturday, April 20, 2024, but the latest data suggest it will likely occur a day earlier, on April 19. Despite a recent uptick in mining difficulty, miners have managed to maintain a high hashrate, resulting in block times dropping below the […]

On-chain data shows the next major Bitcoin demand zone is around $56,000, a level BTC might end up revisiting if the decline continues. Bitcoin Has Next Major On-Chain Support Around $56,000 According to data from the market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock, BTC’s recent drawdown has meant that it may end up having to rely on the price range around $56,000 for support. Related Reading: Bitcoin Whales Showing Different Behavior From Past Cycles, But Why? In on-chain analysis, a level’s potential as support or resistance is based on the total number of coins that the investors last acquired there. Below is a chart that shows what the various price ranges around the current spot price of the cryptocurrency look like in terms of this cost-basis distribution. The data for the BTC acquisition distribution across the various price levels | Source: IntoTheBlock on X In the graph, the size of the dot represents the amount of Bitcoin that was purchased inside the corresponding price range. It would appear that the $63,000 to $64,890 level is currently thick with investors. To be more particular, 1 million investors acquired 530,000 BTC inside this range. Generally, whenever the asset retests the cost basis of any investor, they may become more likely to make some kind of move, due to the importance the level holds for them. Investors who were in profits just prior to the retest may be willing to make further bets, believing that if this level was profitable in the past it might be so again in the future. Naturally, this buying effect would only be relevant for the market if a large amount of investors acquired coins inside a tight price range. The $63,000 to $64,890 range qualifies for this. The range should have acted as a support point for the coin, but BTC has recently slipped under it, possibly suggesting that this support level may have broken down. As IntoTheBlock has highlighted in the chart, the next major range of potential support is the $55,200 to $57,100 range. Thus, should the current drawdown continue, this may be the next relevant range. “While this doesn’t mean that Bitcoin has to go this low, it is good to keep this range in mind while price is exploring recent lows,” notes the analytics firm. A decline to the average price of this range ($56,000) would mean a drawdown of almost 10% from the current spot value of the coin. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rebounds After Nearing Cost Basis Of Short-Term Whales Before this level, though, there is another interesting on-chain level that BTC could end up revisiting. As analyst James Van Straten has pointed out in an X post, the Realized Price (the average cost basis) of the short-term holders is around $58,800 right now. Looks like the value of the metric has been going up since a while now | Source: @jvs_btc on X The short-term holders (STHs) here refer to the investors who bought within the past 155 days. This group’s Realized Price has been at an important level historically during bull runs, as the asset has often found support at it. Breaks under it have, in fact, usually led to bearish transitions in the past. “If we drop below this, I will concede to a bear market similar to May 2021,” says Straten. BTC Price Bitcoin has registered a decline of almost 7% over the past 24 hours and in the process, has lost any recovery it had made earlier. Now, BTC is trading around $62,100. The price of the asset appears to have been going down recently | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Featured image from Kanchanara on Unsplash.com, Glassnode.com, chart from TradingView.com

Arbitrum (ARB) runs the risk of a significant price decline due to its upcoming token unlock on April 16. These token unlock events are known to be a recipe for high volatility because of what could happen in the aftermath of their occurrence.  $107 Million Arbitrum Tokens Set To Be Unlocked Data from TokenUnlock shows that 92.65 million Arbitrum tokens (3.49% of its circulating supply) are set to be unlocked on April 16. 56.13 million ($65.10 million) of these tokens will be distributed to the team, future team, and advisors, while the remaining 36.52 million ($42.36 million) will be distributed to investors.  Related Reading: Dogecoin Whales Send 800 Million DOGE To Exchanges, Dump Incoming? Token unlocks are usually followed by a wave of massive sell-offs from the beneficiaries, which causes the token’s price to drop. As such, Arbitrum’s price could also suffer the same fate once these tokens are distributed. However, this won’t be the first time, considering Arbitrum suffered a significant price decline during its last token unlock on March 16.  Data from CoinMarketCap shows that Arbitrum’s price, which closed the previous day at above $2, dropped to $1.8 on March 16. However, it is worth noting that the magnitude of this month’s token unlock is nothing compared to last month’s, when 1.11 billion Arbitrum tokens (41.89% of its circulating supply) were unlocked.  Therefore, the impact of any potential sell-off on the market might not be as severe as the last time. Despite that, Arbitrum still risks dropping below the $1 support level for the first time in a long while, as it is currently hovering around that price range.  Other Token Unlocks To Watch Out For $76.96 million worth of Axie Infinity (AXS) tokens (7.6% of circulating supply) will also be unlocked this week on April 17. 3.10 million of these tokens will be distributed as staking rewards, while 6.08 million and 1.69 million tokens will be distributed to the team and ecosystem fund, respectively.  Related Reading: Bitcoin Miners To Lose A Whopping $10 Billion Following The Halving – Here’s Why Meanwhile, like Arbitrum, Apecoin (APE) is another token that risks dropping below $1 with its upcoming token unlock on April 17. $18.57 million worth of Apecoin tokens (2.48% of circulating supply) will be unlocked, with most of these tokens going to the Yuga Labs founder. A significant drop in Apecoin’s price could further compound the bearish outlook of the Yuga Labs ecosystem, as the Bored Ape NFT is already down 90% from its peak.  ARB price drops to $1.11 | Source: ARBUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from CoinGape, chart from Tradingview.com

As the crypto landscape evolves, a significant tightening in bitcoin’s available supply on exchanges has emerged, hinting at just nine months of reserves left. Bybit’s latest halving report unveils the reasons behind this tightening grip, indicating a looming scarcity that could reshape market dynamics. Bitcoin Faces Unprecedented Supply Squeeze as Exchange Reserves Plummet According to […]

The smart money protocol Umoja has joined forces with the Bitcoin layer two (L2) initiative, Merlin Chain, to roll out a Bitcoin-based high-yield synthetic dollar. The newly introduced stablecoin is engineered to uphold a self-sustaining peg via transparent, onchain trading techniques developed by Umoja. Merlin Chain and Umoja Reveal USDb: The New High-Yield Synthetic Dollar […]

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Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has faced choppy waters. Over the past few days, Ethereum’s price has taken a nosedive, plunging to lows of $2,800 on April 12, echoing the broader downturn witnessed across the crypto landscape. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bonanza Before The Halving? Analyst Sees Pre-Crash Buying Window However, in the face of volatility, a fascinating development has emerged: Ethereum whales, the behemoths of the crypto world, have begun to flex their muscles, showcasing strategic maneuvers that have captured the attention and speculation of the crypto community. Strategic Accumulation Amidst Turbulence As Ethereum’s price plummeted, Ethereum whales wasted no time in capitalizing on the opportunity. One notable example is the whale identified as “0x435,” which embarked on a strategic accumulation spree as the ETH price dipped. With a staggering investment of 70 million USDC, this whale acquired a hefty 23,790 ETH when Ethereum hit nearly $2,930. However, this wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision; rather, it was part of a calculated strategy that unfolded over several days, involving significant transactions and withdrawals from both centralized exchanges like Binance and decentralized exchanges. Despite the recent 8% correction in the $ETH price (24H), whales are still buying $ETH! 1. Whale 0x435 spent 70M$ USDC to buy 23,790 $ETH at ~$2,942 4 hours ago: • In total, the whale has accumulated 60,808 $ETH ($191M) from #Binance and DEX in the past 15 hours, after each… pic.twitter.com/ujZRULGAkX — Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) April 14, 2024 The Right Timing The actions of “0x435” are just the tip of the iceberg in the wider phenomenon of Ethereum accumulation by large holders. On-chain analytics firms, such as Spot On Chain and Lookonchain, have provided insights into the scale and timing of these whale transactions, revealing a pattern of strategic accumulation amidst the market turbulence. This whale spent 70M $USDC to buy 23,790 $ETH at $2,942 from the bottom again after $ETH dropped. He has bought 85,931 $ETH($278.5M) from #Binance and #DEX in the past week, with an average buying price of $3,241. He still holds $136M stablecoins and may buy more $ETH.… pic.twitter.com/d7yYdqEnDB — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 14, 2024 These whales aren’t acting alone; they’re part of a broader trend that suggests institutional players or sophisticated investors are positioning themselves strategically in anticipation of future market movements. Ethereum’s Journey Through The Storm The broader context of Ethereum’s price movement adds another layer to this unfolding saga. Ethereum’s decline over three consecutive days, from highs of $3,617 to lows of $2,850 on April 13, underscores the volatility and uncertainty gripping the cryptocurrency market. However, amidst the stormy seas, Ethereum managed to make a slight recovery, climbing back up to $3,107 at the time of writing, albeit still down 6.05% in the last 24 hours. Ethereum is currently trading at $3.107. Chart: TradingView Hong Kong Gives Nod To Ethereum ETFs In another development, as the first jurisdiction to permit trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum cash exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Hong Kong has set new precedents. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has previously granted permission to many prominent financial corporations to establish these exchange-traded funds (ETFs), while the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently reviewing comparable applications. Related Reading: Bitcoin Investors In The Red: Losses Trump Profits As Ratio Dips Below 1 The SFC has given the all-clear to several top financial institutions, including China Asset Management, Bosera Capital, and HashKey Capital Limited, to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum cash exchange-traded funds (ETFs). When combined, these cutting-edge financial instruments let investors to pay cash for shares in Ethereum and Bitcoin. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

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Investors are bracing themselves for a rollercoaster ride as Bitcoin, the flagship digital asset, navigates through choppy waters. Recent data from Glassnode has revealed a noteworthy development: the Realized Profit/Loss Ratio for Bitcoin has dipped below one. Related Reading: Bitcoin Below $70,000: Is $80K Still Possible, Or Is The Rally Over? This crucial metric, which compares the sell value of Bitcoin with the price at which it was bought, indicates that investors are currently realizing more losses than profits. Historically, such a dip has often heralded a potential bottoming out of Bitcoin’s price, serving as a vital signal for market watchers. Sense Of Optimism Despite Bitcoin Price Decline The past 24 hours have witnessed significant volatility in Bitcoin’s price trajectory. A sharp decline early in the day saw Bitcoin’s price plummet to approximately $64,000, worrying many investors. However, a remarkable recovery ensued, with the price steadily climbing and peaking at around $66,000. This robust rebound has instilled a sense of optimism, with a prevailing bullish sentiment taking hold as the day progressed. Total crypto market cap currently at $2.261 trillion. Chart: TradingView Institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to grow, with recent developments signaling potential shifts in capital inflows. The approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF by Hong Kong regulators has opened the floodgates for increased institutional engagement, particularly from Asia. This move could inject fresh capital into Bitcoin markets, potentially fueling further price momentum. Furthermore, regional dynamics play a significant role in shaping investor sentiment and behavior. Varying investment trends across different regions highlight the diverse responses to prevailing market conditions. While some regions may exhibit cautious sentiment amidst volatility and geopolitical uncertainties, others may embrace Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation. Critical Support Levels Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo has pinpointed a critical support level at $59,000. Breaching this threshold could signify a transition into a bearish market sentiment. Conversely, there’s anticipation among investors for potential short liquidations that could drive the price upwards, potentially reaching between $70,000 and $75,000, provided that current support levels hold steady. These anticipated events hinge on market liquidity and investor reactions to the rapidly evolving price movements. As Bitcoin continues its consolidation phase near all-time highs, investors remain cautiously optimistic about its future prospects. The upcoming halving event adds another layer of complexity to the already intricate market dynamics, with expectations of heightened volatility in the days ahead. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bonanza Before The Halving? Analyst Sees Pre-Crash Buying Window Analysts suggest that this period of lateral movement serves as a crucial stage for the redistribution of assets among investors, potentially laying the groundwork for a more sustainable recovery in the long run. The cryptocurrency market, particularly Bitcoin, is navigating through a period of heightened uncertainty and volatility. The recent dip in the Realized Profit/Loss Ratio signals a potential turning point in Bitcoin’s price trajectory, while institutional interest and regional dynamics continue to shape market sentiment. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView