{"id":258236,"date":"2022-08-29T18:51:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=258236"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:16:03","slug":"research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: Data shows Bitcoin whales are massively selling holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin's (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) accumulation trend score is currently flashing zero for whales indicating that they have stopped acquiring more coins, according to Glassnode data.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258237\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_720.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin whales are selling their holdings (Source: Glassnode)\" width=\"720\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_720.png 720w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_720-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitcoin whales are selling their holdings (Source: Glassnode)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The data analyzed the accumulation trends for Bitcoin between April 2020 and August 2022, showing that whales have slowed their Bitcoin accumulation this month as they are in deep red, meaning they are massively net selling.<\/p>\n<p>According to available data, Bitcoin's price traded majorly between the $20,000 to $25,000 range in August.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoSlate research previously <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-bitcoin-accumulation-trend-score-shows-shrimp-buying-whales-selling\/\">revealed<\/a> that whales had accumulated coins during four distinct periods in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin whales generally refer to addresses with more than 1,000 BTCs representing the major holders.<\/p>\n<h2>The accumulation trend score<\/h2>\n<p class=\"s5\">The accumulation trend score is a metric used to determine who is currently buying cryptocurrencies. It is a tool to ascertain market sentiments, especially among various investors.<\/p>\n<p>The score is based on two factors &#8211; the participation score of an entity which is the overall amount of tokens they're holding, and the balance change, which is the difference in their holdings over a period, usually a month.<\/p>\n<p>The accumulation score ranges from 0 to 1, and if it's closer to 0, it indicates the distribution of coins, while a score near 1 shows major holders within the network.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Shrimp's accumulation slows<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While whales have stopped accumulating and even sold off their Bitcoin holdings, shrimps Bitcoin's accumulation has also slowed down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258239\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258239 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc.png\" alt=\"Shrimps Bitcoin accumulation slows\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc.png 1800w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-supply-held-by-addresses-with-balance-10k-100k-btc-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shrimps Bitcoin accumulation slows (Source: Glassnode)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the data, Bitcoin addresses have fluctuated between 2 million and 2.3 million addresses this year, but there has been a straight decline since July.<\/p>\n<p>Shrimps are holders with less than 1 Bitcoin in their wallets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in July, the industry saw the highest monthly accumulation for small-time Bitcoin holders since 2018, with shrimps <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-winter-too-harsh-for-tourists\/\">buying<\/a> 60,000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>The difference in how the two groups reacted to the same market conditions shows how they perceived the situation.<\/p>\n<p>For whales, the current market uncertainty has forced them to sell their holdings, especially as the US Federal Reserves Chairman Jerome Powell <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/federal-reserve-chair-urges-everyone-to-factor-inflation-into-financial-decisions-during-jackson-hole-conference\/\">promised<\/a> more &#8220;pain&#8221; for the US economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the asset struggling to break the $20,000 &#8211; $25,000 range, shrimps have identified this as the ideal entry point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s (BTC) accumulation trend score is currently flashing zero for whales indicating that they have stopped acquiring more coins, according to Glassnode data. The data analyzed the accumulation trends for Bitcoin between April 2020 and August 2022, showing that whales have slowed their Bitcoin accumulation this month as they are in deep red, meaning they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":258315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77921],"tags":[76769,78009,77491],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Research: Data shows Bitcoin whales are massively selling holdings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bitcoin&#039;s (BTC) accumulation trend score is flashing zero, an indication that whales are selling their holdings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research: Data shows Bitcoin whales are massively selling holdings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bitcoin&#039;s (BTC) accumulation trend score is flashing zero, an indication that whales are selling their holdings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T17:51:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-01T17:16:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bitcoin-whales-selling.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-data-shows-bitcoin-whales-are-massively-selling-holdings\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#person\",\"name\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Reporter\",\"description\":\"Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. 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