{"id":618919,"date":"2023-03-17T10:51:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/17\/1-billion-bitcoin-transfer-whos-behind-the-years-largest-transaction\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:51:52","slug":"1-billion-bitcoin-transfer-whos-behind-the-years-largest-transaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/17\/1-billion-bitcoin-transfer-whos-behind-the-years-largest-transaction\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who\u2019s Behind the Year\u2019s Largest Transaction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><main id=\"genesis-content\"><\/p>\n<p>You are here: <span itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/\" itemprop=\"item\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span aria-label=\"breadcrumb separator\">\/<\/span> <span itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/category\/news\/\" itemprop=\"item\"><span itemprop=\"name\">News<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><span aria-label=\"breadcrumb separator\">\/<\/span> $1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who\u2019s Behind the Year\u2019s Largest Transaction?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/35446305460_a27a0d13f3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" decoding=\"async\"   title=\"$1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who's Behind the Year's Largest Transaction? 1\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/35446305460_a27a0d13f3_c.jpg?ezimgfmt=ng%3Awebp%2Fngcb3%2Frs%3Adevice%2Frscb3-1\"><\/p>\n<article aria-label=\"$1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who\u2019s Behind the Year\u2019s Largest Transaction?\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\">\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>A $1 billion Bitcoin transaction has recently been sent to an address, marking the largest on-chain transaction of the year so far. The news broke when Santiment, a popular cryptocurrency analytics provider, tweeted about the massive transfer earlier yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Santiment\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/1636481243465551872\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/1636481243465551872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>, the address in question had previously held an impressive 143,310 BTC back in October of last year. However, the entire balance was emptied out in November, leaving many to wonder what had happened to the sizable stash of Bitcoin.<span data-ez-name=\"tronweekly_com-medrectangle-3\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Now, just a few months later, the same address is back in the news with a balance of 40,141 BTC following the enormous $1 billion transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The individual or group responsible for the transaction remains unidentified. However, some cryptocurrency community members believe this may be a major institutional player transferring a substantial amount of capital into Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>While other community members discussed the possible owner of a large Bitcoin wallet following a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IT_Tech_PL\/status\/1636482307833073664\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IT_Tech_PL\/status\/1636482307833073664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comment<\/a> from Author at CryptoQuant_com, he suggested that the wallet may belong to Binance Exchange. Others agreed with this, citing the unlikelihood of any individual handling such a significant amount alone.<\/p>\n<p>Some speculated that Binance CEO CZ may have purchased the Bitcoin, but these claims remain unconfirmed and should be considered speculative. However, given the recent spike in Bitcoin\u2019s value, which recently surpassed $25,000, it\u2019s not difficult to see why some investors might be looking to get in on the action.<span data-ez-name=\"tronweekly_com-box-4\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin is leading the way in the global cryptocurrency market as it rebounds from recent losses. The cryptocurrency climbed above $26,000 on Friday morning due to a weakening US dollar and increased demand for alternative investments.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC_1D_graph_coinmarketcap-4.jpg\" alt=\"BTC 1D graph coinmarketcap 4\"   title=\"$1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who's Behind the Year's Largest Transaction? 2\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20width=%22896%22%20height=%22400%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-ezsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC_1D_graph_coinmarketcap-4.jpg 896w,https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC_1D_graph_coinmarketcap-4-300x134.jpg 300w,https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC_1D_graph_coinmarketcap-4-768x343.jpg 768w\" data-ezsrc=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC_1D_graph_coinmarketcap-4.jpg\"><figcaption>Source: CoinMarketcap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although recent efforts by authorities and banks have helped stabilize the prices of BTC and Ethereum, BTC has been experiencing a short-term negative trend since falling below crucial support levels.<\/p>\n<p>For a new uptrend to begin, BTC needs to close above $25,200 and overcome the resistance level of $26,500. While stronger support levels exist at $24,000 and $23,500, dropping below $22,600 could increase selling pressure and cause the price to fall below $22,000.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/ethereum-shanghai-upgrade-april-12\/\">Ethereum\u2019s Shanghai Upgrade Has Now A Target Date Of April 12<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tronweekly.com\/1billion-dollar-bitcoin-transfer-whos-behind\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ammar Raza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are here: Home\/ News\/ $1 Billion Bitcoin Transfer: Who\u2019s Behind the Year\u2019s Largest Transaction?A $1 billion Bitcoin transaction has recently been sent to an address, marking the largest on-chain transaction of the year so far. The news broke when Santiment, a popular cryptocurrency analytics provider, tweeted about the massive transfer earlier yesterday.According to Santiment\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4041],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-618919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-billion","8":"category-bitcoin"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}