Some Ethereum whales only see the current situation in the market as an opportunity to accumulate more of the hottest dog-themed digital currency, Shiba Inu (SHIB).
A top Ethereum whale codenamed BlueWhale0073, who has been on a SHIB accumulation spree over the past couple of days, has recently grabbed more SHIB tokens in billions.
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BlueWhale0073 Buys 375 Billion SHIB Tokens
According to WhaleStats, BlueWhale0073 has initiated the purchase of another whopping 375.97 billion SHIB tokens worth $4.56 million to probably take advantage of the current situation in the crypto market.
According to the report, it took the whale a single transaction to initiate the huge purchase.
WhaleStats tweeted, “ETH whale “BlueWhale0073” just bought 375,977,961,547 SHIB ($4,568,132 USD). Ranked #329 on WhaleStats.”
🐳 ETH whale "BlueWhale0073" just bought 375,977,961,547 $shib ($4,568,132 USD).
Ranked #329 on WhaleStats: https://t.co/RBupemZyZX
Transaction: https://t.co/fLRauQU4Md#SHIB #ShibArmy
— WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) May 16, 2022
The major capitulation that caused the major price dip in the crypto market started on the 9th of May 2022. This negative trend made Shiba Inu (SHIB) lose its previous support at $0.0000171 to trade as low as $0.0000095, representing about 46% price loss within a few days.
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Despite the major sell-off, BlueWhale0073 has been specifically and relentlessly accumulating Shiba Inu tokens. The popular whale has managed to purchase a total of 1.64 trillion SHIB worth $21.1 million via six different transactions. And many within the Shiba Inu community believe that the whale is initiating the whopping buys to take advantage of low prices.
In another development reported by WhaleStats, Shiba Inu (SHIB) is number five among the top 10 purchased tokens by 2000 biggest Ethereum whales within the last 24 hours.
🏆 Top 10 purchased tokens by 2000 biggest #ETH whales today
🥇 $USDC
🥈 $USDT
🥉 $ETH
4️⃣ $BUSD
5️⃣ $SHIB @Shibtoken
6️⃣ $WOO @WOOnetwork
7️⃣ $USDP
8️⃣ $APE @apecoin
9️⃣ $CRV @curvefinance
🔟 $LINK @chainlinkWhale leaderboard 👇https://t.co/R19lKnPlsK pic.twitter.com/7fpWfapZCX
— WhaleStats – BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) May 17, 2022
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