A significant transfer of 33 million XRP, worth approximately $19.73 million, was recorded on the XRP Ledger earlier today. The transaction, flagged by blockchain transaction monitoring service Whale Alert, occurred at 07:04:02 UTC and saw the large sum moved from an unknown wallet to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. This transfer caught the market’s attention because it occurred when Ripple’s XRP price experienced a correction.
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Big XRP’s Flows Sustain Big in Sequence
This recent transfer is part of a more significant trend of substantial XRP movements throughout August. Earlier this month, 25 million XRP, valued at $15 million, was transferred from an unidentified wallet to the Bitstamp exchange. Following this, a staggering 104 million XRP, worth over $58 million, was moved in a single transaction on August 16. The biggest of these was the movement of 196,631,787 (196.6 million) XRP on August 4, worth nearly $100 million via several transactions. Such transactions included Binance, Bitstamp, and other unknown participants.
These large-scale transfers have been the subject of debate among analysts. Some attribute this to institutional investors rebalancing their portfolios toward specific market sectors. However, some people are worried that these transfers might be signals of a large-scale sell-off and can, therefore, affect XRP significantly.
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Market Responds to Move With Low Constant Price Level
These transfers happened at a time when significant shifts in the market value of XRP were also recorded. The cryptocurrency experienced a 19% drop earlier this month, falling to $0.4335. Despite a brief rally yesterday, where XRP climbed to $0.614 with an 8% increase, the price has since corrected to $0.59 at press time.
Market observers are on edge as the continuous price fall and massive transfers raise questions about XRP’s prospects. While the reasons for these transactions are unknown, dealers and investors keep a tight eye on the situation, fearing additional price falls. The current changes in XRP trading activity continue to fuel conjecture about the cryptocurrency’s future, putting the market in a mood of cautious expectation.
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Maxwell Mutuma
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