Last Week’s Largest Cryptocurrency Transactions

Bitcoin’s daily volume accounts for billions of dollars, and it comes as no surprise that every day the blockchain sees multimillion transfers. Although, last week’s largest cryptocurrency transactions were exceptional: first, thanks to a large number of Bitcoins sent, second, due to low transaction fees.

107,848 BTC ($895M) transferred from Bitstamp to Xapo

Over 100k Bitcoins were sent from a Bitstamp cold wallet to Xapo on Oct. 14. At that moment, the Bitcoin amount was equal to roughly $895M. The transaction fee was 0.0234 BTC, or around $190.

112,027 BTC ($933M) transferred from Xapo to an unknown wallet

Later that day, on Oct. 14, Xapo handled another large Bitcoin transaction worth $933M and paid a surprisingly low fee of 0.00046743 BTC ($3.90). As Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodrics claimed on Twitter, the Bitcoins were successfully transferred “for the price of a cup of coffee.”

Most of the community was excited, though a skeptic on Twitter sent a witty remark that the coffee was cold by the end of the transaction.

An unknown whale transferred 10,000 BTC ($80.7M) to a Binance wallet

On Oct. 17, an unknown whale transferred 9,999.999 BTC, or over $80M at that time, to the crypto exchange Binance. Although the exact reasons for the transaction were unclear, many experts suggested that it could indicate the investors’ willingness to get rid of their Bitcoins. Users on Twitter assumed that it was another pump & dump scheme, and asked Binance CEO which newly listed coin they are pumping this time. Unfortunately, they got no answer.

9,241 BTC ($74.8M) transferred between two unknown wallets

On Oct. 17 another large Bitcoin transaction was recorded, with an equivalent of almost $75M transferred for a 0.00016287 BTC ($1.3) fee. Later, Whale Alert reported that it was probably change.

As suggested by the commentators, the real transaction value was just 80 BTC, while 9,241 Bitcoins remained in the initial wallet. According to the Bitcoin transactions mechanism, these remaining Bitcoins were sent to a special “change” address, and, after the 80 BTC transaction was confirmed, became available to their owner again.

300,000 ETH ($55M) were transferred between two unknown wallets

300k ETH, which was equal to roughly $55M at that moment, were transferred on Oct. 14 from one unknown address to another, for a tiny fee of 0.00046166 Ether ($0.08). 300,000 ETH were sent to a contract created 3 days before the transaction. The contract creator’s balance is only 1.9 ETH, which is $330 at press time.