Leading Ethereum whales bought $20 million from SHIP in just hours, while SHIB is now accepted by this Nasdaq-listed company
WhaleStats blockchain data platform has shared that top Ethereum holders, widely known as whales in the crypto community, have increased their SHIB holdings by roughly $20 million in only a few hours.
Whales buy another $20 million from Shiba Inu
According to figures shared by WhaleStats, the largest $1,000 ETH whale added $20 million to the second largest crypto meme by market capitalization – Shiba Inu (SHIB). According to the recent tweet from the on-chain data platform, these whales now hold $1,793,384,258 in SHIB.
As reported by U.Today earlier, on the same day but before the cited tweet emerged, February 10, the whales’ SHIB holding amounted to $1,773,025,189. However, in percentage it slightly less than it was before. Now SHIB constitutes 16.59 percent compared to 16.62 percent shown by WhaleStats a few hours earlier.
Whales also added about $12 million in FTT and now they own $1,740,836,483, up from $1,728,122,010 earlier the same day.
The MATIC stash held by the top 1,000 Ethereum owners has also increased substantially.
A whale buys even more MATIC
Two tweets published by WhaleStats today show that an ETH whale ranked 305 on the company scale has acquired 1,407,988 MATIC tokens in two transactions, valued at $2,830,056.
MATIC, LINK and FTT, apart from SHIB, are the top popular cryptocurrencies held by the largest 1,000 ETH whales.
SHIB, DOGE, Bitcoin, etc. Now Accepted by IZEA Marketplace for Crypto Influencers
In a February 10 press release, Nasdaq-listed company IZEA Worldwide said it had started accepting several major cryptocurrencies as payment. The list of such coins includes cryptocurrencies meme Shiba Inu and DOGE, the largest coins by market capitalization – Bitcoin and Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.
IZEA is a global market place where influencers and other talented content creators can sell their services and content for YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Now, many crypto influencers on this platform have expressed a desire to get paid in crypto.
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