Anonymous trader buys $400 million in bitcoin

[gabmen]

It's probably a hedge fund that has invested a small portion of their funds and doesn't understand that you shouldn't keep it all in one address because the blockchain is public and everyone can see what you've done.

Or may be a billionaire who just invested a significant fraction of his wealth in Bitcoin? Hedge fund managers are not that stupid to keep all their coins in one wallet. Before they do any investment, they carefully do the research about its potential implications. Well.. my worst fear is that this wallet belongs to some mafia don.

I agree. This is likely to be an individual who can afford to invest that much money in something as unsure as btc. I don't think this is a blind decision though because for you to put that much money on the table, you have to be prepared and aware of the risks. So that's a calculated investment hoping for a bigger return

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[sjefdeklerk]

I agree. This is likely to be an individual who can afford to invest that much money in something as unsure as btc. I don't think this is a blind decision though because for you to put that much money on the table, you have to be prepared and aware of the risks. So that's a calculated investment hoping for a bigger return

You sir are really THE idiot of the thread. Did you even READ any of the posts here? It's been proven 1000x times that it's just Huobi exchange cold wallet.

[YuTü.Co.in]

For the idiots here: https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/e8fb61953c163500?from_address=3Cbq7aT1tY

Now scroll down that list, look at the big transactions, see who the sender is. Now click on such a big transaction and see how every and each time it's tons of sources addresses moving coins into 1 single address, exactly like an exchange would do when it moves coins into its cold wallet.

Dude, you're buckin' for a lawsuit if you're claimin' that Nathan of Investopedia is full of shit, basing his prowess and venerable research on FACTS gleaned from reliable source in penning the tour de force article now picked up by other [financial-based] rags.

https://www.investopedia.com/contributors/54684/

Nathan Reiff is a writer and musician based in the New York City area. He holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Michigan. Nathan has previously worked for Orion Consultants and Partners in Performance and has written for Internet Brands on subjects ranging from money matters to personal and home development. His interests include technology, travel, and food.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/orion-consultants/

Established in 1974, Orion is a small, dynamic company specializing in consulting for prominent Wall Street and international investment banks.  By using systematic qualitative methods, Orion presents its clients with in-depth market research and offers strategic performance analysis and recommendations.  For more than twenty years, Orion has established a niche in the domestic and European fixed income area.

In the spirit of who's pulling the strings, let's revisit the article partially quoted in the OP, specifically this [quoted verbatim from the original article] ...

https://www.investopedia.com/news/anonymous-cryptocurrency-enthusiast-bought-400-million-bitcoin/

"Not sure who that big buyer was, but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Asia," said Tetras Capital founding partner Alex Sunnarborg.

Who is Alex Sunnarborg?

https://www.coindesk.com/author/alexsunnarborg/

Alex Sunnarborg

Alex is a research analyst at CoinDesk. Previously, Alex was a founder and the CFO of Lawnmower, a blockchain investment and market research firm acquired by CoinDesk in January 2017. Prior, Alex was a debt investment banking analyst at Raymond James. Alex’s research has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, Forbes, Quartz, Yahoo! Finance and VentureBeat. Alex has invested in numerous digital assets including BTC, ETH, ZEC, REP, GNT, and MLN (See: Editorial Policy). Email Alex: alex@coindesk.com. Follow Alex: @alexsunnarborg.

https://www.token2049.com/speakers?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzrTUBRCnARIsAL0mqcwR0T43shwNmB6q9k_L4EmnUDlFAM4ahm5MyLki9E2h3S_TtF6QUAYaAkfKEALw_wcB

Before continuing, look who else is scheduled to speak at the alluded to TOKEN2049 conference in Hong Kong (20-21 March 2018) ...

https://www.token2049.com/speakers?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzrTUBRCnARIsAL0mqcwR0T43shwNmB6q9k_L4EmnUDlFAM4ahm5MyLki9E2h3S_TtF6QUAYaAkfKEALw_wcB

Now, you tell me how it's fuckin humanly possible for a former Orion Consultants, Nathan Reiff, to seek out Alex Sunnarborg who is a professed blockchain research analyst but couldn't connect the simple dots like us mere mortals were able to do literally within seconds - a couple minutes if you're slow or was distracted precisely when three flies were performing a ménage à trois on your ceiling, a forth fly joined in to form a ménage à quatre.

https://twitter.com/alexsunnarborg/status/958761507596263428

Translated: I don't have a fuckin clue on how to read them blockchain thingies but I'm a sought-out guru in the crypto space in knowing when and where Investards should funnel their moneys cuz I'm a blockchain analyst expert recently instrumental in pumping the shit outta Bitcoin prior to speaking at the upcoming Asian dog-and-pony-show conference. Speaking of canines, rumor has it that the following is on the menu ...

"What is this dog shit? I want a pony!!!"

Follow this link to see ALL the [financial-based] rags that picked up on the original story, none of which even remotely fact-checked like astute posters in this thread et al. have done to date: https://www.google.com/search?q=Anonymous+trader+buys+%24400+million+in+bitcoin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS727US727&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijvq6KuLfZAhVnh1QKHYU6BYYQ_AUICigB&biw=1164&bih=537

[OriginTrain]

We need something to bring the price back. Ever since Tether printing stopped it's only fell. Hopefully there's some serious capital injection coming from somewhere.

[YuTü.Co.in]

For the idiots here: https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/e8fb61953c163500?from_address=3Cbq7aT1tY

Now scroll down that list, look at the big transactions, see who the sender is. Now click on such a big transaction and see how every and each time it's tons of sources addresses moving coins into 1 single address, exactly like an exchange would do when it moves coins into its cold wallet.

Dude, you're buckin' for a lawsuit if you're claimin' that Nathan of Investopedia is full of shit, basing his prowess and venerable research on FACTS gleaned from reliable source in penning the tour de force article now picked up by other [financial-based] rags.

https://www.investopedia.com/contributors/54684/

Nathan Reiff is a writer and musician based in the New York City area. He holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Michigan. Nathan has previously worked for Orion Consultants and Partners in Performance and has written for Internet Brands on subjects ranging from money matters to personal and home development. His interests include technology, travel, and food.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/orion-consultants/

Established in 1974, Orion is a small, dynamic company specializing in consulting for prominent Wall Street and international investment banks.  By using systematic qualitative methods, Orion presents its clients with in-depth market research and offers strategic performance analysis and recommendations.  For more than twenty years, Orion has established a niche in the domestic and European fixed income area.

In the spirit of who's pulling the strings, let's revisit the article partially quoted in the OP, specifically this [quoted verbatim from the original article] ...

https://www.investopedia.com/news/anonymous-cryptocurrency-enthusiast-bought-400-million-bitcoin/

"Not sure who that big buyer was, but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Asia," said Tetras Capital founding partner Alex Sunnarborg.

Who is Alex Sunnarborg?

https://www.coindesk.com/author/alexsunnarborg/

Alex Sunnarborg

Alex is a research analyst at CoinDesk. Previously, Alex was a founder and the CFO of Lawnmower, a blockchain investment and market research firm acquired by CoinDesk in January 2017. Prior, Alex was a debt investment banking analyst at Raymond James. Alex’s research has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, Forbes, Quartz, Yahoo! Finance and VentureBeat. Alex has invested in numerous digital assets including BTC, ETH, ZEC, REP, GNT, and MLN (See: Editorial Policy). Email Alex: alex@coindesk.com. Follow Alex: @alexsunnarborg.

https://www.token2049.com/speakers?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzrTUBRCnARIsAL0mqcwR0T43shwNmB6q9k_L4EmnUDlFAM4ahm5MyLki9E2h3S_TtF6QUAYaAkfKEALw_wcB

Before continuing, look who else is scheduled to speak at the alluded to TOKEN2049 conference in Hong Kong (20-21 March 2018) ...

https://www.token2049.com/speakers?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzrTUBRCnARIsAL0mqcwR0T43shwNmB6q9k_L4EmnUDlFAM4ahm5MyLki9E2h3S_TtF6QUAYaAkfKEALw_wcB

Now, you tell me how it's fuckin humanly possible for a former Orion Consultants, Nathan Reiff, to seek out Alex Sunnarborg who is a professed blockchain research analyst but couldn't connect the simple dots like us mere mortals were able to do literally within seconds - a couple minutes if you're slow or was distracted precisely when three flies were performing a ménage à trois on your ceiling, a forth fly joined in to form a ménage à quatre.

https://twitter.com/alexsunnarborg/status/958761507596263428

Translated: I don't have a fuckin clue on how to read them blockchain thingies but I'm a sought-out guru in the crypto space in knowing when and where Investards should funnel their moneys cuz I'm a blockchain analyst expert recently instrumental in pumping the shit outta Bitcoin prior to speaking at the upcoming Asian dog-and-pony-show conference. Speaking of canines, rumor has it that the following is on the menu ...

"What is this dog shit? I want a pony!!!"

Follow this link to see ALL the [financial-based] rags that picked up on the original story, none of which even remotely fact-checked like astute posters in this thread et al. have done to date: https://www.google.com/search?q=Anonymous+trader+buys+%24400+million+in+bitcoin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS727US727&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijvq6KuLfZAhVnh1QKHYU6BYYQ_AUICigB&biw=1164&bih=537

In re the last paragraph, I nailed it! --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQcCIzjz9_s&feature=youtu.be&t=498

[slaman29]

It's actually Huboi according to this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966235.msg30473511#msg30473511

I doubt the real pros make such obvious moves. There'll be all types of autists watching wallets.

Well if it's Huobi or some other big exchange or hedge fund, they're surely trying to fulfill large individual demands, precisely not to make their moves obvious. Newcomers finally finding their way into bitcoin or whales simply about to dump their huge bags of alts? I guess in the big picture, these moves won't matter. But they certainly help prove that Bitcoin in no way is losing its attraction. All the so-called big sell offs have nothing compared to this amount.

I can feel the jealousy from Bitcoin Cash on this type of news!

[tee-rex]

We need something to bring the price back. Ever since Tether printing stopped it's only fell. Hopefully there's some serious capital injection coming from somewhere.

Don't you think that excessive printing of Tether tokens was the primary cause behind bitcoin's unstoppable price growth in late November and December? So things just returned to kind of normal, where they should have been without Tether. But I'm curious what happened to these tokens and those who bought them. To balance supply and demand they should have been destroyed (burned).

[YuTü.Co.in]

We're gonna try this again. The story isn't who or what entity recently amassed a huge amount of bitcoins. The REAL story is who the fuck is controlling the narrative?

https://www.infowars.com/bitcoin-surging-after-mystery-trader-buys-344-million-in-cryptocurrency/

“Not sure who that big buyer was but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the US and Asia,” Alex Sunnarborg, founding partner of Tetras Capital said, as quoted by Marketwatch.

Seriously? InfoWars quoted MarketWatch?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/anonymous-trader-buys-400-million-of-bitcoin-2018-02-16

That's odd. My sources, the same FUCKIN INTERNET they use, contributes the source two days priors to ...

https://www.investopedia.com/news/anonymous-cryptocurrency-enthusiast-bought-400-million-bitcoin/

It gets better ...

First, Alex Sunnarborg is quoted by Investopedia, then two laters, MarketWatch picks up the story and sites Alex verbatim. Now, its SiliconANGLE Media stating that Alex told MarketWatch the exact same phrase two days after it was first penned by Investopedia. What next? Satoshi rising from the grave so to quote Alex's comments that was given to SiliconANGLE during an inclusive interview?

http://www.coindaily.co/2018/02/17/trader-btfd-and-scoops-up-400-million-in-bitcoin/

Yep, another blockchain expect advancing the truism sans doing one iota of research like the astute posters on this thread have done.

Imagine, if you will, some bitcoin scientist on the top floor of some London office building, let's say, muses about who the whale in question is after giving Satoshi head after Satoshi proved beyond doubt to said scientist that he is indeed Satoshi regardless if some future Russian clown cites signalling theory in proving that he's not.

[richardsNY]

I can feel the jealousy from Bitcoin Cash on this type of news!

If Roger Ver wants, he'll move $1 billion worth of BCH without any problems, so it's not that what you say makes any sense, especially when it comes to the other part of your post. If an exchange accumulates a huge sum of funds in one single wallet, it doesn't mean that a large player entered the game or whatever. Huobi could have just done so for convenience purposes, although it isn't safe for an exchange or any other entities to store that many funds in just one single address. For that reason I believe that it's just a matter of time (probably weeks) before they will redistribute these coins in a more efficient and safer manner.

[zxl912157]

Wow that's huge announcement, seems he know now is a good to time time invest after the price down much from the peak.

I do not see any changes with this purchase, with that amount there may be a flash pump. but only a few percent rise.
is this true? or just an issue to increase purchases.

[nightways]

It's actually Huboi according to this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966235.msg30473511#msg30473511

I doubt the real pros make such obvious moves. There'll be all types of autists watching wallets.

Wow, thanks for this information. I really think that this would be a great news to bitcoin and cryptocurrency. And right now, good things are coming. And those bad things, bitcoin is about to forget that. I can say that bitcoin is now recovering.

A lot of people are claiming this to be an exchange and on some other thread, some are claiming it to be one of those bitfinex ways, if you know what I mean. Well, people will say so many things, but the thing is they are all speculations and we cannot really trace the account to anyone. If it is an exchange like some people are saying, which I want to believe it to be, no shit, but for a single person, I totally doubt and like someone said, pro investors will never draw attention to themselves that way.

[YuTü.Co.in]

It's actually Huboi according to this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966235.msg30473511#msg30473511

I doubt the real pros make such obvious moves. There'll be all types of autists watching wallets.

Wow, thanks for this information. I really think that this would be a great news to bitcoin and cryptocurrency. And right now, good things are coming. And those bad things, bitcoin is about to forget that. I can say that bitcoin is now recovering.

A lot of people are claiming this to be an exchange and on some other thread, some are claiming it to be one of those bitfinex ways, if you know what I mean. Well, people will say so many things, but the thing is they are all speculations and we cannot really trace the account to anyone. If it is an exchange like some people are saying, which I want to believe it to be, no shit, but for a single person, I totally doubt and like someone said, pro investors will never draw attention to themselves that way.

Looks like Daddy Bitcoinbucks decided to liquidate some of his holdings ...

https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/e8fb61953c163500?from_address=3Cbq7aT1tY8kMxWLbitaG7yT6bPbKChq64

"Fuckin little bitch now wants a dolden pony, so I had to spend some of my bitcoins."

[YuTü.Co.in]

It looks like the rags can't even connect the dots between two articles they published:

http://bitcoin-newswire.com/2018/02/16/anonymous-trader-buys-400-million-in-bitcoin/

From two years ago, here's an article espousing the wallet address that initially funded the anonymous trader in question: http://bitcoin-newswire.com/2016/06/23/the-mysterious-19000000-litecoin-address-and-some-bitcoin-news/

[HasHe]

regardless of the walletexplorer.com proof, whenever you purchase large amount of bitcoin you don't receive it in a transaction like this f60bb680d4b11a800fa72597dcd21eb803184f064bcf0bb7fb64c2d55d991c42 with 59 inputs and only 1 output any kind of purchase will always have a change address ie. 2 outputs.
additionally when you purchase from exchanges you can not withdraw 6000BTC at a time!
this behavior can only be coming from an exchange service which is moving funds from a lot of addresses to their multisignature cold storage.

p.s. this is what a whale looks like: https://btc.com/bc1q9sh6544xls87x7skjzyfhkty4wq7z76vn7qzq9

That's really a valid point.This explanation seems to be logical since we have not seen any big hike in bitcoin prices despite being bitcoin bought in such a huge volume at once.So,probably this would be an exchange's move to its wallet thus making no difference in bitcoin price.

[YuTü.Co.in]

regardless of the walletexplorer.com proof, whenever you purchase large amount of bitcoin you don't receive it in a transaction like this f60bb680d4b11a800fa72597dcd21eb803184f064bcf0bb7fb64c2d55d991c42 with 59 inputs and only 1 output any kind of purchase will always have a change address ie. 2 outputs.
additionally when you purchase from exchanges you can not withdraw 6000BTC at a time!
this behavior can only be coming from an exchange service which is moving funds from a lot of addresses to their multisignature cold storage.

p.s. this is what a whale looks like: https://btc.com/bc1q9sh6544xls87x7skjzyfhkty4wq7z76vn7qzq9

That's really a valid point.This explanation seems to be logical since we have not seen any big hike in bitcoin prices despite being bitcoin bought in such a huge volume at once.So,probably this would be an exchange's move to its wallet thus making no difference in bitcoin price.

Yet, not a single crypto-based periodical advanced that truism as a distinct possibility because it no maketh grand fodder and mighteth polluteth the official cannon.

[olumyd]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/anonymous-trader-buys-400-million-of-bitcoin-2018-02-16

Go big or go home. That’s the motto of one mysterious investor who put his chips on the table, buying close to $400 million of the No.1 digital currency, bitcoin.

The purchase comes as cryptocurrencies are making a comeback after a dreadful start to 2018.

“Not sure who that big buyer was but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Asia,” Alex Sunnarborg, Founding Partner of Tetras Capital said.

The unknown trader with the bitcoin address 3Cbq7aT1tY8kMxWLbitaG7yT6bPbKChq64 purchased the coins between Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, taking his bitcoin balance from 55,000 coins to more than 96,000.

It's probably a hedge fund that has invested a small portion of their funds and doesn't understand that you shouldn't keep it all in one address because the blockchain is public and everyone can see what you've done.

I think there's too much of manipulation with Bitcoin market. Why that was made public isn't mysterious, either they intended to cause a massive bullish market activity to make BTC rapidly recover from the long correction or they were just showing off. However, I would say that it did have some psychological effect on those who helped raise the market back to the 8k-10k range.

[DRVX]

It's actually Huboi according to this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966235.msg30473511#msg30473511

I doubt the real pros make such obvious moves. There'll be all types of autists watching wallets.

Wow, thanks for this information. I really think that this would be a great news to bitcoin and cryptocurrency. And right now, good things are coming. And those bad things, bitcoin is about to forget that. I can say that bitcoin is now recovering.

Of course it means that rich people, who know how to earn money, believe in Bitcoin future. Now it will start gaining  more and more. People’s belief is very important.

[Gleb Gamow]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-whales-dump-100-million-of-digital-currency-in-24-hours-2018-04-17

The price of bitcoin took a dive Tuesday, falling by more than $200 is less than 20 minutes, which could have been the result of a single seller who unloaded a sizeable amount of the digital currency.

The balance of wallet 3D2oetdNuZUqQHPJmcMDDHYoqkyNVsFk9r — an anonymous digital account which is valued at $1.49 billion — fell by 6,500 bitcoin Tuesday, with the average sale price sale being $8,146.70, a total value of just over $50 million, according to bitinfocharts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/4x3frd/will_somebody_confirm_here_when_they_actually/d6cbzgj/

It looks like they just sent out another 20,000 BTC worth to customers and hot wallet is empty again:

https://blockchain.info/address/1Kr6QSydW9bFQG1mXiPNNu6WpJGmUa9i1g

Why aren't they restocking it again yet?

https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/address/39coweGgC8CPZ6hYL1BBEfc1zqbSfHsprW/transactions

3D2oetdNuZUqQHPJmcMDDHYoqkyNVsFk9r seeds 1Kr6QSydW9bFQG1mXiPNNu6WpJGmUa9i1g, ergo a sperm whale.

Market moves lower by 2K sans a whale and it's mundane news; Chinese miner funds BFNX causing the market to drop by U$200 and the sky's falling.

[Guryon_master]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/anonymous-trader-buys-400-million-of-bitcoin-2018-02-16

Go big or go home. That’s the motto of one mysterious investor who put his chips on the table, buying close to $400 million of the No.1 digital currency, bitcoin.

The purchase comes as cryptocurrencies are making a comeback after a dreadful start to 2018.

“Not sure who that big buyer was but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Asia,” Alex Sunnarborg, Founding Partner of Tetras Capital said.

The unknown trader with the bitcoin address 3Cbq7aT1tY8kMxWLbitaG7yT6bPbKChq64 purchased the coins between Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, taking his bitcoin balance from 55,000 coins to more than 96,000.

It's probably a hedge fund that has invested a small portion of their funds and doesn't understand that you shouldn't keep it all in one address because the blockchain is public and everyone can see what you've done.

So meaning weak hands will regret after this bad market. 'this crazy man who bough such surprising amount during panic time explain plainly that bitcoin will recover soon if not then,  why would you buy 400$ million ammount of bitcoin if it will put you down?
Congrats to the strong ones.

[candolbitcoin214]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/anonymous-trader-buys-400-million-of-bitcoin-2018-02-16

Go big or go home. That’s the motto of one mysterious investor who put his chips on the table, buying close to $400 million of the No.1 digital currency, bitcoin.

The purchase comes as cryptocurrencies are making a comeback after a dreadful start to 2018.

“Not sure who that big buyer was but many have bought this dip and have added since the rebound and additional regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Asia,” Alex Sunnarborg, Founding Partner of Tetras Capital said.

The unknown trader with the bitcoin address 3Cbq7aT1tY8kMxWLbitaG7yT6bPbKChq64 purchased the coins between Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, taking his bitcoin balance from 55,000 coins to more than 96,000.

It's probably a hedge fund that has invested a small portion of their funds and doesn't understand that you shouldn't keep it all in one address because the blockchain is public and everyone can see what you've done.

Wow!  That's alot of money and with that purchase he must have been a very wealthy man with so much faith and believe on bitcoin. Even the deep he sees the crypto potential and this actually has a good effect on the bitcoin market movement😊