In brief
The number of #Bitcoin "wholecoiner" addresses (holding ≥ 1 BTC) on this day every year 📈
Data: https://t.co/VJm4nRFKp8 pic.twitter.com/6VJff2vB3r
— Rafael Schultze-Kraft (@n3ocortex) November 26, 2020

$118,054.00
0.62%$3,752.43
0.76%$3.19
1.45%$794.13
1.71%$185.44
-0.27%$0.999805
-0.01%$0.237409
1.12%$3,755.43
0.91%$0.319775
1.22%$0.826445
1.60%$118,139.00
0.82%$4,531.69
0.87%$43.95
0.78%$4.19
5.23%$0.438482
1.48%$18.40
0.57%$0.284232
8.07%$4,038.86
1.08%$559.92
1.30%$25.02
4.35%$4,031.98
1.08%$114.54
0.67%$3,764.32
1.09%$8.98
0.10%$0.00001405
0.02%$3.31
3.98%$0.999718
-0.01%$1.001
-0.01%$1.00
0.09%$10.60
1.85%$44.15
0.32%$4.16
1.56%$118,040.00
0.61%$323.55
1.06%$0.0000126
0.83%$4.56
0.38%$0.140238
6.21%$296.99
1.07%$1.19
0.04%$429.40
0.51%$0.610616
0.49%$2.90
1.47%$22.93
1.26%$0.441602
-0.22%$1.049
0.86%$4.83
1.98%$5.70
1.40%$225.87
-0.34%$48.29
0.48%$0.00003457
-1.71%$0.795335
3.97%$0.04256774
9.32%$0.099111
-0.82%$1.00
0.00%$0.277583
4.05%$0.453191
2.24%$3,751.68
0.88%$0.02604467
1.25%$4.80
1.92%$1.001
0.02%$4.25
1.24%$0.236964
1.15%$17.83
1.30%$1.17
0.45%$10.19
1.40%$0.094358
1.36%$0.342064
2.77%$4.58
1.14%$0.735841
-0.48%$197.54
-0.01%$1.97
4.56%$2.68
1.38%$0.02545651
13.42%$122.75
1.15%$4,281.86
0.92%$118,090.00
0.78%$0.558436
1.64%$3,940.57
0.80%$1.061
0.03%$5.50
0.24%$5.08
-0.08%$1.11
6.75%$11.68
-2.53%$15.07
7.59%$0.090266
3.38%$0.999746
0.00%$3,958.43
0.92%$1.94
-0.37%$4,019.48
0.97%$4,050.64
0.60%$1.00
0.04%$0.997266
-0.09%$1.33
-2.06%$1.31
-0.87%$0.812197
0.75%$0.727076
0.67%$3,952.25
0.81%$0.00012965
0.38%$1.00
0.02%$117,402.00
0.12%$208.40
-0.31%$0.337897
1.42%$0.569461
1.40%$1.072
0.01%$795.69
1.99%$0.105967
0.97%$1.58
0.91%$30.36
6.18%$1.00
0.15%$0.00279445
3.90%$0.166524
2.35%$1.087
-1.19%$2.81
3.15%$3,742.63
0.82%$0.184994
-1.23%$0.898643
1.08%$118,381.00
0.97%$3,355.64
0.08%$243.05
-0.26%$119,121.00
0.82%$1.11
0.04%$0.345746
-1.79%$0.573133
-0.09%$0.898985
2.04%$0.999826
-0.02%$0.01745163
1.40%$0.212623
2.90%$3,349.99
-0.12%$3.04
1.54%$0.01782484
1.10%$3,747.64
0.62%$4,014.32
0.89%$9.80
7.94%$3,926.63
1.29%$0.894195
0.99%$1.00
0.06%$0.311098
2.25%$0.131047
1.54%$4.46
-0.05%$2.01
1.78%$111.94
0.00%$1.091
1.51%$0.490097
9.80%$0.998692
0.01%$0.00000068
0.99%$41.52
1.71%$118,295.00
0.90%$0.557234
-3.00%$0.416671
1.17%$3,746.49
0.58%$1.97
1.56%$3.40
0.55%$0.318666
0.77%$0.236926
0.59%$0.00873637
0.05%$0.00000155
2.56%$29.49
1.62%$4,000.10
0.87%$0.997789
0.01%$0.999971
0.01%$118,068.00
0.60%$0.01648025
5.82%$0.339343
-7.69%$0.056598
1.09%$116,896.00
0.30%$0.554509
-0.05%$3,764.03
1.04%$0.00597703
3.86%$1.00
0.02%$4,139.57
0.84%$0.54355
-5.48%$0.074273
0.43%$1.48
-0.12%$0.0088273
2.63%$1.23
4.58%$43.86
0.48%$0.639978
-2.38%$7.72
-0.11%$0.421797
2.94%$4,110.13
2.01%$1.091
7.04%$0.999378
-0.02%$0.195228
4.43%$5.94
11.44%$0.132793
0.19%$0.629186
-1.29%$16.52
0.63%$6.67
1.70%$49.39
1.45%$0.00000047
1.28%$1.16
-0.02%$4,554.11
1.06%$0.00002266
0.26%$3,739.81
0.75%$0.00854525
4.87%$0.401375
0.55%$2.61
0.29%$1.36
0.24%$3,746.34
0.69%$7.46
0.41%$0.04285567
0.99%$0.416505
-2.43%$10.76
0.00%$0.057065
1.20%$13.96
2.51%$1.094
0.00%$0.00000096
13.72%$0.999804
-0.01%$0.991184
-1.03%$0.084774
1.22%$0.284117
1.48%$0.999789
-0.01%$0.188618
-0.25%$0.391527
8.09%$0.999484
-0.01%$30.41
4.25%$25.01
4.23%$0.02015568
4.95%$203.31
-0.27%$0.950854
12.88%$43.72
0.63%$0.574714
0.16%$1.38
1.90%$0.145487
1.63%$141.19
-2.62%$0.564557
1.15%$0.03741603
1.05%$0.376502
-2.05%$0.03436724
1.81%$0.810226
2.97%$22.34
0.56%$0.00519076
-0.34%$117,276.00
0.19%$0.00006334
0.76%$0.00349481
-4.02%$0.00401287
1.46%$117,966.00
0.62%$0.237498
1.44%$0.749525
0.90%$0.807263
0.82%$0.999763
-0.01%$3,940.30
0.90%$0.00389459
0.56%$1.36
-1.09%$4,228.88
0.74%$0.00365209
2.07%$0.086628
0.93%$1.001
0.20%Reading
The number of addresses holding at least one whole Bitcoin dropped by nearly 1,000 yesterday as whales dumped their assets in the wake of a sell-off earlier this week.
It’s most likely a reflection of Bitcoin’s dropping from about $18,700 to about $17,100 on the night of November 25.
That crash may have been prompted when OKEx resumed withdrawals after its founder was released from custody and when $1.3 billion in Bitcoin options expired yesterday. Bitcoin’s current price is $17,356.
Data from analytics company Glassnode suggests that the total number of so-called “wholecoiners” is roughly correlated to price, in that the dips and rises tend to line up, but that on the whole, the number of wholecoiners fluctuates far less.
You can see that most clearly during the Bitcoin explosion of 2017, as the price increased exponentially, and the number of people holding over one Bitcoin increased to a lesser extent.
The graphs don’t always line up: when prices declined in 2014, for example, more and more addresses leapt over the 1 BTC mark. And in September of this year, the number of addresses holding at least that much Bitcoin dropped by almost 15,000, despite relative stability in the price.
The number of #Bitcoin "wholecoiner" addresses (holding ≥ 1 BTC) on this day every year 📈
Data: https://t.co/VJm4nRFKp8 pic.twitter.com/6VJff2vB3r
— Rafael Schultze-Kraft (@n3ocortex) November 26, 2020
But looked at broadly, the number of wholecoiners has followed a slow, upward trajectory from 2009, when Bitcoin was first introduced, to now, in 2020.
This number represents a decent chunk of the more than 32 million addresses that hold a nonzero value in Bitcoin, and the vast majority of Bitcoin’s market cap.
Together, wholecoiners are responsible for over $300 billion of the total $320 billion that’s out there.
Bitcoin prices rise and fall, but traders’ cumulative wealth keeps climbing; despite the recent hiccup, the number of addresses holding at least one whole Bitcoin is still hovering around 820,000.
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