On the one hand, the crypto exchanges have been experiencing a tumble in the balance of Bitcoin, while on the other hand, some of the platforms started accumulating Tether (USDT).
The amount of BTC held by BitMEX and Bitfinex has reached new lows following the March 12th crash. Bitfinex now holds 93.8K BTC, down from 193.9k on March 13th. BitMEX’s BTC supply is now down to 216.0K BTC, down from a peak of 315.7K on March 13th. H/T @coinmetrics pic.twitter.com/gesZ3QahcK
Since March 13, the Bitcoin holdings on BitMEX and Bitfinex came down by 100,000 BTC each.
According to a report, “Bitfinex now holds 93.8K BTC, down from 193.9k on March 13th. BitMEX’s BTC supply is now down to 216.0K BTC, down from a peak of 315.7K on March 13th”.
In April 2020, an observation was being regarding the decline of BTC holdings explains that the outflow follows a trend.
At that time only, the Bitcoin balance held by BitMEX collapsed 25 percent and currently, it is settled at 32 percent. While comparing to BitMEX, Bitfinex’s Bitcoin balance is going down more rapidly, and recently, it settles at 52 percent.
An assumption is being made that this outflow of Bitcoin from the exchanges is linked with the market crash which happened on March 12, 2020, and the price of Bitcoin reached to $3,800. While the market was dealing with Bitcoin crash, many of the crypto derivatives exchanges noticed an outflow of forced liquidation which mostly affected the BitMEX traders as they had suffered the most loss.
According to the reports, the trading of Bitcoin for USDT on exchanges reduced their exposure to BTC and that is the reason BTC started streaming out from the platform.
On the other hand, the Tether balance on exchanges is growing and currently have reached at its all-time high (ATH) position, a report by crypto analytics provider Glassnode.
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