Bitfinex’s coffers hold 66,000 fewer Bitcoin than they did four weeks ago. Does the increase in its Ether holdings make up for the loss?
Bitfinex’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings have decreased by 66,000 in the past four weeks.
On March 17, the exchange held 200,140 Bitcoin. By April 13 this amount had dwindled by 33%, to just 134,091 Bitcoin. The massive decrease mirrors that experienced by BitMEX, which saw a 38% percent decline in its Bitcoin holdings after the mid-March “flash crash”.
Source: TokenAnalyst Bitfinex BTC Balances & Net Flow.
There has been an overall trend recently of users moving their digital assets off exchanges, but most saw much more minor decreases. One exchange, Poloniex even managed to increase its Bitcoin holdings during the same time period.
Source: glassnode
While Bitfinex has seen a mass exodus of BTC, its Ether (ETH) deposits increased by more than 100,000 during the same period. But to put that in perspective, if converted to USD, the increase in Ether would only make up for 15% of the decrease in BTC.
Source: TokenAnalyst Bitfinex ETH Balances & Net Flow.
It’s likely a combination of factors has contributed to the overall trend. Firstly, exchange users may be expecting the price of Bitcoin to appreciate in view of the approaching halving and are moving Bitcoin off exchanges for better long-term safekeeping. Secondly, it could be a variation on “flight to quality”, where users move assets from exchanges with less than stellar reputations to the ones they perceive to be more trustworthy.
Source: , CoinTelegraph
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