Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high of $106.5K, marking a historic moment in its 16-year trajectory. As the world\u2019s leading cryptocurrency gained almost 200% this year, there was a key contributing factor to this price surge.<\/p>\n
The latest data suggest a notable increase in whale wallet activity that has pushed it to a new milestone.<\/p>\n
Since the bull rally began on October 10th, the number of addresses holding at least 100 BTC has climbed from 16,062 to 17,644 \u2013 a net gain of 1,582 wallets, reflecting a substantial 9.9% increase in just nine weeks.<\/p>\n
According to Santiment analysis<\/a> on Monday, this surge in whale accumulation has coincided with a 77% jump in Bitcoin\u2019s price, highlighting the strong correlation between growing investor confidence among large holders and the asset\u2019s upward momentum.<\/p>\n The latest BTC rally followed comments<\/a> from President-elect Donald Trump indicating his intention to form a US Bitcoin strategic reserve similar to the country\u2019s oil stockpile.<\/p>\n The announcement ignited excitement among cryptocurrency bulls, fueling<\/a> the record-breaking rally. Many industry watchers suggest Bitcoin has entered \u201cSanta Claus mode,\u201d with a surge in buying as investors fear missing out and aim to allocate more funds to the asset class.<\/p>\n Since the November 5 election, where Trump and numerous pro-crypto candidates won, Bitcoin has gained more than 50%.<\/p>\n Historically, December is viewed as a bullish month for the asset, but the \u201cSanta Claus Rally\u201d\u2014defined as gains during the last five trading days of the year and the first two of January\u2014has shown mixed performance in the crypto market. Between 2014 and 2023, Bitcoin rallied seven times before Christmas and five times afterward, recording returns of 0.20% to 13.19% pre-Christmas and 0.33% to 10.86% post-Christmas.<\/p>\n Yet, the pattern remains inconsistent; for instance, in 2017, Bitcoin plunged 21.30% pre-Christmas during the post-ICO market correction. Still, December as a whole has averaged returns of 9.48%, as per CoinGecko\u2019s findings<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Bitcoin Hits Record $106.5K as Whale Wallets Surge Amid Trump Comments<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high of $106.5K, marking a historic moment in its 16-year trajectory. As the world\u2019s leading cryptocurrency gained almost 200% this year, there was a key contributing factor to this price surge. The latest data suggest a notable increase in whale wallet activity that has pushed it to a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":28712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bitcoin\u2019s Santa Claus Rally<\/h2>\n