Minor crypto investors turn extremely greedy for BTC and ETH
The number of investor wallets holding relatively small amounts of the major cryptocurrencies, BTC and ETH, is breaking old records and setting new ones. According to glassnodeThe number of investors is increasing by the day, with the exception of whales and sharks traditionally referred to as shrimp, crab and other sea creatures.
Greed is on for Bitcoin and Ethereum holders
Overall statistics for Bitcoin show that the number of non-zero addresses reached a monthly high of 43.33 million in December. Of these, 11.4 million addresses are held by investors with balances greater than 0.01 BTC, which is an all-time high. The same goes for those holding more than 1 BTC, of which there are currently 976,444 addresses.
The number of people with balances above 10 BTC stood at 155,000, the most in three years, and those with more than 100 BTC are now at their highest level since the start of the year.
The same pattern is seen in Ethereum, where the number of addresses holding more than 0.01 ETH reached a four-month high of 22.8 million addresses. Moreover, the number of those holding more than 10 ETH reached an all-time high of 351,715, while the number of addresses with more than 100 ETH reached a 21-month high of 48,295.
