“A large Bitcoin (BTC) whale holding 68,000 BTC ($523 million), has not moved the funds for more than five years and on-chain data shows other whales have similarly held onto their BTC for 4.7 years on average.

“Although Bitcoin is the top ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap,  whales holding on to the digital asset without selling for years does not protect BTC from a steep downtrend. On March 12, the price dropped to as low as $3,600 and many whales did not move their funds at the time.