Word of the Day : January 6, 2021
Whale
The term "whale" is used to describe investors or organizations that holds an uncommonly large amount of a particular cryptocurrency. Thus, whales own enough funds to manipulate the market by cause a significant impact on the price, by selling or buying large amounts.
There is no exact threshold to fit into this definition, but in terms of bitcoin a whale should hold at least 1000 BTC.
According to an article released in the year 2020 on cryptounit.com the top 10 Bitcoin whales in the world are:
Satoshi Nakomoto
Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI)
The Winklevoss Twins
Micree Zhan
Jihan Wu
Charlie Sherem
Tim Draper
Barry Silbert
Huobi
- North Korean Regime