With BlackRock expecting its Spot Bitcoin ETF to be approved on Wednesday (January 10), we noticed two smart BTC whales returning to accumulate 1,755 BTC ($77.1M) from Binance in the past 2 days.

1. Smart whale bc1pj accumulated 1,750 BTC ($76.9M) at $43,953 on average:

• address: bc1pj526y7h5prd9hp8lhl0nwmlraazech0204twghmq2jnrqn4mg7mslruqzd

Previously, the smart whale accumulated 6,000 BTC ($158.66M) at an average price of $26,444 from August 24 to September 2, 2023; and then deposited 3,000 BTC ($105.7M) to Binance at an average price of $35,241 between October 18 and December 4, 2023, making $26.4M.

Currently, the whale holds 4,750 BTC ($207.4M).

Fig 1. Smart whale bc1pj accumulated 1,750 BTC ($76.9M) from Binance in the past 2 days.

2. Smart whale 3MVqp withdrew 5 BTC ($217K) at $43,426.26 just now:

• address: 3MVqpffHLe5qr2KrKyvtvgzHcHg6mYef6r

Previously, this whale traded BTC 3 times in 2023, all of which were profitable (win rate: 100%) and yielded the whale a cumulative profit of $61M.

Fig 2. Smart whale 3MVqp withdrew a test transaction of 5 BTC ($217K) from Binance just now.