Cryptocurrency Toncoin (TON) has seen a significant surge in large transaction volume within the last 24 hours, suggesting substantial whale activity amidst a broader market sell-off in the crypto sector valued at $482 million.
On-chain data reveals an increase in TON transactions valued at over $100,000, indicating that large holders are actively accumulating or redistributing their crypto holdings.
The crypto market continued its sell-off from Tuesday's session into Thursday's session, with crypto positions worth $482 million liquidated in the last 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data. These substantial liquidations across various crypto assets indicate the selling pressure that has impacted the majority of digital assets.
Bitcoin slipped for the third consecutive day, decreasing by 2.26% in the last 24 hours. Most other major tokens also declined, with Dogecoin decreasing by 3.83% and Cardano (ADA) falling by 6.83%.
Toncoin, however, has seen a surge in large transaction volumes, which, according to IntoTheBlock data, reached $8.21 billion, or 1.54 trillion TON in crypto terms, showing a 24-hour increase of 94%. An increase in large transaction volume typically indicates a surge in whale activity, either buying or selling.
At the time of writing, TON was showing an initial rebound, up 0.09% in the last 24 hours and down 7.49% in the past week.
The crypto market extended its sell-off as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve's December Meeting minutes released on Wednesday. During the meeting, Fed officials suggested that the pace of interest rate cuts might slow this year, sparking concerns about inflation.
"Almost all participants judged that upside risks to the inflation outlook had increased," the meeting minutes stated. "As reasons for this judgment, participants cited recent stronger-than-expected readings on inflation and the likely effects of potential changes in trade and immigration policy."
A series of job data has been released this week, and investors are anticipating the nonfarm payrolls report on Friday, which is among the last critical pieces of data to be unveiled before the Fed's meeting at the end of January.
