{"id":168620,"date":"2021-02-02T08:37:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/22-3-million-bitcoin-addresses-were-active-during-january\/"},"modified":"2021-02-02T08:37:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:37:23","slug":"22-3-million-bitcoin-addresses-were-active-during-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/22-3-million-bitcoin-addresses-were-active-during-january\/","title":{"rendered":"# 22.3 million Bitcoin addresses were active during January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># 22.3 million Bitcoin addresses were active during January <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>January was a record month for Bitcoin\u2019s price and network activity, with more than 22.3 million unique addresses actively sending or receiving BTC over 31 days.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone was spotted by crypto market data aggregator Glassnode, who tweeted that January had seen the highest monthly number of unique active addresses in Bitcoin\u2019s history:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> network activity at ATH.<\/p>\n<p>In January, more than 22.3 million unique addresses were active in the network sending or receiving <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> \u2013 the highest monthly number in Bitcoin&#8217;s history to date <\/p>\n<p>Chart: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yPPOix0KFx\">https:\/\/t.co\/yPPOix0KFx<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yjWwYbRC98\">pic.twitter.com\/yjWwYbRC98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 glassnode (@glassnode) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glassnode\/status\/1356182450934845440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>January\u2019s spike in activity beats out the previous record of more than 21 million active addresses from December 2017. Since 2017, the number of unique addresses engaging with Bitcoin has not fallen below 10 million per month.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the increase in unique active wallets, Glassnode also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/the-week-on-chain-week-5-2021\/\">noted <\/a>the number of \u201cactive entities\u201d on the Bitcoin network has decreased significantly since spiking into new highs in early January.<\/p>\n<p>Glassnode <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/studio.glassnode.com\/metrics?a=BTC&amp;category=Entities&amp;m=entities.ActiveCount&amp;mAvg=7&amp;mMedian=0&amp;s=1580606624&amp;u=1612142624&amp;zoom=365\">defines<\/a> an entity as \u201ca cluster of addresses that are controlled by the same network entity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin trade volumes spiked to record levels last month as Bitcoin surged past $30,000 to post all-time highs near $42,000 on Jan. 8 before posting three weeks of aggressive range-bound consolidation.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-02\/2f07b76a-a940-4036-91a6-79a0a5747743.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">BTC\/USD since Dec 2020, 4-hr chart: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/?exchange=COINBASE\">TradingView<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Feb. 2, U.S.-based exchange Kraken <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kraken.com\/post\/7734\/kraken-deploys-system-upgrades-after-surge-in-crypto-interest\/\">announced<\/a> it had processed more transactional volume during January 2021 than it had during all of 2019, with $56 billion worth of assets changing hands on the platform last month.<\/p>\n<p>The month saw numerous cryptocurrency exchanges experience outages, with Kraken and Coinbase <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.coinbase.com\/brief-incident-post-mortem-january-6-7-2021-441f6224da93\">announcing<\/a> measures intended to prevent future failures in the event of surging traffic and volume.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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