2026-01-18 15:25:52

Imagine this: a tech billionaire transferring $30 million, which is just like a regular millionaire sending out $41 in terms of their total assets.

What does this comparison reveal? Absolute numbers of wealth can often deceive us. When you see a transaction in the tens of millions, your first reaction might be "Wow, that's a huge amount of money," but in the context of extreme wealth disparity, it's just a drop in the bucket.

This is also why in the crypto market, every move by some of the big whales is worth paying attention to — their "small" amounts could be large transactions by retail investors. Relative value always explains the situation better than absolute numbers.

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ImpermanentPhilosopher

· 6h ago

Basically, us retail investors are scared off by 30 million, while for the wealthy, it's just pocket change. The gap is truly astonishing. When whales move, we have to follow the trend. If they shake off a small amount, we go all in. It's terrifying when you think about it carefully. The concept of relative value is so crucial. Absolute amounts can't fool people at all. The problem is that we are still easily brainwashed by absolute numbers. That's why we need to keep an eye on whale wallets. Their daily operations might be the next market signal.

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DecentralizedElder

· 6h ago

Wow, this analogy is brilliant. The psychological gap between $41 and 30 million is truly a core contrast.

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SatsStacking

· 6h ago

Huh, so that's why keeping a close eye on whale wallets is so important. --- 30 million USD sounds intimidating, but for those people, it's really pocket change... We need to learn to look at relative value. --- Exactly, retail investors get dazzled by transactions in the tens of millions, while whales can easily dump a small fraction and cause a market crash. The gap is huge. --- So, rather than just looking at the numbers themselves, it's more important to see how much proportion of assets they can move. That's the real power. --- Got it. No wonder on-chain data analysis is so valuable—it’s about turning absolute numbers into relative comparisons.

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