The price of Ethereum ($ETH) has surged by approximately 7% in the past three hours, reaching beyond the $3,600 mark. Remarkably, the price growth is accompanied by substantial whale action on the blockchain. Over this timeframe, the systems spotted two significant whale transactions across addresses 0x666 and 0x435.
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Ethereum Whales Withdraw $40M from Binance
In total, the two whales removed 11,657 $ETH, equal to about $40.28 million, from Binance at an average price of around $3,455. In general, such substantial withdrawals from exchanges signal that whales are buying
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Furthermore, over the last 14 hours, there have been two whales that have gotten $ETH using USDT, further pushing the price over $3,400. One group contains eight wallets, probably the same individual, that paid $20.86 million in USDT for 6,145 $ETH at an average price of around $3,395 over the last 9 hours. Additionally, whale address 0x5e9 invested $14.25 million in DAI to buy 4,178 $ETH with an average of around $3,410 over the past 14 hours.
Ethereum Whales Display Bullish Spirit, Profiting $7.48M from ETH and WBTC Trades
It is crucial to note that address 0x5e9 had previously realized a total profit of $7.48 million from a trade for $ETH and one for WBTC. This signifies a spirit of bullishness amongst large investors.
These transactions are not only a hint that the large stakeholders involved are bullish in the long run, they are also at the heart of an overall bullish market sentiment. These large acquisitions of $ETH with $USDT indicate the flight to DeFi and the wider Ethereum construct.
Ultimately, the price rise and the sizeable whales signify hope for Ethereum. Large stakeholders’ continuance acquisition of $ETH further cements the idea that the blockchain and decentralized finance example are entering a new era.