Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold over 1,300 ETH in the last 11 days. According to on-chain data provided by Spot On Chain, Buterin’s wallet, identified as “0x556,” recently moved $1.72 million in ETH, worth 649 ETH, to Paxos, a crypto exchange. This transaction is part of a series of ETH sales as Buterin continues to reduce his holdings.
Wallet “0x556,” associated with @VitalikButerin, deposited the last 649 $ETH ($1.72M) to #Paxos ~20 hours ago.
Notably, on Sep 19, wallet “0x556” received 1,300 $ETH ($3.21M) from wallet “0xd04,” which got funded with 70K $ETH by Vitalik Buterin in 2022.
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— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) September 30, 2024
On September 19, Buterin’s wallet received 1,300 ETH worth $3.38 million from a wallet identified as “0xd04.” This wallet identified as “0xd04” received 70,000 ETH from Buterin in 2022. In the last 11 days, Buterin transferred all the 1,300 ETH on Paxos at an average price of $2,581 for one ETH. The sum of the transfers is approximately $3.35 million.
Buterin’s sales of Ethereum come even as the currency shows resistance after peaking at $2,700. The ETH price faced selling pressure from this level, correcting 2% amid recent transfers. At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $2,635.66. Market capitalization was $316 billion. Some speculate as to why Buterin made these transactions, while his new “Ethereum Alignment” project promotes a more decentralized environment.
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An on-chain tracking service, Lookonchain, reported a large whale flow. This particular trader, along with institutions, indicates that there is more to come for Ethereum in the long run. The Ethereum ETF inflows started coming in the last week, indicating institutions’ participation. The recent whale activity shows the investors’ confidence in the revival of the Ethereum price despite facing widespread resistance at the current levels
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