What happened: $145,624,605 worth of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) was just moved between 2 anonymous cryptocurrency wallets in a single transaction.
This mysterious person’s Ethereum wallet address has been identified as: 0x5c0fcb5c4fa375a45bae55a128351cf33459f56d
$145 million worth of Ethereum was sent to an unknown recipient, with Ethereum wallet address: 0xb272dae1f4f46cefefb512196b2cd74f40830630
Why it matters: Cryptocurrency whales that own millions of dollars in Ethereum tend to move markets single-handedly. If the whale decides to exit this Ethereum position, there could be enough market impact to push down the price of ETH. It takes about $15 to $30 million of sell pressure to move the price of Ethereum down 2% on any given exchange.
You can view more details about the transaction here
According to Glassnode, there are 65,685 Ethereum wallets with over $100,000 in ETH.
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Price Action: Ethereum is down -2% in the past 24 hours.
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Public Blockchain data sourced from Whale Alerts Twitter.
This article was generated by Benzinga’s automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.
