With the news that the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by 50 basis points, the crypto market began to end the previous "long" period of shock and began to rise slowly after a long absence: Bitcoin once exceeded $64,750, and Ethereum was once close to $2,700.
At the same time, many ancient crypto whale that once disappeared have slowly surfaced recently. Even the wallets of miners who started mining Bitcoin as early as 2009 have also started their own on-chain asset transfer operations, making people wonder. The market outlook can't help but feel a little more nervous. Some people even exclaimed: "This cycle may be the last bull market for retail investors."
This article briefly takes stock of the “crypto whale” that have recently ended their slumber and are slowly waking up for readers’ tracking reference.
Ethereum Ancient Whale No. 1: ICO obtained 1 million ETH, with an average price of US$0.31
Although the price increase of Ethereum has been more limited than that of Bitcoin since this year, its ecological status and market influence still rank second after Bitcoin. Since 3 months ago, an Ethereum ICO whale has also started his personal performance:
- On June 8, 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 made the first small transfer to the multi-signature wallet 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4, and then transferred 5 million USDC and deposited it into the OKX address (0x 6Eb6ae5f1027E190AdcC7B66D3aa8f14a7677FAF);
- On July 12, 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 transferred 4500 ETH to the multi-signature wallet 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 in batches, and then deposited it into OKX again for shipment, and then started his own "E TH selling trip", and then transferred 6,600 ETH in batches again. 20,000 ETH, 33,000 ETH, and are continuing to be shipped.
- On September 3, the whale deposited another 462 ETH (worth $1.16 million) into OKX. According to monitoring, since July, the whale has sold a total of 48,963 ETH, with a total value of US$155 million, and an average selling price of US$3,169. At that time, its three pledge addresses still held 697,000 ETH, equivalent to more than US$1.7 billion. ;
- From September 5th to September 22nd, the whale was still in scattered shipments. The latest sell-off deposited 491 ETH into OKX. Since July 8, it has sold a total of 52,794 ETH (approximately US$164 million), with an average deposit of 52,794 ETH. The entry price is $3112.
I have to say that the ancient whale is so terrifying.
Main tracking address:
https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xe17E2774c8B2453172Fb3b44E9F822c718fa0Ab7
IC0 address: 0x1937C5c515057553cCBd46D5866455cE66290284 (currently cleared);
Smashing address: 0xe17E2774c8B2453172Fb3b44E9F822c718fa0Ab7 (balance of assets of US$28.71 million, mainly more than 10,800 ETH);
Other addresses:
- 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 (balance $188 million, including 52,870 ETH);
- 0xd656374CEB16e2dF41e8C66Eb71b8f30a63b422d (balance of 5.733 million US dollars, including 2169 ETH);
- 0xb0555C4C2f8aD5a562A69F217598EEE0585CC8d3 (the balance is more than 20,000 US dollars, only 7.8 ETH).
Whale No. 1 is a wealthy and cunning type.
Ethereum Ancient Whale 2: IC0 obtained 150,000 ETH, with an average price of US$0.31
On July 30, 2015, the whale obtained 150,000 ETH at an average price of US$0.31, and then distributed it to multiple addresses.
On June 18, after sleeping for 2 years, the whale quickly sold 10,000 ETH in three days, worth US$35.39 million. At that time, it still held 75,000 ETH in five addresses, with a floating profit of US$257 million;
On September 23, today, the whale once again sold 3,510 ETH (worth $9.12 million). Currently, he still holds 71,490 ETH scattered among 5 currency holding addresses (approximately US$187 million).
IC0 address: 0xb8cc0f060aad92d4eb8b36b3b95ce9e90eb383d7 (currently cleared);
5 current currency holding addresses:
- https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xBF4E47672B9418865bB27147d1B09fCB00573C06 (balance of US$52.764 million, including 20,000 ETH);
- https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xA60C073eaA1bdC3F56aF8a9292B9A1E6d3c7E5b7 (balance of US$39.573 million, including 15,000 ETH);
- https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0x35c9BBD1e0dDEadca4118A2378E9B0D1959B79F1 (balance $39.573 million, including 15,000 ETH);
- https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xB1E52e319B83dd3bEdBaE9878B63F67B535dE2be (balance of US$30.312 million, including 11,490 ETH);
- https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0x5406217655c8DEbE51774C08A0A7cB516bA2F122 (balance of 26.382 million US dollars, including 10,000 ETH).
Whale No. 2 is a type that just stays still but makes a surprising move.
Ethereum Ancient Whale No. 3: Refund 100,000 ETH from IC0 310,000 ETH to TheDAO
On September 18, an ancient Ethereum whale deposited 4,000 ETH (worth US$9.33 million) into the exchange Kraken, which was suspected of selling.
It is understood that this whale not only participated in the Ethereum ICO and received 310,000 ETH; he also received 100,000 ETH distributed by The DAO incident refund contract on July 24, 2016 (which was only worth US$1.28 million at the time) ).
IC0 address: 0x512b91bbfAa9E581ef683fc90d9DB22a8F49f48B (cleared);
Main tracking address: https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xdDf744374B46Aa980ddcE4a5AA216478bf925cD1 (balance of US$52.054 million, including 19,679 ETH and 40.894 million HEX).
Ethereum Ancient Whale No. 4: Open a position of 16,636 ETH at an average price of US$5.23
Compared with the previous ancient whale who participated in the ICO, this whale belongs to the "more ancient" category, and the average holding price has also risen sharply to US$5.23 compared to the ICO's US$0.31, but it still enjoys the benefits so far. Hundreds of times increase.
In February 2016, the whale received 16,636 ETH from @ShapeShift at a unit price of $5.23.
Eight and a half years later, on September 16 this year, the whale started his own sell-off - he first transferred 16,636 ETH (worth US$39.62 million on that day) to the 0xe3e...566 address, and then sold it at US$2,340. The price was 350 ETH.
It is understood that the 16,636 ETH he received was worth only US$87,000 at the time, and is now worth up to US$44.015 million. If he could persist until today before selling, it would be equivalent to a 505-fold increase in assets.
ETH receiving address in 2016: 0x996A4A7E6ec3DeEdbe47522216112bdBae8aC2e2 (currently cleared);
Selling ETH address: 0xE3E5540B029d4662F6E99a5Af3E8b431Cff59566 (currently all have been converted into USDT stablecoins, with a balance of US$39.745 million).
Tracking address: https://etherscan.io/address/0xE3E5540B029d4662F6E99a5Af3E8b431Cff59566
Bitcoin Genesis Mining Whale: Sudden Sell-off of 5 Mining Addresses from 2009
Not only are the ancient whale of Ethereum waking up one after another, but even the Bitcoin genesis mining whale from the "barbaric period" of cryptocurrency have recently woken up from their slumber.
On September 20, according to monitoring, Bitcoin miner wallets that have been dormant for more than 15.6 years are transferring Bitcoin assets. Among them, 5 miner wallets quickly transferred 250 Bitcoins within an hour, with a total value of 15.9 million US dollars. It is understood that as early as 2009, these wallets received 50 Bitcoins per block as mining rewards; now, the price of 50 Bitcoins is about $3.18 million.
The following are 5 mining address wallets:
- 1C4rE41Kox3jZbdJT9yatyh4H2fMxP8qmD
- 18E5d2wQdAfutcXgziHZR71izLRyjSzGSX
- 13J8FkimCLQ2EnP1xRm7yHhpaZQa9H4p8E
- 1MBBJBFEaYKHFZAeV7hQ7DWdu3aZktjzFH
- 1CGT3Ywaa2upJfWtUtbXonDPNTfZPWqzmA
Summary: After the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, the crypto whale selling wave may continue
After the news of the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate cut came out, the crypto market saw short-term spot buying, but on the other hand, it also intensified some market participants' concerns about the economic recession. Perhaps due to this consideration, many crypto whale have made frequent moves recently. Even Shenyu, who has always been "calm and low-key", recently deposited 85.6 WBTC (worth US$5.37 million) into Binance. It is not clear whether it is "exchange for pocket money" or a regular "asset move".
But between now and the results of the U.S. election are announced, as the market prices rise, the selling wave of crypto whale may continue to take advantage of the upward trend.
