ETH price gets head start after billion dollar whales’ buyout
According to Crypto Analytics Portal Emotion, yesterday was marked by purchases by the largest holders of Ethereum, whose position sizes in the altcoin ranged from 10,000 ETH to 1 million ETH. The purchases by this group of investors totaled 947,940 ETH, equivalent to $1.03 billion bought at the end of the day.
The final transaction was so big that yesterday became the fifth largest day for Ethereum purchases by whales in a 365-day span. As the source points out, all previous instances of such events were followed by Ethereum’s price rising by an average of 3.2% against Bitcoin.
building pressure
Despite the positive experience of such previous buying waves, it is worth noting that such pressure was hardly exerted on Ethereum quotes at that time. The FTX crash brought down the price of altcoins as well as the story of a hacker who stole 228,523 ETH from the crypto exchange and became its 35th largest holder.
While the attacker was dumping Ethereum in exchange for Bitcoin (BTC), another black swan emerged in the form of the bankruptcy of premium crypto broker Genesis, which had exposure to FTX. The fall of the broker and its affiliates could initiate further pressure by bringing 3 million ETH onto the crypto market.
