20,000 ETH Moved Between Wallets as Whales Continue to Buy: Details

WhaleAlert reports that nearly 20,000 ETH, or 55,719,034 worth, have been moved in between wallets as whales continue to accumulate the second-largest cryptocurrency. Large Ethereum addresses are still accumulating funds on the market despite the suppressed performance of the cryptocurrency.

Per WhaleStats data, whales have been grabbing assets such as Ethereum, Shiba Inu, SAND and MANA in recent hours. Ethereum also ranks among the top 10 purchased by whales.

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Top Ten Purchased Tokens, Source: WhaleStats

Simply defined, a whale is someone who owns a lot of cryptocurrencies or is otherwise a large holder. Two ETH transactions of FTM whales acquiring 450 ETH, or $1,234,386 worth, and 392 ETH, or $1,062,426 worth, were spotted on the blockchain.

U.Today previously reported substantial accumulation by whale addresses despite suppressed price performance. Per Santiment data, Ethereum’s billionaire addresses (holding 1 million to 10 million ETH) accumulated 2.2% more of the supply over the past six months despite the price correction.

Ethereum Merge launches on testnet

Ethereum Merge launched on the Kiln testnet earlier, paving the way for the blockchain’s eventual transition to a proof-of-stake network, with network validators already producing post-merge blocks containing transactions.

The phrase “merge” refers to the deployment of Ethereum’s execution layer—the existing Ethereum proof-of-work network—to the “consensus layer” of the Beacon chain, which is Ethereum’s forthcoming proof-of-stake blockchain.

ETH developers say that Kiln will be the final merge testnet constructed before existing public testnets are upgraded. Ether was exchanging hands at just over $2,797 at the time of writing, following an intraday spike to highs of $2,820.

Source: https://u.today/20000-eth-moved-between-wallets-as-whales-continue-to-buy-details