Fears tend to mount whenever an OG crypto whale starts shifting funds, but this one used it to double down on the blockchain network.
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Another Ethereum whale has just woken from dormancy after a decade of silence — but rather than sell, the whale has deployed its entire stash into staking.
The Ether (ETH) wallet holds 40,000 tokens, which the holder paid around $12,000 for during in July 2015, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain. It is now worth $120 million.
However, rather than move the funds to a , the ICO-era whale their entire ETH holding, suggesting the whale is doubling down on their conviction in Ethereum.
There has over the last month about , with some analysts attributing recent crypto price fluctuations to their actions.
Two other Ether OGs sold, one staked
Another OG wallet, which stacked 254,908 tokens during the Ether ICO, selling their holdings on Nov. 26.
In an initial sale, the whale sold 20,000 Ether, just $9.3 million in Ether left as of Saturday.
At the same time, another OG who had 154,076 Ether, starting in 2017, sent 18,000 tokens to the web-based crypto exchange Bitstamp. Previously, the whale had sold off 87,824 Ether at an average price of $1,694.
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A larger Ether ICO wallet that woke up after eight years in September also to stake some of their stash. The whale snapped up 1 million tokens during Ethereum’s genesis and moved 150,000 Ether to a new wallet for staking.
Top Ether holders still accumulating
While some OG Ether whales might be selling, the top addresses are still accumulating. Last Wednesday, the supply of Ether held by the top 1% addresses rose to 97.6%, up from a year ago, when they only had 96.1%, to blockchain data platform Glassnode.
The Eth2 Beacon Deposit Contract holds the most Ether at 72.4 million, which is worth around $203 billion and represents around 60% of the total supply, to blockchain intelligence platform Arkham.
Crypto exchange Binance holds the second-largest amount, with 4 million, and asset manager BlackRock makes up the rest of the top three, with 3.9 million Ether in its stash.
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