Dormant Whale Wallet Swaps $44.3M in ETH for 492 WBTC

A four-year ETH-holding whale converted over $44 million into Wrapped Bitcoin, signaling a major crypto asset reallocation.

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Summary

A whale that had held Ethereum for four years sold 14,145 ETH valued at $44.3 million for 492 WBTC at a 0.03478 exchange rate and a $90,014 cost basis. The whale had accumulated 22,344 ETH worth $65.15 million from Kraken, Bitfinex, and Poloniex in early 2022 at an average purchase price of $2,916. This transaction marks a significant shift in the whale’s holdings from ETH to Bitcoin exposure.

Terms & Concepts
  • Whale Wallet: A cryptocurrency wallet holding large amounts of digital assets, capable of influencing market movements.
  • ETH (Ethereum): A blockchain-based cryptocurrency used for transactions and smart contracts (self-executing blockchain code).
  • WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin): A tokenized version of Bitcoin operating on the Ethereum blockchain, backed 1:1 with BTC to enable Bitcoin liquidity in DeFi.