What happened: $156,770,472 worth of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) was just moved between 2 anonymous cryptocurrency wallets in a single transaction.
This mysterious person's Ethereum wallet address has been identified as: 0xb8001c3ec9aa1985f6c747e25c28324e4a361ec1
$156 million worth of Ethereum was sent to an unknown recipient, with Ethereum wallet address: 0xe45f2e61c081c9d00e64e4da3d1ce97b14cf8765
Why it matters: Cryptocurrency whales that own millions of dollars in Ethereum tend to move markets single-handedly. If the whale decides to exit this Ethereum position, there could be enough market impact to push down the price of ETH. It takes about $15 to $30 million of sell pressure to move the price of Ethereum down 2% on any given exchange.
You can view more details about the transaction here
According to Glassnode, there are 72,684 Ethereum wallets with over $100,000 in ETH.
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Price Action: Ethereum is up 1% in the past 24 hours.
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Public Blockchain data sourced from Whale Alerts Twitter.
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.
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