A large amount of ETH worth millions of dollars was transacted by an unidentified Ethereum entity, which is currently in motion. The initial discovery and disclosure of the significant Ethereum transfer was made by Whale Alert, a platform that tracks substantial cryptocurrency transactions.
The Whale Alert reported that an individual transferred 80,000 ETH valued at $154.58 million from an undisclosed wallet to the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US. According to Blockchain data, the multimillion-dollar transaction was executed by the large entity for less than $4 in ETH.
Whale Alert identified several noteworthy Ethereum transactions over the weekend. An unknown wallet transferred 19,093 ETH worth $36.81 million to the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. As per Whale Alert, the ETH balance of significant size was transferred by the whale for a fee of $4.20.
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 80,000 #ETH (154,585,877 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #BinanceUShttps://t.co/LKmthzKGnB
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) May 6, 2023
The transfer of 15,000 ETH worth over $30 million from an Ethereum Foundation-controlled wallet to the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken was also tracked by Whale Alert. Over $11 was spent by the Ethereum developer to transport the ETH hoard.
🚨 🚨 15,000 #ETH (30,039,381 USD) transferred from #ETHDev to unknown wallethttps://t.co/VjVP1bxvjt
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) May 6, 2023
🚨 🚨 12,800 #ETH (25,504,481 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Coinbasehttps://t.co/uz8c5zzckd
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) May 5, 2023
Coinbase received a transfer of 12,800 ETH valued at $25 million from an unidentified wallet in a subsequent transaction by a rich investor. The whale paid transaction fees of under $11. It is possible that the ETH mentioned could be sold on the open market since it was transferred to a cryptocurrency exchange. Ethereum’s current trading price is $1,824, having experienced a 4.5% decrease in value in the last twenty-four hours.