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Crypto whales shuffle millions via Binance amid regulatory scrutiny

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Amid executive departures and trading suspensions, Binance faces liquidity concerns as whale activity reveals a complex pattern. Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange, remains under scrutiny while the community maintains a cautious stance concerning its general liquidity. In the past week, several high-level executives from the exchange’s APAC and Eastern Europe divisions have resigned. Moreover, Binance has temporarily suspended trading of multiple altcoins, including the BUSD stablecoin, in response to mounting regulatory pressure. You might also like: Binance Russia execs leave amid ongoing rumors of market exit As these issues converge, whales appear to be changing tact, shuffling coins around. Data from crypto analysis platform, Lookonchain, reveals that a whale transferred $4 million worth of Synthetix (SNX) on Sep. 6, a day following the 2% rise of SNX prices. A newly created address withdrew 1.7M $SNX ($4M) from #Binance 30 minutes ago.https://t.co/vOIj1...

Dormant whale awakens after 8 years, moves over $116 million of Ethereum to Kraken

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An Ethereum wallet address that has been dormant for eight years recently moved its entire stash of 61,216 ETH, valued at $116 million at spot rates as of July 19, to an address on Kraken, a crypto exchange. Initially worth approximately $20 million during the pre-mine phase, ETH prices have since surged, lifting the entire stash by 8X to roughly $116 million over the years . A dormant pre-mine address containing 61,216 #ETH (116,396,127 USD) has just been activated after 8.0 years!https://t.co/f79T0fYa7b — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) July 18, 2023 Money on the move Etherscan data verified the pre-mined 61,216 ETH movement to a Kraken wallet address on July 18 at 7:30 pm Eastern Time. Surprisingly, the transfer of $116 million worth of ETH incurred $1.5 in transaction fees. Ethereum Transaction | Source: Etherscan Before sending, he first sent 0.05 ETH as a test to the Kraken address. Ethereum USD Price Chart | Source: CoinMarketCap Coinciding with this bi...

Ether whale moves 3k ETH to Binance

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An ethereum trader that recently made a $4.49 million profit by trading ETH on the Binance exchange has just transferred 3,000 ETH to the exchange again. Ether trader moves value The global cryptocurrency markets have seen a resurgence in recent weeks, overcoming the widespread FUD triggered by the U.S. SEC’s enforcement actions against several market participants. Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, has also witnessed strong bullish momentum this week, hitting a high of over $1,976 on July 3.  However, despite the strong charge of the bulls so far, on-chain data released by Spot on Chain shows an ETH trader, who had previously earned a profit of over $4 million by correctly catching the token’s previous dump-pump cycles, may be anticipating an imminent ether price crash. You might also like: Revenge trading goes wrong as whale losses $1.88M on ETH shorts Per a Twitter thread by the researchers, the trader has transferred 3000 ETH (worth around...