9 Ancient giant whales awaken, hinting at the final round of the crypto bull market?

Author: Wenser, Odaily Planet Daily

With the news of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 50 basis points, the crypto market has begun to end its previous "long" period of consolidation and has started to slowly rise: Bitcoin briefly broke through $64,750, and Ethereum approached $2,700. Meanwhile, many ancient crypto whales, which had long been silent, have recently begun to surface, and even miners' wallets that started Bitcoin mining as early as 2009 have begun their on-chain asset transfer operations, raising concerns about the future market direction. Some have even exclaimed, "This cycle may be the last bull market for retail investors."

Of course, it may be too early to make a judgment now. In this article, Odaily Planet Daily will briefly review the recently awakened "crypto whales" for readers to track and reference.

Ancient Ethereum Whale No. 1: Acquired 1 Million ETH at an Average Price of $0.31

Although the price increase of Ethereum has been relatively limited compared to Bitcoin this year, its ecological status and market influence still rank second only to Bitcoin.

Three months ago, an Ethereum ICO whale began its personal performance:

• On June 8, 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 made its first small transfer to the multi-signature wallet 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4, followed by a transfer of 5 million USDC, which was deposited into the OKX address (0x6Eb6ae5f1027E190AdcC7B66D3aa8f14a7677FAF);
• On July 12, 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 transferred 4,500 ETH in batches to the multi-signature wallet 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4, and then again deposited into OKX, starting its "ETH selling journey," subsequently transferring 6,600 ETH, 20,000 ETH, and 33,000 ETH in batches, and continuing to sell;
• On September 3, this whale deposited another 462 ETH (worth $1.16 million) into OKX. According to monitoring, since July, this whale has sold a total of 48,963 ETH, with a total value of $155 million, at an average selling price of $3,169; at that time, its three staking addresses still held 697,000 ETH, equivalent to over $1.7 billion;
• From September 5 to 22, this whale continued to sell in batches, with the most recent sale depositing 491 ETH into OKX. Since July 8, it has sold a total of 52,794 ETH (approximately $164 million), with an average deposit price of $3,112.

One must say, ancient whales are terrifying.

Recent "dumping" records

Main tracking address:

https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xe17E2774c8B2453172Fb3b44E9F822c718fa0Ab7

ICO address: 0x1937C5c515057553cCBd46D5866455cE66290284 (currently fully liquidated);

Dumping address: 0xe17E2774c8B2453172Fb3b44E9F822c718fa0Ab7 (balance of $28.71 million in assets, mainly over 10,800 ETH);

Other addresses:

1) 0x7d6149aD9A573A6E2Ca6eBf7D4897c1B766841B4 (balance of $188 million, including 52,870 ETH);

2) 0xd656374CEB16e2dF41e8C66Eb71b8f30a63b422d (balance of $5.733 million, including 2,169 ETH);

3) 0xb0555C4C2f8aD5a562A69F217598EEE0585CC8d3 (balance of over $20,000, only 7.8 ETH).

Whale No. 1 belongs to the type that is wealthy and has multiple hiding places.

Ancient Ethereum Whale No. 2: Acquired 150,000 ETH at an Average Price of $0.31

On July 30, 2015, this whale acquired 150,000 ETH at an average price of $0.31, which was then distributed to multiple addresses.

On June 18, after sleeping for two years, this whale quickly sold 10,000 ETH worth $35.39 million within three days. At that time, it still had five addresses holding 75,000 ETH, with an unrealized profit of $257 million;

On September 23, today, this whale sold another 3,510 ETH (worth $9.12 million). Currently, it still holds 71,490 ETH distributed across five holding addresses (approximately $187 million).

ICO address: 0xb8cc0f060aad92d4eb8b36b3b95ce9e90eb383d7 (currently fully liquidated);

Five current holding addresses:

1) https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xBF4E47672B9418865bB27147d1B09fCB00573C06 (balance of $52.764 million, including 20,000 ETH);

2) https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xA60C073eaA1bdC3F56aF8a9292B9A1E6d3c7E5b7 (balance of $39.573 million, including 15,000 ETH);

3) https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0x35c9BBD1e0dDEadca4118A2378E9B0D1959B79F1 (balance of $39.573 million, including 15,000 ETH);

4) https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xB1E52e319B83dd3bEdBaE9878B63F67B535dE2be (balance of $30.312 million, including 11,490 ETH);

5) https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0x5406217655c8DEbE51774C08A0A7cB516bA2F122 (balance of $26.382 million, including 10,000 ETH).

Whale No. 2 belongs to the type that is not active unless necessary, but when it moves, it is astonishing.

Ancient Ethereum Whale No. 3: From ICO 310,000 ETH to TheDAO Refund of 100,000 ETH

On September 18, a certain ancient Ethereum whale deposited 4,000 ETH (worth $9.33 million) into the exchange Kraken, suspected to be selling.

It is understood that this whale not only participated in the Ethereum ICO, acquiring 310,000 ETH; it also received 100,000 ETH from the The DAO refund contract distributed on July 24, 2016 (which was worth only $1.28 million at that time).

ICO address: 0x512b91bbfAa9E581ef683fc90d9DB22a8F49f48B (fully liquidated);

Main tracking address: https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xdDf744374B46Aa980ddcE4a5AA216478bf925cD1 (balance of $52.054 million, including 19,679 ETH and 40.894 million HEX).

Holding information

Ancient Ethereum Whale No. 4: Built a Position of 16,636 ETH at an Average Price of $5.23

Compared to the previous ancient whales that participated in the ICO, this whale belongs to the "more ancient" category, and its holding average price has significantly increased from the ICO's $0.31 to $5.23, but it has still enjoyed hundreds of times of appreciation up to now.

In February 2016, this whale received 16,636 ETH from @ShapeShift at a unit price of $5.23.

After a lapse of eight and a half years, on September 16 of this year, this whale began its selling journey—first transferring 16,636 ETH (worth $39.62 million that day) to the address 0xe3e…566, and then selling 350 ETH at a price of $2,340.

It is understood that when it received these 16,636 ETH, they were worth only $87,000, and now they are worth as much as $44.015 million. If it had waited until today to sell, it would have achieved a 505-fold increase in asset value.

2016 ETH receiving address: 0x996A4A7E6ec3DeEdbe47522216112bdBae8aC2e2 (currently fully liquidated);

ETH selling address: 0xE3E5540B029d4662F6E99a5Af3E8b431Cff59566 (currently fully converted into USDT stablecoin, balance of $39.745 million).

Tracking address: https://etherscan.io/address/0xE3E5540B029d4662F6E99a5Af3E8b431Cff59566

Bitcoin Genesis Mining Whale: Sudden Sell-off from 5 Mining Addresses from 2009

Not only have ancient Ethereum whales awakened one after another, but even Bitcoin genesis mining whales from the "wild era" of cryptocurrency have recently woken up.

On September 20, it was monitored that Bitcoin miner wallets dormant for over 15.6 years were transferring Bitcoin assets. Among them, five miner wallets quickly transferred 250 Bitcoins within an hour, with a total value of $15.9 million. It is understood that as early as 2009, these wallets received 50 Bitcoins per block as mining rewards; now, 50 Bitcoins are worth about $3.18 million.

Here are the five mining address wallets:

1C4rE41Kox3jZbdJT9yatyh4H2fMxP8qmD

18E5d2wQdAfutcXgziHZR71izLRyjSzGSX

13J8FkimCLQ2EnP1xRm7yHhpaZQa9H4p8E

1MBBJBFEaYKHFZAeV7hQ7DWdu3aZktjzFH

1CGT3Ywaa2upJfWtUtbXonDPNTfZPWqzmA

Whale Alert monitoring records of the day

Summary: After the Federal Reserve's Rate Cut, the Crypto Whale Sell-off May Continue

After the Federal Reserve's rate cut news came out, the crypto market responded positively in the short term, but on the other hand, it also intensified some market participants' concerns about an economic recession. Perhaps due to this consideration, there have been numerous recent actions from crypto whales, even the usually "calm and low-key" Shen Yu recently deposited 85.6 WBTC (worth $5.37 million) into Binance. It remains unclear whether this is for "pocket money" or a routine "asset movement."

However, from now until the results of the U.S. election are announced, as the market trend rises, the sell-off tide of crypto whales may continue to take advantage of the upward trend.