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WhaleAlert reports that nearly 20,000 ETH, or 55,719,034 worth, have been moved in between wallets as whales continue to accumulate the second-largest cryptocurrency. Large Ethereum addresses are still accumulating funds on the market despite the suppressed performance of the cryptocurrency.
? ? ? ? ? 20,000 #ETH (55,719,034 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallethttps://t.co/myJJ0PywJF
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) March 16, 2022
Per WhaleStats data, whales have been grabbing assets such as Ethereum, Shiba Inu, SAND and MANA in recent hours. Ethereum also ranks among the top 10 purchased by whales.
Simply defined, a whale is someone who owns a lot of cryptocurrencies or is otherwise a large holder. Two ETH transactions of FTM whales acquiring 450 ETH, or $1,234,386 worth, and 392 ETH, or $1,062,426 worth, were spotted on the blockchain.
? A FTM whale just bought 450 $eth ($1,234,386 USD).
— WhaleStats - the top 1000 Fantom richlist (@WhaleStatsFTM) March 16, 2022
Transaction hash: 0xbd3248363cee9530b56d29e77fed671d0d0e3cef1b82da1957aefc43f650db3d#fantom #whalestats
? A FTM whale just bought 392 $eth ($1,062,426 USD).
— WhaleStats - the top 1000 Fantom richlist (@WhaleStatsFTM) March 16, 2022
Transaction hash: 0x92b25b39cf588ecb71d4eb4e95a160718feb3750e848189cb9e7e8d05e7ee3c1#fantom #whalestats
U.Today previously reported substantial accumulation by whale addresses despite suppressed price performance. Per Santiment data, Ethereum's billionaire addresses (holding 1 million to 10 million ETH) accumulated 2.2% more of the supply over the past six months despite the price correction.
Ethereum Merge launches on testnet
Ethereum Merge launched on the Kiln testnet earlier, paving the way for the blockchain's eventual transition to a proof-of-stake network, with network validators already producing post-merge blocks containing transactions.
The phrase "merge" refers to the deployment of Ethereum's execution layer—the existing Ethereum proof-of-work network—to the "consensus layer" of the Beacon chain, which is Ethereum's forthcoming proof-of-stake blockchain.
ETH developers say that Kiln will be the final merge testnet constructed before existing public testnets are upgraded. Ether was exchanging hands at just over $2,797 at the time of writing, following an intraday spike to highs of $2,820.
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