{"id":142076,"date":"2023-09-01T20:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=142076"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:50:28","slug":"ethereum-records-massive-whale-activity-amidst-eth-price-drop-santiment-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/ethereum-records-massive-whale-activity-amidst-eth-price-drop-santiment-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Records Massive Whale Activity Amidst ETH Price Drop: Santiment &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the last week, Ethereum (ETH) has seen its price take a slight hit following the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-liquidations-top-500-million\/\">general market <\/a>crash due\u00a0to reports of a massive Bitcoin sell-off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/ethereum\/\"> data from CoinMarketCap<\/a>, ETH is down by 5.01% in the last seven days, bringing its total price loss in the previous month to 10.80%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albeit, despite<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/eth\/ethereum-price-grinds-lower-1550\/\"> Ethereum\u2019s negative performance<\/a>, the on-chain analytics platform, Santiment, has noted some positive developments in terms of whale activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethereum Experiences Highest Whale Activity In 4 Months<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Thursday, August 24, Santiment<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/1694739127927992467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1694739127927992467%7Ctwgr%5E4254a02760509c03df35cc8c3c6c796598f65727%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finvezz.com%2Fnews%2F2023%2F08%2F24%2Fethereum-whale-activity-spikes-to-16-week-high%2F\"> posted<\/a> a report on X (formerly Twitter) stating that Ethereum has recorded its largest level of whale transactions in the last 16 weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the blockchain intelligence firm, there has been a notable increase in transactions by addresses with large ETH holdings following the token\u2019s fall beneath the 1,650 price mark last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc33 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethereum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethereum<\/a>\u2018s network has picked up in large address activity during this drop below $1,650 and its highly volatile price conditions. The amount of wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> has risen back up to 355K, and $100K+ transactions have surged. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X137U93ZYu\">https:\/\/t.co\/X137U93ZYu<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J9lyMoeBmf\">pic.twitter.com\/J9lyMoeBmf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santiment (@santimentfeed) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/1694739127927992467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sentiment reported that Ethereum experienced 23,073<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/ethereum\/ethereum-whale-avoids-market-crash\/\"> ETH whale<\/a> transactions in the past week, marking the network\u2019s highest since May 4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, the report also stated that the number of wallets with 10-10,000 ETH had surged by 1,788 since the start of June, returning this metric to the previous high of 355,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could The ETH Market Experience A Boost Soon?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on Santiment\u2019s report, it can be inferred that the decline in ETH\u2019s price has led to a buying spree by large investors anticipating a price surge, thus taking advantage of the current market dip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing more insight into this trend, Lookonchain, another market intelligence firm, has also reported on the ongoing accumulation of ETH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Via an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1694560619993940293\">X post on Thursday<\/a>, Lookonchain stated that four whales have collectively purchased 56,100 ETH, valued at $94 million, in the last seven days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following such heavy investments, it appears that ETH major investors are banking on the prominent altcoin to begin a market rebound soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coincodex.com\/crypto\/ethereum\/price-prediction\/\">data from Coincodex<\/a> states that general market sentiments around ETH remain bearish. At the same time, the Fear &amp; Greed Index is set at 41, indicating that many other investors are still skeptical about the token\u2019s potential gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ETH is trading at $1,652.06 at the time of writing, with a 1.861% loss on the last day. In tandem, the token\u2019s trading volume is also down by 31.07%, valued at $5.67 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notwithstanding, with a market cap value of $198.36 billion, Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">ETH trading at $1,652.4 on the weekly chart | Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/xg17RJqK\/\">ETHUSD chart on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>Featured image from BBC Wildlife Magazine, chart from Tradingview.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week, Ethereum (ETH) has seen its price take a slight hit following the general market crash due\u00a0to reports of a massive Bitcoin sell-off. According to data from CoinMarketCap, ETH is down by 5.01% in the last seven days, bringing its total price loss in the previous month to 10.80%.\u00a0 Albeit, despite Ethereum\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-142076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146751,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142076\/revisions\/146751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}