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- The non-profit arm of the Ethereum Foundation sold some of its holdings.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Traders opened more short positions moments after the sale.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
On-chain data from Arkham Intelligence showed that the <\/span>Ethereum [ETH]<\/span><\/a> Foundation sold 1,700 ETH, and exchanged it for 2.7 USD Coin [USDC]<\/a> on 9 October.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHow much are <\/span>1,10,100 ETHs worth today<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAccording to the foundation\u2019s <\/span>wallet<\/span><\/a> 0x9eE457023bB3De16D51A003a247BaEaD7fce313, the sell-off took place on the Uniswap [UNI]<\/a> exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n
However, the foundation did not abruptly sell the altcoins without a prior plan. According to Arkham, the non-profit organization sent the coins from its Gnosis Safe Proxy wallet five days ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Few ETH left in the wallet<\/b><\/h4>\n
Commonly used by Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a Gnosis Safe is a smart contract multi-sig wallet running on Ethereum that requires a minimum number of people to approve a transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n
After the sale, Ethereum returned 494,000 USDC to the foundation\u2019s wallet before resending it to the Gnosis Safe. Also, the assets left on the Ethereum Foundation wallet include 240.67 ETH, 49,658 DAI, 10,125 ARB, and 7,096 USDC.<\/span><\/p>\n
However, a look at the foundation\u2019s X (formerly Twitter) page showed that it was unclear why the coins were sold.<\/span><\/p>\n
ETH immediately felt the <\/span>impact<\/span><\/a> of the sale as the price dropped by 1.45 % within 2 hours that the action took place. As a result, the coin price fell below the $1,600 threshold, which it had held for a while. But how about traders?<\/span><\/p>\n
According to Coinglass, ETH\u2019s 4-hour <\/span>Long\/Short Ratio<\/span><\/a> was 0.87. Typically, values over 1 of this indicator suggest more long positions than shorts. Conversely, a Long\/Short Ratio of less than 1 means that there are more short positions than long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nSource: Coinglass<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Watch out for more downside<\/b><\/h4>\n
Therefore, ETH\u2019s aforementioned Long\/Short Ratio means traders share the sentiment that the price may decrease further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
However, the price of ETH may not go below $1,500 in the short term. This is because the Supply on Exchanges stayed put around the same point it has since last week.<\/span><\/p>\n
Supply on Exchanges is a measure of the number of coins sent into exchange wallets from external addresses. If the <\/span>metric<\/span><\/a> spikes, then it means there could be an impending selling pressure. <\/span><\/p>\n
Therefore, the flatlined status means there was enough strength from ETH to withstand the foundation\u2019s sale.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n - Traders opened more short positions moments after the sale.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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