No Vitalik, No Problem: Whale Sells Ethereum (ETH) For Maker (MKR)

Name	Symbol	Market	Market Cap ($)	Algorithm
SHIBA INU	SHIBUSD	Crypto	10,017,774,846	Not Mineable

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Market

Market Cap ($)

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SHIBA INU

SHIBUSD

Crypto

10,017,774,846

Not Mineable

	Price Change	Price Change %	Current Price	Bid Price	Offer
	0.00	0.00%	0.000017	0.000017	0.000017

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0.00

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0.000017

High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Prev. Close	52 Week Range
0.000017	0.000017	0.000017	0.000017	0.00000662 - 0.000048

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0.000017

0.00000662 - 0.000048

Exchange	Last Trade	Size	Trade Price	Currency
GDAX	20:25:59	250,414.00	0.000017	USD

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GDAX

20:25:59

250,414.00

0.000017

USD

Price x Volume	Volume	Base Symbol	Related Pairs
11,453,663.37	115,996,115,652.94	SHIB	SHIBEUR	SHIBGBP	SHIBBTC

Price x Volume

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Base Symbol

Related Pairs

11,453,663.37

115,996,115,652.94

No Vitalik, No Problem: Whale Sells Ethereum (ETH) For Maker (MKR)

04/09/2023 11:00pm

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Less than a week after Vitalik Buterin, one of the co-founders of Ethereum, sold his Maker (MKR) stash for ETH, one crypto whale has done the opposite. On-chain data on September 4 shows that one Ethereum holder sold 694 ETH, worth roughly $1.13 million when writing, for 1,010 MKR. At the time of the swap, MKR was changing hands at $1,122. Whale Swaps ETH For MKR As of September 4, the address, “0x3737,” had over $20.37 million worth of assets. While the whale trades against Vitalik and doubles down on MKR, zooming in on the address’s portfolio shows that the largest holding is ETH. The address holds 10,000 ETH worth $16.3 million at spot rates, representing over 75% of the total portfolio. Meanwhile, some of his other major holdings include Arbitrum (ARB), worth $2.9 million, and MKR, worth $1.1 million. Related Reading: XRP Summer Showdown: Trading Hype Versus Price Reality, What Lies Ahead? MKR, the token issued by MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that controls the minting of DAI, a stablecoin on Ethereum, has been ripping higher in the last few months. MKR plays a key role in stabilizing DAO and is used as a last resort. Holders participate in governance, voting on proposals that best stabilize the algorithmic stablecoin, deciding collateral types accepted, stability fee adjustments, and others. From June, MKR has more than doubled, rising 125% to peak at around $1,300 in early August. It is now trading at over $1,100, up 13% from August lows. Maker Presents Endgame The token’s surge has been attributed to multiple factors, specifically the release of the “Endgame” roadmap. Under this plan, MakerDAO plans to, among other things, release their blockchain, rebrand, and introduce two more tokens. This move is significant because MakerDAO is among the first decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. According to DeFiLlama data, the protocol has a total value locked (TVL) of over $5 billion. It is the largest decentralized money market in the world. Meanwhile, DAI, its algorithmic yield-earning stablecoin, has been stable recently and is the largest in Ethereum. At press time, DAI had a market cap of $5.3 billion, perched at 12th on the leaderboard. At this pace, DAI is the third-largest stablecoin after USDT and USDC. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Whales Begin Accumulation As Shibarium Grows Vitalik Buterin, despite the stellar performance of MKR relative to the broader crypto market, liquidated $580,000 worth of MKR after MakerDAO’s co-founder, Rune Christensen, said it was considering launching a new blockchain bridging to Ethereum that’s based on Solana’s code. The new blockchain, dubbed NewChain, is part of MakerDAO’s roadmap, “Endgame”. Feature image from Canva, chart from TradingView

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