#TradeStories Largest whales with massive profits
A number of major cryptocurrency investors (known as "whales") have made huge profits in recent years, taking advantage of market volatility and early investments in specific coins. Here are the highlights of these profits:
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🥇 1. Earnings of nearly $100 million from $MELANIA coin
In January 2025, a group of traders bought $2.6 million worth of $MELANIA coins just minutes before Melania Trump announced it. After the announcement, the value of the coin surged significantly, enabling these traders to achieve profits of nearly $100 million within a few hours. One wallet alone made over $43 million from this deal.
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🥈 2. Earned $1.6 billion from trading SHIB, ETH, and CRO
In 2023, an anonymous investor managed to achieve profits of approximately $1.6 billion through trading Shiba Inu (SHIB), Ethereum (ETH), and Cronos (CRO). This investor started with a small portfolio and invested in low-market-cap coins, resulting in an increase of over 3,475,000% in his portfolio.
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🥉 3. Converted $3,800 to $109 million through SHIB
In August 2020, a whale invested a small amount of $3,800 to buy 15.28 trillion SHIB coins. As the value of the coin later increased, his total profits reached about $109 million, and he still retains a large portion of these coins.
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🏅 4. Earned $274.8 million from trading ETH
In 2019, an investor bought 87,085 Ethereum at a price of $153 each, for a total cost of $13.4 million. Between November 2023 and December 2024, he resold these coins at an average price of $3,331, achieving a profit of $274.8 million.
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🪙 5. Profits of $27 million from SOL coin
In November 2023, a whale invested $8.6 million to buy 200,000 Solana (SOL) coins at a price of $43 each. As the price of the coin later increased, he made profits exceeding $27 million. $ETH
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