A retreat of a $ETH staking giant/institution: They staked 40,128 ETH in March last year and redeemed these ETH a month ago. Then, over the last two weeks, they have transferred a total of 41,400 ETH ($100M) to multiple CEXs primarily based on HTX.
However, when they staked last year, the price of ETH was around $3,227, while the current price of ETH is only $2,417. This means they have actually lost $28.8 million after staking for more than a year.
An address transferred 4.29 million $CRV ($2.35M) to Kraken 7 hours ago, and CRV subsequently fell 5%.
This address also realized a loss of $747,000 on CRV: he withdrew these 4.29 million CRV from Kraken at $0.72 in April-May and sold them at $0.54 today.
With a $400 million position curse, @AguilaTrades has lost four times in a row on $BTC, losing $34.18 million, and has now opened a long position of $137 million in BTC. Currently, BTC is on a good upward trend, and his position now has an unrealized profit of $2.17 million. Could it be that he is finally going to win this time?
This month, he has failed four times in a row on $BTC, losing $34.18 million: First time: Opened a long BTC position at $434 million, then BTC retraced over $4000, closed the position at a loss of $12.48 million; Second time: Opened a long BTC position at $420 million, then BTC retraced over $4000, closed the position at a loss of $2.94 million; Third time: Opened a long BTC position again at $424 million, then BTC retraced over $7000, closed the position at a loss of $15.86 million; Fourth time: Opened a short BTC position at $122 million, then BTC rose, closed the position at a loss of $2.90 million;
The fifth time, which is now, he has also opened a long position of 1,283 BTC with 20x leverage, with a position value of $137 million. Opening price $105,457, liquidation price $102,842, currently having an unrealized profit of $2.17 million. Position observation link🔗👉: https://t.co/rVq7JZvTG5
A whale closed its short positions in BTC and ETH at the lowest point before the rebound at 1 AM, then bought ETH spot.
He basically closed his short positions worth $62.8 million at the lowest point before the rebound: BTC averaged around $101,400 and ETH averaged around $2,224. These shorts earned him $3.07 million.
After closing the positions, he bought 6,037 ETH for $13.88 million, with an average price of $2,299. He now has an unrealized profit of $720,000.
This move of closing shorts and going long was correct; if it weren't for this action, his shorts would have been underwater instead of making a profit of $3.79 million now.
A whale closed its short positions in BTC and ETH at the lowest point before a rebound at 1 AM, then flipped and bought ETH spot.
He basically closed his short positions worth $62.8 million at the lowest point before the rebound: BTC averaged around $101,400, and ETH averaged around $2,224. These short positions earned him $3.07 million.
After closing, he used $13.88 million to buy 6,037 ETH, with an average price of $2,299. He now has a floating profit of $720,000.
His move from short to long paid off; if it weren't for this short to long operation, his shorts would have been underwater, rather than currently making a profit of $3.79 million.
Boss Yi @Jackyi_ld, it turns out that your @Trend_Research_ not only holds 173,000 ETH, but also controls 64.25% of the total supply of the Meme coin @NeiroOnEthereum (uppercase NEIRO, contract ending in 2637)!~ Could it be that you are the so-called "conspiracy group"? 🥹
Since it's almost time for Boss Yi and their ETH options to exercise, I wanted to calculate the approximate cost of the $ETH they hold. So I organized the addresses of Trend Research and found that among the several addresses holding ETH, there was a common token: NEIRO.
So I followed up and found that they hold 64.25% of the total NEIRO through 13 associated addresses, worth $55.69 million. Among the top 21 holding addresses of NEIRO, besides 8 exchange/market maker/pool addresses, there are these 13 addresses.
This 64.25% of total NEIRO was withdrawn from Bybit and Gate during the period from 3/24 to 5/30, and during this period, the price of NEIRO increased 6 times ($0.0165-$0.1155), which should be their manipulation.
Boss Yi, how do you plan to control NEIRO next? NEIRO has contracts on Binance, OKX, and Bybit, and theoretically, the strategies used for those previous high-controlled "demon coins" can also be applied.
Trend Research's 173,000 ETH holding address set (not necessarily complete, there may be more not counted): https://t.co/Z7FSCpZw8J Trend Research's 64.25% total NEIRO holding address set (not necessarily complete, there may be more not counted): https://t.co/PNLpYRgQ35
Investment institution @arca seems to have invested in $PENDLE again: they have withdrawn a total of 2.183 million PENDLE ($8.31M) from Binance in the last 6 days, at a price of $3.8.
In the past year, they actually made 3 investments in $PENDLE, but overall it resulted in a loss (approximately $960,000).
A whale decided to sell 1,270.5 $MKR ($2.48M) after holding it for over 2 years: Transferred to Kraken 15 minutes ago.
The 1,270.5 $MKR was purchased by him through Kraken, Binance, and Wintermute between 2022 and 2023, with an average price of $895. 15 minutes ago, he decided to sell these MKR and transferred all of them to Kraken. At the current MKR price, he will realize a profit of $1.34 million (+118%).
In order to let more people know about and experience some of the functional products on Bybit, Bybit has launched a user education campaign that is somewhat gamified. They have set up a high prize pool of 1 million USDT for this campaign, attracting you to participate and simultaneously experience their products, so that next time you have related needs, you can think of Bybit.
This campaign is divided into two parts: Activity One focuses on firsthand product experience, where completing simple tasks allows you to draw from a prize pool of 300,000 USDT; Activity Two is a bit more advanced, where you can earn points through trading and holding positions, and then share in the prize pool of 700,000 USDT based on points. It is recommended to at least participate in Activity One first, and if you're interested, you can then move on to the advanced Activity Two.
Sign up and learn more about the activity on the homepage: https://t.co/TmI37GxKjH If you haven't registered on Bybit, register here: https://t.co/jwxKsODbMk
Activity One: Light up the Asset Map By completing simple tasks, you can obtain up to 13 lottery tickets. Each draw gives you a chance to win an airdrop of 1,000 USDT from the 300,000 USDT prize pool. The required capital for these tasks is very small, focusing on firsthand product experience. Once the tasks are completed, you can immediately claim your lottery tickets on the activity page to participate in the draw.
Activity Two: Points Activity It's still the same products from Activity One, but the difference is that points are accumulated through trading volume and position size, and ultimately, the prize pool of up to 700,000 USDT will be shared based on the proportion of points. The activity will last until July 11.
Why are CEXs generally enthusiastic about sponsoring events and charitable activities that are difficult to see direct returns in the short term?
Compared to promotional activities that emphasize immediate conversion and precise profit-loss ratios (such as return on investment, user acquisition effects, capital inflow, and transaction volume increase), brand promotion indeed appears to be "slow to yield results." Brand promotion focuses more on long-term value building and emotional connection—once brand effects are formed, their influence is far-reaching and lasting.
This is because large events or charitable projects have unique outreach advantages: they can cover a broad potential user base beyond the existing customer group, significantly broadening user coverage while effectively enhancing the brand's social influence and public awareness. Therefore, for CEXs, it is crucial to continuously invest in brand building where immediate returns cannot be obtained.
For instance, Bitget has invested heavily in brand aspects such as charity, event sponsorship, and compliance in just the first half of this year, doing a lot of work👇
Recent highlights: ➡️ Achieved a three-year strategic public welfare cooperation with UNICEF. Both parties will empower 300,000 young women and educators in 8 developing countries, with collaborations including assisting UNICEF in developing the first game + blockchain interactive course. UNICEF was established in 1946 and is the first UN agency to accept cryptocurrency donations; it has previously collaborated with the Ethereum Foundation and Binance Charity.
Additionally, the brand promotion in the first half of the year includes: Public Welfare: ➡️ Collaborated with the UN Refugee Agency to donate 100,000 iftar meals. ➡️ Provided public network services for remote areas through the Starlink program. ➡️ Jointly invested $10 million with Avalanche to promote the development of the crypto ecosystem in India. ➡️ Collaborated with the Blockchain Center of Zurich University to provide full scholarships for students. Sponsorship: ➡️ Became the official sponsor of professional drivers at the "2025 Porsche Cup Brazil Station." ➡️ Launched a new advertisement with Barcelona star Raphinha. ➡️ Exclusively launched La Liga-themed skins. ➡️ Attended a hackathon organized by Google Developer Community as a sponsor. ➡️ Became a core sponsor of the ETH Hangzhou hackathon. Compliance: ➡️ Obtained the VASP license issued by the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency. ➡️ Obtained the Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license in El Salvador, completing the dual-license compliance layout. And much more...
Gate's $BTC on-chain earning management has rapidly grown in the past two weeks, increasing from 95 BTC to 578 BTC, an increase of 483 BTC.
Due to a large amount of BTC entering Gate for investment, Gate also became the CEX with the highest net inflow of BTC yesterday: an inflow of 469.62 BTC.
Gate's $BTC on-chain earning management is flexible, allowing for redemption at any time. Additionally, there is currently a promotional activity, with a subsidized annualized return of 3% (2% + 1%). This annualized return is not low, especially considering that most places now have BTC flexible earning management with an annualized return of less than 1%.
Moreover, Gate has also shown significant growth in derivatives trading volume recently. According to the May CEX data report compiled by @WuBlockchain, Gate achieved a 66% month-over-month increase, becoming the CEX with the highest growth in derivatives trading volume.
The quantitative investment firm @ManifoldTrading has likely purchased $2 million worth of $CRV
They probably transferred $2 million USDC to Binance through the address 0x7a02 two days ago and then withdrew 3.145 million CRV from Binance. The purchase price was $0.63.
Sky @SkyEcosystem (formerly MakerDAO) co-founder @RuneKek has used staking rewards to repurchase 4.33 million $SKY ($330,000) in the past 2 days.
A few days ago, Sky launched $USDS staking rewards for $SKY, and Rune's address has staked 3.16 billion $SKY ($229 million), currently earning about 100,000 $USDS daily. He received staking rewards twice on the 4th and early this morning, totaling 330,000 USDS, which he then repurchased into 4.33 million SKY at a price of $0.076.
It remains to be seen how long he can continue repurchasing; $100,000 a day is not a small number.
The address of HTX has retrieved 570 million USDT from Aave in the last three hours, so the borrowable liquidity of USDT on Aave has temporarily dropped to $91.95 million. Address link🔗👉:https://t.co/Bgq2zeOfeq
As a result of the decrease in borrowable liquidity, the deposit and borrowing rates for USDT on Aave have skyrocketed: The deposit rate has increased from 3.8% to the current 29%; The borrowing rate has increased from 4.4% to the current 33.6%.
High rates will attract arbitrageurs to deposit money into Aave or prompt borrowers to repay, and the rates will decrease as the deposited/supplied USDT increases until the rates are balanced.
A whale/entity redeemed 526,000 LPT ($4.81M) from LPT's PoS staking contract in the past hour and then transferred it to Binance.
These LPT were withdrawn from Binance at a price of $5.9 and deposited for staking between February and April. LPT has increased by 55% in the past week, which should be the reason he chose to redeem LPT and transfer it to CEX for profit-taking. Expected profit realization of $2.01 million.
20,000 $AAVE ($5.45M) transferred from Aave founder @StaniKulechov's address to @paraficapital's address, then entered Coinbase Prime 8 hours ago. Is this the founder's or the investment firm's (ParaFi Capital is one of Aave's investment firms) shipment? 🤔
There are several possibilities: ◎ The founder OTC'd some coins to the firm; ◎ These are the firm's coins, just previously in the founder/team's address; ◎ The address label is incorrect.
Address labeled as Stani Kulechov (Nansen label)🔗👉: https://t.co/heraguMfcy Address labeled as ParaFi Capital (Arkham label)🔗👉: https://t.co/Ae6IBNZrpV
20,000 $AAVE ($5.45M) was transferred from Aave founder @StaniKulechov's address to @paraficapital's address, and then entered Coinbase Prime 8 hours ago. Could this be the founder or an investment institution (ParaFi Capital is one of Aave's investment firms) offloading?🤔
There are several possibilities: ◎ The founder OTC'd some coins to the institution; ◎ These are the institution's coins, just previously held at the founder/team's address; ◎ The address label is incorrect.
Marked as Stani Kulechov's address (Nansen label)🔗👉: https://t.co/heraguMfcy Marked as ParaFi Capital's address (Arkham label)🔗👉:
Tears in my eyes, family members 😭 Little V @VitalikButerin actually dares to spend U to buy ETH, can you believe it: Little V transferred 693.9 ETH ($1.83M) and 340,000 USDC through the address 0x1810 using Railgun in the past half hour.
Among these, 205.5 ETH was purchased using 317,000 DAI + 33,000 $UNI.
Vitalik actually uses Railgun quite frequently for fund transfers; he seems to have mentioned that these funds are generally used for donations.