{"id":1052,"date":"2022-06-03T06:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2022-07-25T06:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:20:17","slug":"crypto-hedge-fund-moves-60-million-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/crypto-hedge-fund-moves-60-million-ethereum","title":{"rendered":"The crypto hedge fund moves $60 million in Ethereum to an exchange, which raises fears of a sell-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Ethereum&#8217;s price retests a critical resistance level, it is likely to turn overbought on shorter timeframes, resulting in sell-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/coins\/ethereum\"><b>Ether (ETH)<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ethereum&#8217;s native token, surged more than 5% on May 30 to over $1,930. However, a massive ETH inflow into an exchange is causing concern about another sell-off round for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/coins\/ethereum\"><b>ETH\/USD<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/crypto-legislation-wont-come-to-india\"><b>The Indian government considers a \u2018reverse charge\u2019 tax on foreign crypto platforms.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>In May, FTX received 58.7K Ether.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears that an Ether address allegedly associated with Singapore-based crypto hedge fund Three Arrow Capital sent 32,000 ETH worth $60 million to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tricks-and-guides\"><b>FTX<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crypto <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/\"><b>exchange<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an hour on May 30, on-chain data shows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It raised suspicions that the fund would dump Ether after depositing 26,700 ETH to the same exchange in May. The primary reason is that investors transfer crypto to exchange wallets only when planning to exchange them for other assets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">dump eeth? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xdI80P8rZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/7xdI80P8rZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Copeland (@Timccopeland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timccopeland\/status\/1531199091232976897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the on-chain data tracked by Glassnode, the number of Ethers held by exchanges continued to decline in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the MTD data, investors are holding on to their ETH investments for the long run, as shown by the drop in ETH balance across the world&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/\"><b>crypto exchanges<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> month-to-date (MTD).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1053\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z.png\" alt=\"Ethereum balance on exchanges\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z.png 1600w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_55_06_836Z-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethereum balance on exchanges. Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Strengthening of the ETH rebound<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ETH is testing a crucial support-turned-resistance level near $1,920 for a breakout as Three Arrow transfers a huge Ether to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tricks-and-guides\"><b>FTX<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1054\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z.png 1600w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022_06_03T05_54_55_716Z-1536x759.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ETH\/USD four-hour price chart. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Ether&#8217;s relative strength index is approaching 70, which indicates over brightness in technical analysis. It is also possible that ETH could consolidate around $1,920 in the coming days before lowering back to its rising trendline support near $1,850.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/after-luna-crash-still-to-invest-cryptos\"><b>After the Luna crash, is it still ok to invest in cryptos?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A solid move above the $1,920-level, accompanied by an increase in trading volumes, could set up a long-term upward trend, as illustrated below by &#8220;Wolf,&#8221; a pseudonymous market analyst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Ethereum&#8217;s price retests a critical resistance level, it is likely to turn overbought on shorter timeframes, resulting in sell-offs. Ether (ETH), Ethereum&#8217;s native token, surged more than 5% on May 30 to over $1,930. However, a massive ETH inflow into an exchange is causing concern about another sell-off round for the ETH\/USD pair. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}