{"id":22862,"date":"2025-04-09T12:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-whale-misses-27-6-million-profit-after-900-days-of-holding\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:53:18","slug":"ethereum-whale-misses-27-6-million-profit-after-900-days-of-holding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-whale-misses-27-6-million-profit-after-900-days-of-holding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Whale Misses $27.6 Million Profit After 900 Days of Holding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified user sold 10,000 ETH at approximately $1578, securing a profit of $2.75 million. The coins were acquired in October-November 2022 at an average price of $1295.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After holding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> for over 900 days, a whale finally capitulated \u2014 selling all 10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($15.71M) today.<\/p>\n<p>The whale originally bought 10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($12.95M) at an average of $1,295 on Oct 4 and Nov 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t sell when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> broke through $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>But today, he exited\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KY7TZ02az4\">pic.twitter.com\/KY7TZ02az4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1909604196787405078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At its peak, the trader&#8217;s potential profit was 213% \u2014 approximately $40.55 million compared to the initial investment of around $12.95 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;He didn&#8217;t sell when Ethereum broke through the $4000 mark,&#8221;<\/em> reported Lookonchain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On April 9, the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization momentarily dropped<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-tests-75000-amid-trumps-tariff-turmoil\"> to its lowest since March 2023<\/a>, falling below $1400. The daily decline rate was 10%.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Lookonchain specialists recorded the sale of 5471 ETH ($8.01 million) from a wallet allegedly linked to the Trump family&#8217;s WLF, at $1465.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysts, the address had accumulated a position of 67,498 ETH at an average purchase price of $3259, resulting in a loss of approximately $125 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has Trump&#8217;s World Liberty(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlibertyfi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@worldlibertyfi<\/a>) started selling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> at a loss?<\/p>\n<p>According to Arkham, a wallet possibly linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldLiberty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldLiberty<\/a> sold 5,471 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($8.01M) at $1,465 30 minutes ago.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldLiberty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldLiberty<\/a> previously spent ~$210M to buy 67,498 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> at an average price of $3,259,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPMqCiADvt\">pic.twitter.com\/jPMqCiADvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1909782070618210423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a market correction led to the liquidation of an Ethereum whale<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/market-correction-triggers-106-million-ethereum-whale-liquidation\"> for $106 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, Lookonchain <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/whale-dodges-16-million-penalty-amid-75-million-defi-liquidation\">identified<\/a> the forced closure of a position of 67,675 ETH ($121.8 million). The user deposited 2000 ETH ($3.73 million) and 1.54 million DAI to lower the liquidation level to $1836.43, but spot market prices fell below this threshold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified user sold 10,000 ETH at approximately $1578, securing a profit of $2.75 million. The coins were acquired in October-November 2022 at an average price of $1295. After holding $ETH for over 900 days, a whale finally capitulated \u2014 selling all 10,000 $ETH($15.71M) today. The whale originally bought 10,000 $ETH($12.95M) at an average of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1145,1770],"class_list":["post-22862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-market-analysis","tag-world-liberty-financial-wlfi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}