{"id":26168,"date":"2025-08-18T15:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/early-ethereum-investors-move-45-million-to-exchanges\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:56:25","slug":"early-ethereum-investors-move-45-million-to-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/early-ethereum-investors-move-45-million-to-exchanges\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Ethereum Investors Move $45 Million to Exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week, participants of the 2014 Ethereum ICO have moved coins totaling $45 million. Analysts from Lookonchain and Onchain Lens noted this activity.<\/p>\n<p>On August 16, for the first time in nine years, a whale with the address 0x61b9 transferred 334.7 ETH (~$1.5 million) to a new wallet. The investor acquired these assets for $104 in 2014, yielding a return of 14,269x.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethereum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethereum<\/a> ICO participant &#8220;0x61b9&#8221; just transferred all 334.7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>($1.48M) out today after 10+ years of dormancy.<\/p>\n<p>He invested only $104 in the ICO and received 334.7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> \u2014 now worth $1.48M, a 14,269x return!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJEGgmYmvz\">https:\/\/t.co\/JJEGgmYmvz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5sUF8a0DkH\">pic.twitter.com\/5sUF8a0DkH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1956600649610600908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On August 18, another early investor sent 4,460 ETH (~$19 million) to the Kraken exchange. According to experts, the address 0x815C5 transferred 9,803 ETH (~$43.9 million) to trading platforms over the week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethereum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethereum<\/a> ICO participant has further sent 4,460 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>, worth $19.85M, into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kraken?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kraken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the participant has deposited 9,803 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a>, worth $43.88M, in the past 7 days.<\/p>\n<p>Address: 0x815C53bF36a3BC8B066715Da459B365e6ce6c3eD<\/p>\n<p>Data <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nansen_ai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nansen_ai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gQhYEx7ZP\">https:\/\/t.co\/7gQhYEx7ZP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s0ym1HKwmz\">pic.twitter.com\/s0ym1HKwmz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnchainLens\/status\/1957399255079068044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/address\/0x815C53bF36a3BC8B066715Da459B365e6ce6c3eD\">Arkham<\/a>, 197 ETH (~$843,900) remained in the balance at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Profit-Taking<\/h2>\n<p>Data from CryptoQuant indicates a sharp increase in Ethereum inflows to exchanges in mid-August. Daily transfers to trading platforms several times exceeded 2 million ETH, peaking at 2.6 million. In comparison, volumes in July rarely rose above 1.5 million coins per day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD_4nXcXtPz-Vwm7Spv8b5g50_wctt50m2wpz-hafkyAAjcAKpocPkbWkbPaZ_lLo_Ow8OlaUSCsSFg0RGd2qnDS5RWDytrabIGwCRTZ1KPR-gt90sMqqfpIPd_Q681ZDnwIja8Fid5C.webp\" alt=\"\u0420\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0438\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b Ethereum \u0432\u044b\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u0443 \u043d\u0430 $45 \u043c\u043b\u043d\" class=\"wp-image-264123\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/insights\/quicktake\/689f9044b244141e10844512-BTC-Stable-ETH-Surging-%E2%80%94-Exchange-Inflow-Data-Reveals-Market-Divergence?utm_source=telegram&#038;utm_medium=sns&#038;utm_campaign=quicktake&#038;utm_content=xwin\">CryptoQuant<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to an anonymous analyst under the pseudonym XWIN Research Japan, this trend could be attributed to several factors:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>profit-taking by early investors;<\/li>\n<li>preparation for potential volatility amid macroeconomic events or changes in the Ethereum ecosystem;<\/li>\n<li>active trading by whales using exchanges for portfolio rebalancing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, the price of Ether has decreased by 5.4%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/ru\/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8B\/%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC\">CoinGecko<\/a>. At the time of writing, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is trading at $4,294.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD_4nXfmrr-MiKb9LQ-JNP7bUyLfqbUBz9BxkPWU8iBBd-7cZ-Epj7czZ9S0fLavJ-KvOm2YVYHef2r3j0nfm2EcD6YemX7na2RhslXrRtzicGj9zTvbaMgoX2I8CotAuAlK7nrQFu9Ouw.webp\" alt=\"\u0420\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0438\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b Ethereum \u0432\u044b\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u0443 \u043d\u0430 $45 \u043c\u043b\u043d\" class=\"wp-image-264124\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly ETH\/USD chart on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AETHUSD\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back on August 13, Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-nears-its-all-time-high-after-testing-4700\">tested<\/a> the $4,700 mark, nearing its all-time high. The primary driver of the asset&#8217;s growth <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-etfs-attract-a-record-2-8bn-in-a-week\">was<\/a> record inflows into ETFs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week, participants of the 2014 Ethereum ICO have moved coins totaling $45 million. Analysts from Lookonchain and Onchain Lens noted this activity. On August 16, for the first time in nine years, a whale with the address 0x61b9 transferred 334.7 ETH (~$1.5 million) to a new wallet. 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