39,487 ETH Was Just Transferred Between 2 Wallets

What happened: $52,437,424 worth of Ethereum ETH/USD was just moved between 2 anonymous cryptocurrency wallets in a single transaction.

This mysterious person's Ethereum wallet address has been identified as: 0x89a690dda3fdea50ca2db007106b7649979ab2b8

$52 million worth of Ethereum was sent to an unknown recipient, with Ethereum wallet address: 0x2a38da3c1b263d12d92ec2a4683fa843e48fa3ca

Why it matters: Cryptocurrency whales that own millions of dollars in Ethereum tend to move markets single-handedly. If the whale decides to exit this Ethereum position, there could be enough market impact to push down the price of ETH. It takes about $15 to $30 million of sell pressure to move the price of Ethereum down 2% on any given exchange.

You can view more details about the transaction here

According to Glassnode, there are 59,791 Ethereum wallets with over $100,000 in ETH.

Price Action: Ethereum is down -2% in the past 24 hours.

See Also: How To Buy Ethereum

Public Blockchain data sourced from Whale Alerts Twitter.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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