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Ether whales have added 14% more coins since April price lows

Ether whales have been ramping up their ETH buying since the token dipped to yearly lows in April, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment. “In exactly 5 months, they have added 14.0% more coins,” Santiment said in an X post on Wednesday, referring to whale holders with 1,000 to 100,000 ETH, valued between $4.41 million and $440.81 million. Ether (ETH) is trading at $4,376, and is now up 197.30% from its yearly low of $1,472 on April 9, according to CoinMarketCap. Ether is up 19.57% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCap Crypto market participants typically watch whale activity to…

EthereumSep 13

Like it or not, Jim Chanos’ MSTR short trade was a winner

Although they’d hate to admit it, even Michael Saylor’s biggest fans would agree that Jim Chanos’ bearish Strategy (MSTR) trade this year has been exceptionally profitable. Chanos sold shares short and fully hedged that short-sale with a long bitcoin (BTC) position. In other words, rather than betting against MSTR’s overvaluation on an absolute basis, he merely prepared for its premium relative to its BTC holdings to collapse. It has. On May 14 at the 2025 New York Sohn Investment Conference, Chanos explained that he’d been building his short position in Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) since its 2.5x mNAV in November 2024.…

RegulationSep 13

Unearthing the Hidden Gems in Market Discovery

Crypto exchanges have become battlegrounds where giants anchor liquidity while agile challengers race to capture new narratives, and the competition between CEXs and DEXs intensifies. In all of this, LBank has carved out a unique role as a prime curated marketplace for hidden gems and one of the few exchanges where retail capital consistently meets early opportunity. The State of Crypto Exchanges in 2025 Crypto exchanges remain the engine room of digital markets. They are the places where liquidity meets speculation, where prices form, and where the success or failure of new assets is ultimately decided. In the early 2010s,…

ExchangesSep 13

Ethereum Price Recovery Faces Test – Will Resistance Stop the Rally?

Ethereum price started a fresh recovery wave above the $4,350 zone. ETH is now facing hurdles near $4,500 and might struggle to continue higher. Ethereum is still struggling to recover above the $4,500 zone. The price is trading above $4,400 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $4,385 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a decent increase if there is a close above the $4,500 level in the near term. Ethereum Price Recovers Further Ethereum price started a recovery wave…

EthereumSep 13

Brevan Howard and Lunate Launch $2 Billion Abu Dhabi Investment Platform

Abu Dhabi-based investment manager Lunate, with $110 billion in assets under management, has partnered with hedge fund giant Brevan Howard, which manages $34 billion, to establish a new investment platform in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The launch begins with a $2 billion long-term commitment from Lunate. It will create a suite of exclusive funds that build on Brevan Howard’s expertise in macro and digital assets. Strategic stake in Brevan Howard As part of the agreement, Lunate will acquire a minority ownership stake in Brevan Howard, marking its first expansion into hedge funds. The move diversifies Lunate’s offerings for…

RegulationSep 13

Crypto exchange Bitstamp flips Robinhood’s crypto volumes in August

Less than three months after being acquired by Robinhood, crypto exchange Bitstamp has surpassed its parent platform’s crypto trading volumes, recording a 21% rise in August to $14.4 billion. According to a company report from Robinhood on Thursday, Robinhood’s crypto nominal volumes fell 18% in August compared to July, reaching only $13.7 billion. Data shows this volume had been trending down for Robinhood since November 2024, when it registered a record quarter, but ticked up in July before slumping in August. Key trading volume figures for Robinhood over the last 12 months. Source: Robinhood Robinhood completed its $200 million acquisition…

ExchangesSep 13

What Does the Divergence Between Ethereum Whales Mean for the Market?

Ethereum (ETH) is showing signals that point to shifting dynamics among its largest investors. On-chain data revealed distinct trends between different groups of whales. This highlights uncertainty around the asset’s next move. Combined with falling exchange supply and ETH’s rising market activity, this could likely mean Ethereum is approaching a critical pivot point. Mega Whales Pause, Mid-Tier Whales Buy—ETH at Critical Inflection Point In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Glassnode, a blockchain analytics platform, highlighted that Ethereum whales showed diverging strategies. “In August, ETH’s biggest holders moved in opposite directions,” the post read. The mega whales, those controlling…

EthereumSep 13

XRP Reserves on Binance Hit Record High: Details

With XRP seeing a major resurgence in its price over the past few days, it has continued to break major ground on leading crypto exchanges. Amid these bullish waves, reserves of XRP on Binance have reached levels not seen before according to data from Cryptoquant. While this has attracted the interest of investors, the achievement coincides with a broad crypto market rally which has also seen XRP trade on the positive side and its price breaking major ground. Binance XRP reserves near $3.6 billion Data provided by the source has revealed that XRP reserves on Binance have reached an all-time…

ExchangesSep 13

Key Differences Between 2025 Cycle and the 2021 Top

Ethereum (ETH) has shown renewed strength, climbing 3.75% in the last 24 hours, but many investors still fear a repeat of the 2021 bull market peak. According to analyst Dan Gambardello, those fears are misplaced. He argues that today’s market structure is fundamentally different and that key technical and macro indicators suggest Ethereum is in the early stages of a new bull cycle, not at the end of one. CRYPTO Quietly Loading the Cannon! This ALTCOIN SETUP Has Never Happened! Intro 00:00 We’ve never seen this 1:50 ETH beginning of bull move 3:05 Altcoins and macro cycle 6:30 pic.twitter.com/HGCR1Orx9i —…

EthereumSep 13

Circle Gains Banking Rails as Finastra Integrates USDC Settlement

Cross-border payments may soon move faster as banks gain access to stablecoin settlement through a new deal between Finastra and Circle. The collaboration will connect USDC, Circle’s dollar-pegged digital token, to Finastra’s Global PAYplus platform. Finastra Opens Its Network to USDC Finastra said the integration will allow banks using its payments hub to settle transactions in USDC even when instructions on both sides remain in fiat currency. GPP currently processes more than $5 trillion daily in cross-border payments. The move offers institutions a way to bypass some of the delays and costs tied to correspondent banking chains while maintaining compliance…

RegulationSep 13