A crypto whale who accumulated $62.83 million worth of Uniswap and Compound governance tokens in July 2025 has begun selling at sharply reduced prices, with losses exceeding $39.7 million and roughly half the original position still to be offloaded.
Key Takeaways:
- Wallet 0xfa93 is offloading 5.41M $UNI and 228,704 $COMP bought for $62.83M in July 2025, down $39.7M.
- The whale deposited 2.705M $UNI ($9.23M) and 114,352 $COMP ($2.31M) into Binance on May 25, 2026.
- $UNI is trading close to $3.40 today, roughly 64% below the whale’s $9.52 entry price from 10 months ago.
A $62 Million Bet That Went Wrong
In July 2025, a wallet identified as 0xfa93 made a concentrated bet on two of decentralized finance’s ( DeFi) most established governance tokens. First, the wallet accumulated 5.41 million $UNI, the governance token of Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange by trading volume (at approximately $9.52 per token and spending roughly $51.53 million).
It then bought 228,704 $COMP, the governance token of the Compound lending protocol, at approximately $49.41 per token, shelling out a further $11.30 million and bringing its total outlay to $62.83 million.
However, just ten months later, the position has gone deep underwater, with onchain data showing that the wallet is capitulating. Earlier today, it deposited 2.705 million $UNI worth $9.23 million and 114,352 $COMP worth $2.31 million into Binance. $UNI has fallen roughly 64% from the trader’s $9.52 entry to approximately $3.36 today, while $COMP has shed approximately 59% from $49.41 to around $20.21. The combined loss on the full position has exceeded $39.7 million.
The Binance deposits represent approximately half of the original holdings, meaning the remaining lot may follow in the near future. Moreover, exchange deposits of this size are widely interpreted as a sign of potential open-market selling rather than custody transfers, especially given that Binance is the world’s largest spot trading venue.
DeFi Governance Tokens Remain Under Pressure
Uniswap remains the dominant decentralized exchange by volume, and its “UNIfication” governance proposal, approved in December 2025, activated a fee switch that redirects a portion of trading fees toward buying back and burning $UNI tokens.
Despite that structural support, $UNI has traded below $4 for most of 2026, a fraction of its 2021 highs above $40. Compound has faced intensifying competition from Aave and newer lending platforms, and $COMP has remained persistently weak as a result.
Additional data offered by popular crypto sleuth @ai_9684xtpa suggests the wallet may have connections to IOSG Ventures, a prominent crypto venture capital firm. That said, this attribution has not been independently confirmed.
When deep-pocketed early buyers exhaust patience and begin selling, it can add sustained downward pressure on already weakened assets. Whether wallet 0xfa93 clears the full remaining position will be in the days ahead.
