Afterward, the whale purchased 5,150 ETH. The whale is actively buying ETH, not from centralized exchanges but via decentralized protocols. This move shows the trader expects ETH to outperform the digital gold in the session ahead.
Whale on-chain activity | Source: Lookonchain data via X
Whale on-chain activity | Source: Lookonchain data via X
What could have triggered the whale to accumulate ETH and dump the resurgent Bitcoin is not immediately clear. However, what’s known is that since mid-January, Ethereum has been outperforming Bitcoin in price and various other metrics.
