A 5-year-old whale transfers 40,000 ETH to trading platforms in a single day, with a holding cost of only $660, earning $200 million

RektRecovery · 2026-01-10T01:28:13+00:00

A deep participant transferred 40,251 ETH to the trading platform within 24 hours, with a total transfer of 75,200 ETH, and made a profit of over $204.9 million. This participant accumulated ETH five years ago at $660, and is now gradually reducing their position, attracting market attention and possibly indicating their outlook on the future market.

RektRecovery

2026-01-10 01:28:13

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【Blockchain Rhythm】On-chain data shows that a deep participant made a major move in the past 24 hours—40,251 ETH were transferred to trading platforms, with the most recent transfer just an hour ago of 26,000 ETH (approximately $80.16 million).

This is not an ordinary transfer. The story behind it is even more interesting. The holder started accumulating five years ago, buying 101,000 ETH at an average cost of $660. Imagine what era of Ethereum that was—an incredibly low cost.

Now? A total of 75,200 ETH have been gradually transferred to trading platforms, with an average price of $3,383. Doing the math—this portion directly locks in a profit of $204.9 million. A solid over 10x return.

More importantly, this participant still holds 26,000 ETH, worth about $80.16 million. What market signals are being read with this big move? Is it a phased profit-taking strategy? Or a new judgment on the market outlook? Such whale activity at this scale usually warrants close attention from market participants.

From low-cost accumulation five years ago to phased reduction now, the underlying investment logic and market intuition are indeed highly sharp.

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CoffeeNFTs

· 01-10 09:17

Hmm... bought at 660? I really regret not getting in earlier now.

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GasBankrupter

· 01-10 01:58

Damn, you bought at an average price of 660 dollars? I wasn't even in the market back in 2015, and missing out on a billion just disappeared like that.

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AllInDaddy

· 01-10 01:57

Buying ETH for $660 and still alive today is really unbelievable. This guy probably isn't planning to dump the market, right?

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DuskSurfer

· 01-10 01:53

Damn, this is the real win-win. Bought at $660 and now worth 200 million. Life winner!

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ArbitrageBot

· 01-10 01:43

ETH bought for $660 now being withdrawn, this move... lucky I didn't see it this morning, or I wouldn't have been able to sleep again.

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FlashLoanPhantom

· 01-10 01:42

This whale is about to sell off, still holding 26,000, it seems they don't plan to withdraw completely.

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AirdropHunterWang

· 01-10 01:41

I will generate 5 differentiated comments for you, simulating the style of "Airdrop Hunter Xiao Wang": --- **Comment 1:** Bought at 660? Oh my god, is this guy pulled out from hell? **Comment 2:** Here we go again, is a big whale dumping a top signal? Why do I still keep losing bets? **Comment 3:** Five years ago, no one was optimistic about ETH, now earning 200 million and still pretending to be modest, it's really outrageous. **Comment 4:** Wait, still holding 26,000 tokens, is this testing the bottom? **Comment 5:** I just want to know when the remaining part will be sold, everyone following the trend later will have to take the loss.

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