As regulatory concerns continue in the Bitcoin and altcoin market, panics of short selling have begun in many cryptocurrencies. Also, the fact that some whales send crypto money to exchanges makes us think about whether there will be a selloff. Here are the details…
Altcoins on the move: BABYDOGE, BNB, USDTs on the move
Spot On Chain spotted a massive whale address that just issued 2 trillion BABYDOGE tokens just hours ago. The Whale address is gradually converting tokens to Binance Coin (BNB). The address has currently traded 54 trillion BABYDOGE tokens for 329 BNB (approximately $70,200). However, the address still holds approximately 1.98 trillion BABYDOGE tokens worth about $2.58 million. Also, Lookonchain shows that entrepreneur Justin Sun has withdrawn 20 million USDT from Aave in a recent transaction and transferred approximately 20.4 million USDT to Binance. On the other hand, Venus Protocol, a lending agreement on BNB Chain, made an official announcement on June 12.
🚨🚨🚨 A $BABYDOGE whale unstaked 2,000T $BABYDOGE ($2.6M) an hour ago and is selling $BABYDOGE to $BNB!
At the time of our investigation, it has swapped 54T $BABYDOGE for 329 $BNB ($70.2K) and still has around 1,982T $BABYDOGE ($2.58M).
⚠️ Watch out for price changes as it… pic.twitter.com/xEeO0v9PlZ
— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) June 12, 2023
The core team of BNB Chain has confirmed that they are ready to assume the BNB position on Venus should the BNB price reach the liquidation threshold. Protocol has set aside $30 million to return account credits. He will allocate additional funds if necessary. Venus Protocol assures the community that no BNB will be released, thus preventing any potential loss. Mindao, the founder of the DeFi protocol dForce, expressed concern about the actions of the Curve founder.
Justin Sun withdrew 20M $USDT from #Aave and deposited 20M $USDT to #Binance 10 mins ago.https://t.co/cuMtGXUW7J pic.twitter.com/Zu8HxEuuul
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) June 12, 2023
According to a document published by Mindao, Curve’s founder has invested in Aave tokens, which represent more than 33 percent of CRV circulation. This led to the lending of $71 million in stablecoins. Mindao highlighted the high risk associated with such actions, especially during market downturns and liquidity contractions. Because Aave V2 has no deposit limits, it becomes difficult to control collateral exposure. Mindao suggests increasing the USDT borrowing cost to deter leverage and short selling strategies.
Curve创始人在Aave存了超过 33% CRV流通盘的币,借了7100w稳定币
这对Curve生态和Aave都是极大风险
随着市场下跌和流动性极度萎缩,风险在加剧
Aave V2没存款上限,导致无法控制抵押物敞口,唯一能做的是增加USDT借贷成本。
抵押自家币做杠杠,看起来是惜售,实际上是一种引诱式做空,A股knows https://t.co/tqdycYNcEp
— Mindao (@mindaoyang) June 12, 2023
Whales in action
In another interesting development, Lookonchain data shows that a giant whale address starting with 0x494a sold 1.08 million ARB tokens, resulting in a loss of $276,000. This address had previously purchased 1.08 million ARB altcoins at an average price of $1.25 on June 2 and invested a total of $1.34 million. The timing of this sale coincided with the trading activity of Andrew Kang, co-founder of Mechanism Capital, which sold 217,000 ARB tokens for $0.97 and made an estimated loss of $280,000.
Whale"0x494a" sold 1.08M $ARB at a loss of 276K $USDC 4 hrs ago.
The whale spent 1.34M $USDC to buy 1.08M $ARB at $1.25 on June 2nd.
He bought $ARB 2 hours after Andrew Kang went long $ARB, which may be influenced by Andrew Kang.https://t.co/cWOxf52DmW pic.twitter.com/zsngS16sgg
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) June 12, 2023
MetaSleuth tracking data reveals that attackers of interest-free lending protocol Sturdy Finance received initial funds from Tornado Cash to carry out contract attacks. The stolen funds of 442.60 ETH (approximately $800,000) were first transferred to Tornado Cash, with a small portion sent to ChangeNOW. The attack on Sturdy Finance seems to have taken place through price manipulation and resulted in significant losses.
.@SturdyFinance was attacked and the loss is ~442 ETH. The attacker obtained the initial funding from @TornadoCash. Most of the profits were laundered into Tornado Cash, and a small portion flowed into the @ChangeNOW_io exchange.
Check the details: https://t.co/raWIXs7GXg pic.twitter.com/Mgt8E9pLza— MetaSleuth (@MetaSleuth) June 12, 2023
According to Lookonchain tracking, in the last 24 hours, anonymous giant whales deposited 25,000 stETH (approximately $43 million) in Aave, then lent 35 million USDT and transferred the funds to Binance. Additionally, the Whale Alert trace found that 46,908,172 MATIC tokens (approximately $29.64 million) for staking were transferred from an unknown wallet to the Polygon network. Finally, the Shiba Inu (SHIB) market has been through a turbulent period with large investors or whales selling trillions of SHIB tokens. According to IntoTheBlock, influential players have reduced their holdings by a staggering 3 trillion SHIB tokens since the previous Friday.