Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto wing of $4.5 trillion asset manager Fidelity Investments, is set to offer altcoin ETH custody and trading services to its institutional clients later this month. According to an email Fidelity shared with clients, its crypto arm has announced new “Enterprise Ethereum products” for institutional investors starting October 28, 2022.
Fidelity Digital announces new developments on the leading altcoin Ethereum
Fidelity Digital Assets has sent customers an email informing them that Ethereum will be available for purchase starting this month. The post explained that investors will be able to buy and sell ETH “using the same model provided for Bitcoin investments today.” It also states that users can transfer the coin. “As the Ethereum Merge has been completed, many investors are looking at Ethereum through a new lens,” Fidelity said, referring to Ethereum’s transition to the environmentally friendly proof-of-stake (PoS) model.
Fidelity Digital Assets just sent an email to customers announcing that Ethereum will be available for purchase this month. pic.twitter.com/3V0GCrOt5z
— Bruce Fenton 🇺🇸 (@brucefenton) October 19, 2022
Fidelity has been a long-time supporter of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In a previous article, he outlined his beliefs that BTC is a superior form of money rather than just technology. This latest announcement follows a new Ethereum Index Fund that has raised over $5 million through a single investor.
cryptocoin.com As we reported, in April Fidelity announced plans to allow 401(k) retirement savings account holders to invest directly in Bitcoin. Last year, the company announced that 90 percent of its biggest customers are interested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. On September 13, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz reported that Fidelity is working to offer Bitcoin to its 34.4 million individual investor base.
Whales flock to Ethereum
Meanwhile, whales, who are major Ethereum (ETH) investors, continue to accumulate the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Data from data platform Santiment shows that since September 11, Ethereum whale addresses holding one million or more ETH have collectively added 3.5 million more coins to their wallets. The addition marks a 14 percent increase in ETH holdings of billionaire whales since the merge.
🐳 Since September 11th, #Ethereum billionaire whale addresses holding 1M or more $ETH have collectively added 3.5M more coins. This has increased their cumulative bags by +14%. There are currently 132 such addresses in existence. https://t.co/iek4uXbJjV pic.twitter.com/dlCdDkO0Bm
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) October 19, 2022
Furthermore, this brings the cumulative holdings of around 132 wallets to an all-time high of 28.55 million ETH. This is worth about $36 billion at the time of writing. In contrast, ETH sharks and whales, made up of investors under billionaire whales holding 100 to 1 million ETH tokens, are selling their ETH holdings, according to previous Santiment data.
