The world’s richest Ethereum (ETH) whales currently hold large amounts of one stablecoin and two additional altcoins, according to WhaleStats, which tracks whales on the blockchain. An altcoin project has surpassed Shiba Inu (SHIB) as the largest holding among the top 500 Ethereum whales. For details, continue reading Kriptokoin.com.
USD Coin (USDC) in Whales wallet surpasses Shiba Inu (SHIB)
According to WhaleStats, the 500 largest recorded ETH addresses currently hold more Circle’s than any other asset It has a dollar-pegged stablecoin, the USD Coin (USDC). Whales have $1.64 billion USDC, which represents 13.38% of their non-Ethereum assets.
Second on the list is the popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB). The top 500 Ethereum whales have more than $1.53 billion in SHIB, which is roughly 12.5% of their non-ETH holdings. Shiba Inu, the 15th ranked crypto asset by market cap, was trading at $0.0000231 at the time of writing. The SHB price has dropped 14.36% in the last seven days.
The third largest non-Ethereum holding of the richest ETH whales is FTT, the token of the crypto exchange FTX, founded by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman Fried. Whales hold more than $1.52 billion in FTT, which represents about 12.4% of their non-ETH holdings.
FTT is the exchange token of FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform for futures, leveraged tokens and over-the-counter trading (OTC). The 25th-ranked crypto-asset by market cap was trading at $40.64, down about 11.56% from where it was priced a week ago.
Other whale-owned altcoin projects
WhaleStats on Twitter, top 500 ETH addresses plus massive amounts of Ethereum scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) and metaverse coin Decentraland (MANA), Gala (GALA) and The Sandbox (SAND).
The top 500 Ethereum whales are also accumulating crypto exchange tokens, including Cronos (CRO), Bitpanda Ecosystem Token (BEST), SwissBorg (CHSB), and OKex’s utility token OKB.
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