Market maker says Ethereum is the wrong trade for this macro, dropping 10% this week

With bitcoin drifting just beneath the $77,000 range, a whale moved a cache of 500 BTC from a wallet established more than a decade ago. The funds appear to have flowed through the over-the-counter (OTC) desk Wintermute and a wallet identified as a Binance deposit address. Bitcoin Whale Moves 500 BTC; Assets Likely Sold A […]

Wintermute launched its first DeFi vault product, Armitage, supporting collateral types unavailable on competing curator platforms. Wintermute, the algorithmic trading firm and liquidity provider, entered the DeFi vault curation space on May 19 with the launch of Armitage, a new…

About one in ten American adults used or held cryptocurrency in 2025, up from 7% in 2024, as spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs helped pull retail investors back into digital assets, according to new Federal Reserve data. According to FinanceFeeds and a…

The trading firm's vaults are accepting collateral types that other curators simply cannot.

While a large portion of the cryptocurrency industry is still preoccupied with short-term trends and price speculation, Ethereum is gradually solidifying its position in the background. Even though its price has experienced a sharp pullback from its all-time high, ETH is being hailed as one of the biggest winners in the broader cryptocurrency sector. Ethereum […]

Ethereum price remained under pressure on Monday as ETF outflows and weakening technical indicators pushed traders to closely watch the key $2,000 support zone. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) traded around $2,112 at press time on May 19…

A crypto trader tracked by Lookonchain has opened a fresh leveraged long position in Dogecoin, adding DOGE exposure alongside larger Bitcoin and Ethereum bets. The move matters because the wallet, identified as 0x152e, is described by the on-chain analytics account as a “smart whale” with $24.79 million in total profit. According to Lookonchain, the trader moved aggressively across major crypto assets over a three-hour window, opening longs on Ethereum, Bitcoin and Dogecoin. The DOGE position totaled 19.47 million tokens, worth about $2.04 million, while the Ethereum and Bitcoin trades were substantially larger in dollar terms. Dogecoin Draws $2 Million Long From ‘Smart Whale’ “Smart whale 0x152e, with $24.79M in total profit, is going long on ETH, BTC, and DOGE,” Lookonchain wrote on X. “Over the past 3 hours, he opened longs on 4,601 ETH ($9.82M), 118.2 BTC ($9.11M), and 19.47M DOGE ($2.04M). He also placed limit orders to keep adding to his BTC and ETH longs.” Related Reading: How T

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