Corporate Ether acquisitions declined 81% in the past three months, but the largest corporate ETH holders continued to scoop up billions of dollars in Ether.
Zoltan Vardai
Zoltan Vardai is a breaking news reporter at Cointelegraph, covering Bitcoin, institutional cryptocurrency adoption trends, and Web3 regulatory developments. He co-hosts Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction daily X spaces show. He joined Cointelegraph in 2024. Zoltan holds a master’s degree from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and has previously worked as a crypto journalist for Forkast News. His work was also published by Yahoo Finance and the International News Media Association (INMA). Zoltan holds BTC, ETH, AVAX, and SOL above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
- Newsletter
Bitcoin treads water at $90K as whales eat the Ethereum dip: Finance Redefined - News
Cantor slashes Strategy target by 60%, tells clients forced-sale fears are overblown Cantor Fitzgerald slashed its Strategy price target, but remains bullish on the stock despite fears over potential exclusion by the MSCI Index and forced liquidation concerns, the FT said.
- News
EU plan would boost ESMA powers over crypto and capital markets The European Commission plans to expand ESMA oversight of MiCA crypto companies and trading venues, aiming to streamline EU markets and narrow the gap with the US.
- News
Grayscale Chainlink ETF draws $41M on debut, but not ‘blockbuster’ Analysts called the Chainlink ETF’s debut a “solid” launch, but the development has yet to attract enough liquidity to reverse the LINK token’s 39% decline over the past year.
- News
Ethereum treasury trade unwinds 80% as handful of whales dominate buys Corporate Ether acquisitions continue to decline, leaving the world’s largest corporate ETH holder to scoop up billions in Ether, aiming to amass 5% of the total supply.
- News
Bitcoin now settles Visa-scale volumes, but most is for wholesale, not coffee Bitcoin settled $6.9 trillion in the past 90 days as a growing alternative to traditional settlement networks, but its global merchant adoption remains only a fraction of the international giants.
- News
Bitcoin traders hit peak unrealized pain as ETFs start to turn positive Bitcoin traders are facing the most pressure of this cycle in terms of unrealized losses, but analysts argue that ETFs only accounted for a maximum of 3% the recent selling pressure.
- News
Bank of America backs 1%–4% crypto allocation, opens door to Bitcoin ETFs Bank of America’s wealthiest clients will gain access to Bitcoin ETFs, while its network of over 15,000 wealth advisers can recommend crypto exposure for the first time, Yahoo reported.
- News
Bitcoin to end four-year cycle, break out to new highs in 2026: Grayscale Grayscale said Bitcoin’s 2025 sell-off looks like a local bottom, not a new cycle peak, with Fed policy and US crypto bills key for 2026.
- Newsletter
Cathie Wood still bullish on $1.5M Bitcoin price target: Finance Redefined Bitcoin recovered after four consecutive weeks in the red, surpassing the key $89,600 flow-weighted cost basis of Bitcoin ETF holders, the most significant cohort driving BTC inflows.
- News
Ethereum ICO whale cashes out $60M after 9,500x gain as top 1% keep buying ETH Despite the market downturn and some OG investors selling, the biggest Ether whales continue their steady accumulation, while Ether ETF buyer sentiment continues to improve.
- News
Crypto industry pledges over $3M to victims of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades The crypto industry rushed to the aid of Hong Kong residents who suffered the city’s most devastating fire in 80 years, claiming the lives of at least 128 people.
- News
BlackRock ETF investors bounce back to profit as price reclaims $90K BlackRock Bitcoin ETF investors are back in profit, in a promising sign of a December market recovery from the cohort that drove much of Bitcoin’s rise to all-time highs in 2025.
- News
Cathie Wood says ARK’s $1.5M Bitcoin bull price hasn’t changed as markets eye rally ARK Invest expects another $300 billion in liquidity to return after the government shutdown, a development that may alleviate the “liquidity squeeze” affecting crypto and AI valuations.
- News
Strategy unveils new credit gauge to calm debt fears after Bitcoin crash Strategy said it has a 70-year dividend runway even after Bitcoin’s slide, rolling out a new credit rating metric to ease fears over DAT liquidation risks.
- News
Trump-backed WLFI ramps up buybacks as token lingers 50% below launch price The Trump family-backed WLFI purchased nearly $8 million worth of tokens, aiming to mitigate the downtrend of the token by artificially reducing the outstanding supply.
- News
Edel Finance-linked wallets reportedly ‘snipe’ 30% of token supply: Bubblemaps Bubblemaps shared blockchain data indicating that team-related wallets had purchased 30% of the token supply, but Edel’s co-founder said the acquisition was part of its token rollout plans.
- News
Over 8% of Bitcoin changed hands in week, markets on ‘knife’s edge,’ Analysts say Bitcoin saw one of its largest supply migrations ever as traders braced for the US Federal Reserve’s December rate decision and shifting expectations toward a rate cut.
- News
Monad airdrop farmer spends full $112K MON reward on gas for failed trades A suspected airdrop farmer burned through their entire $112,000 of MON rewards in hundreds of failed transaction attempts.
- News
Strike CEO debanked by JPMorgan, Lummis sounds ‘Chokepoint 2.0’ alarm Strike CEO Jack Mallers said JPMorgan closed his accounts without explanation, reigniting fears of Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and renewed pressure on crypto companies.
- News
$1.9B exodus and flicker of hope hits crypto investment funds: CoinShares Crypto investment products neared $5 billion in outflows in the last four weeks, but late-week inflows show early signs of improving sentiment despite heavy selling, CoinShares said.
- News
Nasdaq-listed Enlivex plans $212M RAIN token play with ex-Italian PM onboard Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will join the Enlivex board to support its policy efforts in establishing the first corporate treasury holding a prediction market token.
- News
Pump.fun’s massive $436M ‘cash-out’ turns heads as memecoin mania fades A decline in speculative crypto investor appetite has seen Pump.fun’s revenue fall by 50% since October, raising concerns about incoming selling pressure.
- Newsletter
Bitcoin rout continues as crypto treasuries face reckoning: Finance Redefined Growing unrealized losses and falling NAV levels are threatening corporate crypto treasuries, making it difficult to raise capital for future digital asset investments.
- News
aPriori denies insider role as mysterious entity claims most of APR airdrop While aPriori dismissed the claims related to insider activity, investors are still awaiting more details on the Sybil cluster that claimed 60% of the airdrop across 14,000 wallets.
- News
Bitcoin whale Owen Gunden dumps entire $1.3B stack as institutions tighten grip Bitcoin OG Owen Gunden sells $1.3 billion in BTC as retail panic grows, while institutional ownership of Bitcoin ETFs climbs to 40% despite market fear.
- News
BitMine sits on $3.7B loss as DAT ‘Hotel California’ meets BlackRock’s staked ETH ETF BitMine’s $3.7 billion paper loss and the falling mNAV valuations are threatening the business model of DATs, according to 10x Research.
- News
WLFI’s ‘community governed’ image strained as Trump-backed project freezes wallets Some users viewed the asset reallocation as an alarming sign of the platform’s ability to blacklist user funds without requiring a governance proposal.
- News
Strategy rides out Bitcoin crash, still on track for S&P 500 spot: Matrixport Strategy remains poised for an S&P 500 inclusion in 2025, as the world’s largest Bitcoin holder is unlikely to have to liquidate its holdings to service its debt.
- News
BlackRock leads near $3B Bitcoin November ETF exodus with record $523M outflows US Bitcoin ETFs are nearing $3 billion in November outflows as a fresh death cross, fading Fed rate cut odds, and smart money shorts weigh on sentiment.