Whale sells 837.8 BTC to buy 27,500 ETH worth $69.68M
- —837.8 BTC sold, roughly 27,500 ETH bought
- —Total value $69.68 million; average ETH price $2,534
- —BTC withdrawn from HTX about 18 months ago and sold on Hyperliquid for USDC
- —USDC bridged via Arbitrum to Ethereum and used to buy ETH on-chain
Why it matters: A large BTC-to-ETH rotation could signal shifting institutional preference toward Ethereum.
Source: PANews