Whale big move: 8,000 ETH flowed into Aave from exchanges, with total holdings exceeding $60 million

2026-01-21 10:36:12

【Blockchain Rhythms】On January 21, on-chain data showed that a whale withdrew 8,000 ETH from a major exchange in a single transaction, worth approximately $237.2 million. This fund was immediately funneled into the Aave V3 ecosystem. Interestingly, this whale has long been heavily invested—its ETH positions spread across two wallets amount to 21,220 ETH, with a total value exceeding $62.87 million. Based on the withdrawal activity, the whale appears to be continuously increasing its exposure to DeFi lending protocols, reflecting ongoing institutional interest in the Ethereum ecosystem.

ETH1,46%

AAVE1,97%

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NervousFingers

· 11h ago

Damn, it's another big whale quietly accumulating, why is Aave so good at attracting funds?

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DaoDeveloper

· 14h ago

ngl the composability angle here is what gets me—21k eth spread across wallets, systematically feeding into aave v3... that's not retail behavior, that's deliberate liquidity architecture. the design pattern suggests someone thinking about governance primitives and capital efficiency rather than just speculating lmao

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ZKSherlock

· 23h ago

actually... 21k eth across two wallets is wild, but here's the thing nobody talks about—we don't even know *who* this whale is. no on-chain privacy, no cryptographic commitment to identity. just raw address correlation. bit paranoid but like... what's the actual trust assumption here?

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AirdropHunter

· 23h ago

Whales are up to something again, placing such a big bet on Aave... I wonder if they're trying to secure their livelihood or if they're really optimistic about DeFi.

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