- Optimism’s price fell by 4.2% following a $5M sale by a whale on Binance.
- Whale faces a $990K loss in one month from a 2,000 ETH investment into OP.
- OP trading volume spikes 671.7% amid price volatility and market uncertainty
In the last 24 hours, the Optimism (OP) market has been in a bearish phase, triggered by a “whale” selling 2.095 million OP tokens for 5 million USDT on the Binance trading platform. This large-scale sale resulted in a 4.2% drop in the price of OP.
3 hours ago, a whale sold 2.095M $OP for 5M $USDT via #Binance, causing the price to drop 4.2%!The whale bought these $OP with 2,000 $ETH (then $5.99M) on May 3.
So the loss is $990K (-16.5%) after a month.
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— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) June 3, 2024
The transaction involved selling a substantial amount of OP tokens at a loss for the seller. The whale initially acquired these tokens by trading 2,000 ETH, valued at $5.99 million at the time, on May 3rd. The recent sale, therefore, represents a financial setback of approximately $990,000, or a 16.5% decrease from the initial investment.
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