What happened: $271,829,771 worth of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) was just moved between 2 anonymous cryptocurrency wallets in a single transaction.

This mysterious person’s Ethereum wallet address has been identified as: 0x1b17dd2bf6c4bcfcebb338c6aece37ece21ce230

$271 million worth of Ethereum was sent to an unknown recipient, with Ethereum wallet address: 0xa3ae36c55a076e849b9d3de677d1e0b6e9c98e84

Why it matters: Cryptocurrency whales that own millions of dollars in Ethereum tend to move markets single-handedly. If the whale decides to exit this Ethereum position, there could be enough market impact to push down the price of ETH. It takes about $15 to $30 million of sell pressure to move the price of Ethereum down 2% on any given exchange.

You can view more details about the transaction here

According to Glassnode, there are 60,628 Ethereum wallets with over $100,000 in ETH.

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Price Action: Ethereum is up 0% in the past 24 hours.

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Public Blockchain data sourced from Whale Alerts Twitter.

This article was generated by Benzinga’s automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.