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Whale Shifts Focus From SHIB With 68B PEPE Accumulation
A major player in the crypto market has shifted his attention from Shiba Inu (SHIB) to focus on Pepe Coin, a leading player in the meme coins sector. However, despite this shift, Pepe Coin experienced a dip in price today, contrasting sharply with SHIB’s notable gains of over 9%.
Meanwhile, the shift in focus of the trader was highlighted by Lookonchain, a platform tracking on-chain transactions, in their latest report.
Whale Shifts Focus To Pepe Coin From SHIB
Lookonchain’s recent report unveiled a significant transaction involving the withdrawal of a staggering 67 billion Pepe Coins, valued at $1.02 million, from the OKX exchange. The transaction signifies a shift in strategy for an investor who previously incurred substantial losses in Shiba Inu, having bought 40.9 billion SHIB at peak prices during the bullish phase, only to sell at a loss during the subsequent bear market.
According to the report, the trader accumulated the Shiba Inu coins for around $2.98 million when the price was high and sold it during the price dip phase. Notably, the whale made a loss of $2.55 million, or 85.5% with his SHIB trading.
Meanwhile, this strategic maneuver raises questions about the investor’s intentions and the potential for profit in the Pepe Coin market. With the whale’s previous misfortune in SHIB, all eyes are now on whether the newfound focus on Pepe Coin will yield better results, igniting curiosity and speculation within the crypto community.
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A Closer Look Into Market Response & Prices
The market response to the whale’s move has been mixed, with Pepe Coin witnessing a decline in price despite the influx of investment. In contrast, SHIB has enjoyed significant gains, highlighting the volatility and unpredictability inherent in the cryptocurrency landscape.
However, with the spotlight now on Pepe Coin, there is renewed optimism among its supporters regarding future prospects. The whale’s accumulation of a substantial amount of Pepe Coins could potentially signal confidence in the coin’s long-term viability, potentially attracting more investors and bolstering its market position.
In addition, the Pepe Coin has also witnessed robust gains over the past few days, which has sent the frog-themed meme coin to its all-time high. Besides, several large transactions of PEPE have also been witnessed in recent days, indicating the growing confidence of the investors towards the crypto.
As of writing, Pepe Coin price was down 9.37% and exchanged hands at $0.00001525, after touching a 24-hour high of $0.00001689. Notably, the crypto has witnessed a weekly surge of about 13%, while over the last 30 days, it added about 120%.
On the other hand, Shiba Inu price traded at $0.00002779, up 9.47%, while its trading volume skyrocketed 166.83% to $2.41 billion. Notably, the meme coin has touched a high of $0.00002933 and a low of $0.00002538 in the last 24 hours.
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Crypto analyst Mikybull Crypto provided a bullish outlook for the XRP price, predicting that Ripple’s native token could rally to as high as $8 in this market cycle. The analyst also suggested that XRP could rally higher with this price target unlikely to be the top for the crypto in this bull run.
Why The XRP Price Could Rally To $8 In This Cycle
In an X post, Mikybull Crypto predicted that the XRP price could rip through $8 before a cycle top because of the current bullish fundamentals. Although the analyst didn’t elaborate on these bullish fundamentals, they likely include the optimism around Donald Trump’s pro-crypto administration.
The current US administration undoubtedly provides a bullish outlook for XRP for several reasons. One is the fact that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looks likely to drop its appeal against Ripple. Such development is a huge positive for XRP, given the negative impact the lawsuit has had on the crypto before now.
Furthermore, CoinGape reported that Donald Trump is open to the idea of a US-based coins strategic reserve, including XRP. This is bullish for the XRP price, considering that this would lead to greater adoption for the crypto.
Meanwhile, the new SEC administration is more likely to approve the pending XRP ETF applications, which is also a positive for the crypto. In line with this, more asset managers are expected to file to offer an XRP ETF soon enough. REX Shares recently filed with the SEC to offer one, bringing the total number of applications to five.
A Price Surge To $3.80 Could Be Imminent
Crypto analyst CasiTrades suggested that an XRP price surge to $3.8 could be imminent. She noted that the crypto already hit the major wave 4 target at $2.88.
As such, the crypto analyst remarked that the major focus now is to flip these local levels into support before the takeoff to wave 5 at $3.80. She noted that XRP had hit $3.24 and rejected it a couple of times. However, the analyst expressed optimism that the third attempt could finally this level into support.
Meanwhile, CasiTrades warned that the XRP price could consolidate between $3.24 and $3.33 before a breakout. She added that a new high is also required to confirm the wave 5 target of $3.80.
With its current bullish momentum, there is no doubt that the XRP price could soon reach this short-term target. CoinGape recently reported that Ripple’s native crypto has recorded an impressive 36.9% gain in the last month.
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Donald Trump’s decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial has purchased a massive 14,403 Ethereum in the last 24 hours, cementing further confidence in the altcoin. The project made a fresh investment of $16 million in buying these coins and is already sitting on profit as the ETH price surged 5% to $3,4000.
World Liberty Financial Stashes More Ethereum
Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has continued to accumulate Ethereum, spending a total of 48 million USDC to acquire 14,403 ETH at a price of $3,333 in the past 12 hours, as per data from Arkham Intelligence.
The organization now holds 40,765K ETH, valued at approximately $138.5 million. Additionally, World Liberty has a significant amount of ETH stored on Coinbase, which they recently deposited.
This recent accumulation puts behind the doubts that the Donald TrumpDeFi Project was offloading its ETH. As World Liberty Financial clarified, it was just part of routine transfers to new wallets and not part of their selling.
More Ethereum Purchases Coming?
On the other hand, Eric Trump, the executive vice president of the Trump organization has hinted that there’s more to come ahead.
Wait until you see what they do tomorrow! 🚀🚀 @worldlibertyfi https://t.co/v8eRDFImHo
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) January 20, 2025
Commenting on the recent development around the TRUMP meme coin launch as well as the MELANIA meme coin launch, Donald Trump Jr. wrote:
“We are all extremely proud of what we continue to accomplish in crypto. $Trump is currently the hottest digital meme on earth and I truly believe that World Liberty Financial will revolutionize DeFi/Cefi and will be the future of finance. We are just getting started!”
ETH Price Surge to $4,000 Begins
Looking past last week’s underperformance, Ethereum bulls have charged in once again! In the last 24 hours, the ETH price has surged 5.11% moving past $3,400 levels with daily trading volumes jumping 117% to $68 billion. In the last 24 hours, the total ETH liquidations have shot up to $209 million as per the Coinglass data.
Popular crypto analyst CrediBULL crypto stated that ETH has bounced back from the strong support levels of $3,100 and is on the way to its immediate target of $4,000.
Popular analyst Ali Martinez highlights that during every bullish cycle, Ethereum (ETH) has traded above the 3.2 MVRV Pricing Band, a level that currently stands at $7,000.
In every bullish cycle, #Ethereum $ETH has traded above the 3.2 MVRV Pricing Band. This level currently sits at $7,000! pic.twitter.com/AgCIgexQJH
— Ali (@ali_charts) January 20, 2025
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Token Sale
World Liberty Financial, has successfully completed the pre-sale of its token and is now offering more at a 230% markup due to overwhelming demand. Launched in September, the platform initially planned to sell 20% of its total 100 billion. However, the project is now offering an additional 5 billion for sale at 5 cents each. The official announcement from the project notes:
“We’ve completed our mission and sold 20% of our token supply! Due to massive demand and overwhelming interest, we’ve decided to open up an additional block of 5% of token supply”.
Tron founder Justin Sun took this opportunity with TRON DAO boosting its investment in World Liberty Financial by adding an additional $45 million. With this new injection, TRON DAO’s total investments in the DeFi venture now reach $75 million.
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In an effort to uplift market sentiment, Coinbase CEO recently announced plans to offer ‘tier 1 support’ to Solana following transaction glitches on the crypto trading platform. Notably, the exchange’s CEO, Brian Armstrong, revealed that the transaction glitch on the network was fixed. Further, efforts to prevent such issues ahead were also underway.
As a result, the crypto exchange giant now eyes increased support for the network, mirroring the same level offered to Bitcoin and Ether.
Coinbase CEO Reveals Tier 1 Support Underway
In an X post by Brian Armstrong dated January 22, the Coinbase CEO revealed that the crypto exchange is aiming to provide “tier 1 support for Solana, with the same level of support as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Base.” This statement indicated that after recent withdrawal issues faced by users on the crypto exchange, efforts to prevent such events in the future were in the pipeline.
Notably, Armstrong stated, “It’s clear we need to step up our game on Solana, scale our infrastructure, and provide native support for common use cases like DEX/memecoin trading.” Although, the CEO’s statements underscored that although the crypto trading platform is currently unable to tackle the surge in activity, a positive outlook for users lies ahead.
SOL Transaction Glitch Fixed: Coinbase CEO
Meanwhile, the Coinbase CEO has also revealed that the exchange has “the Solana backlog triaged, and transactions should generate quickly again.” This statement comes against the backdrop of a SOL withdrawal halt, wherein leading crypto exchanges Coinbase and Binance halted withdrawals for the crypto amid high withdrawal volumes.
In turn, some traders remain unhappy due to the loss incurred amid the network glitch, whilst others look to withdraw funds as the issue is fixed amid a broader crypto market recovery.
SOL Price Surges Over 7%
As of press time, SOL price pumped nearly 7.5% intraday and is sitting at $257.48. The coin’s 24-hour low and high were $236.36 and $259.83, respectively. Intriguingly, the crypto’s rising trajectory in tandem with the transaction trouble fix, as revealed by the Coinbase CEO, has ignited significant investor enthusiasm. Moreover, the current pump also mirrors the broader crypto market trend, as mentioned above.
Also, it’s worth mentioning that the Solana network saw a huge surge in activity amid the meme coins TRUMP and MELANIA’s recent launch, a potential reason why withdrawal volumes on Coinbase surged. In light of this activity surge, a recent SOL price analysis by CoinGape revealed that the token may experience significant growth ahead. In turn, crypto market watchers continue to eye the token with bullish long-term prospects amid recent developments.
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