Ethereum major whales continue to buy MATIC, increasing their bet on this token
Several hours ago, WhaleStats posted several tweets that show that two major Ethereum whales purchased a total of $17 million in Polygon’s native token, MATIC.
ETH whales add 11 million MATIC
According to the aforementioned blockchain service, the top Ethereum wallet owners, ranked 392nd and 358th, have acquired a total of 11 million MATIC tokens. Wallet 392 made two purchases, adding 999,995 and 1,099,990 MATIC.
Owner of wallet number 358 bought over three times more than the two previous transactions were worth—9,043,038 tokens. Overall, the fiat equivalent of these crypto acquisitions amounts to approximately 11 million USD.
The 392nd ranked whale holds a total of $15,130,234 in MATIC, and it constitutes 28.78% of their crypto portfolio. Also, the MATIC in this wallet is the largest token by USD value.
WhaleStats did not provide details regarding the total MATIC holdings of the second whale.
SHIB remains popular among ETH whales
Overall, according to another tweet from WhaleStats, MATIC and SHIB are among the top 10 coins bought by the top 1,000 ETH whales. The Polygon token takes the 5th spot on this list. Shiba Inu meme crypto is in eighth place.
The most traded token for these 1,000 whales at the time of writing is LINK, and FTT remains the largest coin by USD value. SHIB token is in third place on the list of the top 10 crypto holdings of these wallet owners.
