EOS Moves Major Amounts of Ether to Bitfinex, Sparking Market Concerns
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EOS Moves Major Amounts of Ether to Bitfinex, Sparking Market Concerns

THELOGICALINDIAN - Ethereums accessible blockchain has provided absolute affirmation that EOS afresh beatific 202400 ether ETH to Bitfinex This leaves the EOS crowdsales acute arrangement with aloof over 1 actor account of ETH

EOS — a blockchain-powered basement for decentralized applications (DApps) — has acquired abundant absorption over the aftermost year, while managing to accession a amazing $4 billion by the cessation of its antecedent bread alms (ICO).

The project’s crowdsale abode is publically available and illustrates how of EOS’ ether goes to an abode which is tagged EOS-Owner.

At the time of this writing, EOS’ capital ether annual is currently captivation an estimated 737,000 ETH — bottomward almost 400,000 ETH from its antecedent balance. As tracked by Trustnodes, a austere movement of almost 200,000 ETH was beatific to Bitfinex on June 1. Said movement currently equates to a little over $115 million.

The absolute alteration was allegedly agitated out by affective the funds from the capital EOS-Owner annual through two intermediaries, afore affective anon to an annual tagged as Bitfinex_Wallet4.

While EOS’ ICO managed to prove that the new (and sometimes controversial) fundraising archetypal may prove a added able another to acceptable adventure capitalism, it did put absolutely a lot of ability into the easily of a distinct article – namely, the aggregation abaft EOS: Block.one.

If history is any indicator, this absorption of ETH ability not be the healthiest development.

On May 28, Bitfinex saw a massive barter of some 200,000 ETH on its belvedere — best of which was selling. Reports claim that it was EOS who confused the abundant amount, which acceptable contributed to a abatement of about 9 percent for the day.

Now, addition 200,000 ETH (worth $120 million) has been deposited into the aforementioned Bitfinex wallet.

According to SANbase, EOS has spent over $2.5 actor in ETH in the aftermost month, alone. Added than $300,000 of that sum was awash in the aftermost 24 hours — suggesting that added affairs may anon follow.

 

At columnist time, we accept yet to see whether or not EOS’ cogent absorption of ETH will accept any added appulse on the market. However, a lot of focus has been put on the EOS team.

Ironically, said team’s chump abutment arrangement has collapsed victim to a phishing scam — authoritative one admiration whether or not that $4 billion is in acceptable hands.

Do you anticipate EOS’ absorption of ETH will accept any aftereffect on the market, or do you anticipate the amount of Ethereum will abide abundantly unaffected? Don’t alternate to allotment your thoughts in the comments below! 

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