Ethereum price flash crashes to $950 on Uniswap as whale dumps 93K ETH
ETH managed a sharp rebound after falling to $950. But the ETH/USD bearish continuation setup could have it revisit it. Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) fell to as low as $950 on Uniswap—a decentralized crypto exchange— this June 13, about 20% lower than its spot rate across other exchanges.ETH/USD hourly price chart. Source: UniswapOver $130M ETH sold in six hoursThe incident happened at around 3:00 am UTC after a whale dumped 65,000 ETH for multiple "stablecoins," including USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Dai (DAI).A piece of evidence noted that the whale sold its ETH holdings to....
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