In keeping with blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens, Ethereum co-founder Jeffrey Wilcke lately deposited 79,859 ETH (roughly $158.31 million at press time) to the Kraken cryptocurrency change over the previous 24 hours.
In the meantime, Ethereum (ETH) continues to wrestle with draw back worth strain, at the moment altering fingers under the pivotal $2,000 degree.
Wilcke’s recognized pockets at the moment holds simply 16,037 ETH, value roughly $31.66 million, following the newest sale.
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Since stepping away from direct Ethereum improvement in 2019 to deal with his personal gaming firm, Wilcke has been routinely offloading his early-allocated ETH. Therefore, the current sale doesn’t really come as a shock.
Wilcke has transferred nicely over $500 million value of ETH to Kraken during the last a number of years. Final Could, as an example, Wilcke transferred 105,736 ETH (value roughly $262 million on the time) to Kraken.
Wilcke just isn’t the one Ethereum co-founder aggressively liquidating holdings in early 2026. Vitalik Buterin has additionally been closely promoting his private ETH stash.
In January 2026, Buterin introduced his plan to liquidate 16,384 ETH to fund what he described as an “austerity interval” for the Ethereum Basis (EF).
By late February and early March 2026, Buterin had already bought over 19,300 ETH (valued at roughly $40 million).

