Ethena Price Shoots 22% Amid Heavy ENA Accumulation by Arthur Hayes

Arthur Hayes purchased a staggering 16.79 million ENA coins in just two days driving the Ethena Price surge making $1.14 million profit.
By Bhushan Akolkar
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Highlights

  • BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes accumulated 16.79 million ENA tokens in just last two days.
  • Following the 22% Ethena price gains, Hayes is already sitting on a profit of $1.14 million.
  • Analysts anticipate further 33% gains if ENA holds above its $0.75 support level.
  • ENA's market cap has soared to $2.13 billion, with open interest climbing 23%.

Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes is on an ENA accumulation spree driving more than 22% Ethena price gains in the last 24 hours. This comes as Hayes is reportedly moving all of his Aethir (ATH) holdings to Ethena (ENA) as part of portfolio reshuffling, after making heavy losses in ATH.

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Ethena Price Skyrockets on Arthur Hayes Buying Spree

As of press time, ENA price is trading 22.50% up at $0.7502 with its market cap soaring all the way to $2.13 billion. In the last two days, Hayes made notable withdrawals of ENA from crypto exchange Binance, showing his intensified interest in the synthetic dollar protocol.

According to blockchain tracking platform Spot On Chain, Hayes recently withdrew an additional 10.36 million ENA tokens, valued at $7.49 million. This brings his two-day accumulation to a staggering 16.79 million.

The average purchase price of ENA by the BitMEX co-founder currently stands at $0.66. Thus, Ethena price appreciation thereafter has resulted in an unrealized profit of $1.14 million, or over 14% appreciation already.

Source: SpotonChain

On November 26, Arthur Hayes liquidated all of his Aethir (ATH) holdings after months of holding and making an estimated loss of $815,000. However, quickly spotting a good opportunity in ENA, Hayes has already recovered these losses in two days with some additional unbooked profit.

The BitMEX co-founder has been shilling Solana-based meme coins off lately with his latest bet being FlowerAI (FLOWER). He also made strong profits from his early bet on Goatseus Maximus in October last month.

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ENA Bullish Momentum and Other Milestones

As per the Coinglass data, the ENA open interest has shot up by 23% to $374 million while the total ENA liquidations have shot up to $1.29 million, of which $335,000 are in long liquidations and $956,000 are in short liquidations. Moreover, the total value locked (TVL) on the Ethena blockchain has also surged to $4.09 billion.

Source: Coinglass

The Ethena blockchain is gaining strong traction through its synthetic dollar USDe. It is backed by collateral in the form of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Additionally, the USDe differs from traditional stablecoins by offering a native yield. Recently, the popular derivatives platform Deribit integrated USDe in the form of crypto margin collateral.

Moreover, Ethena Labs celebrated an important milestone of reaching a 4 billion supply for USDe while generating an annual percentage yield (APY) of a staggering 25% for its users. Back in September, the platform also unveiled its UStb stablecoin collateralized by financial giant BlackRock and Securitize.

All eyes are on the ENA bulls as they need to hold Ethena price above the strong support of $0.75. If they manage to pull this off, ENA could be heading for another 33% gains to $1. Some investors are also speculating that ENA will hit its all-time high of $1.5.

Source: TradingView
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Bhushan Akolkar
Bhushan is a seasoned crypto writer with over eight years of experience spanning more than 10,000 contributions across multiple platforms like CoinGape, CoinSpeaker, Bitcoinist, Crypto News Flash, and others. Being a Fintech enthusiast, he loves reporting across Crypto, Blockchain, DeFi, Global Macros with a keen understanding in financial markets. 

He is committed to continuous learning and stays motivated by sharing the knowledge he acquires. In his free time, Bhushan enjoys reading thriller fiction novels and occasionally explores his culinary skills. Bhushan has a bachelors degree in electronics engineering, however, his interest in finance and economics drives him to crypto and blockchain.
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