A crypto wallet linked to an infamous Coinbase hacker has bought another 3,976 Ether, worth over $18.9 million, at $4,756 per token, according to onchain data.
The purchase was made on Saturday, using 18.911 million DAI (DAI), according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The hacker consolidated various DAI amounts, ranging from $80,000 to $6 million, before executing multiple ETH buys.
The Coinbase hacker wallet has been under surveillance by blockchain analysts since earlier this year. It’s reportedly tied to a $300 million+ social engineering scam that targeted Coinbase users.
In May, onchain sleuth and security analyst ZachXBT estimated that the campaign defrauded victims out of at least $330 million. “Our number is likely much lower than the actual amount stolen as our data was limited to my DMs and thefts we discovered onchain,” he said at the time.
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Coinbase hacker makes more crypto trades
The latest Ether accumulation follows a series of significant trades from the same address. Last month, the wallet acquired $8 million worth of Solana (SOL) across several purchases, which has since slipped below the entry price.
Prior to that, in July, the same wallet scooped up 4,863 ETH ($12.55 million) and 649 ETH ($2.3 million) at around $3,562 per token.
Meanwhile, the latest Ether purchase comes as the price of ETH rose above $4,700 on Saturday to hit a local high of around $4,763, its highest level in more than two weeks. At the time of writing, ETH is trading at $4,718, up by 4.5% over the past day.
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A crypto trader on Hyperliquid transformed a $125,000 deposit into a $303 million leveraged long on Ether, achieving a peak equity of $43 million before exiting with $6.86 million in realized profit. The position was built over four months through continuous compounding and high leverage.
The trader’s approach, which was recycling all gains into a single position, was backed by favorable price action and timing. As the ETH market showed signs of cooling, the trader unwound the 66,749 ETH long just before the reversal, preserving a 55x return on the original stake.
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