According to @ai_9684xtpa, an ETH whale withdrew 1,299.6 ETH from OKX at $3,129.64 about five minutes prior, lifting cumulative buys since 2025.12.05 to 51,451.6 ETH valued at $161 million with an average cost near $3,117.3, source: @ai_9684xtpa. The position is currently at an unrealized loss of $0.94 million, with unrealized gains having retraced by more than $9 million from last week’s local high, source: @ai_9684xtpa. The same wallet previously withdrew 2,836 ETH (~$9.15 million), deposited into Aave, borrowed 6.2 million USDT, and sent funds to OKX to continue a leveraged long loop, indicating amplified ETH exposure, source: @ai_9684xtpa and ARKM intel links intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xc35BC7E918bb4C0159296d9749Dc59dE605B4b93 and intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/0505a04a-b5bf-4313-b41a-9916e27745ab. Key trading reference levels are the whale’s average cost near $3,117 and the withdrawal price $3,129.64; monitoring OKX flows and Aave borrow size can track leverage changes, source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an ETH whale has accumulated 50,152 ETH worth about $156 million since 2025-12-05, based on on-chain tracking and wallet attribution data shared by the source. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 6, 2026 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2008505303118344511 and Arkham entity page https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/0505a04a-b5bf-4313-b41a-9916e27745ab According to @ai_9684xtpa, roughly one hour before the latest post the whale withdrew 2,836 ETH (about $9.15 million) from OKX, deposited ETH into Aave, borrowed 6.2 million USDT, and sent the USDT back to OKX to continue a looped long strategy. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 6, 2026 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2008505303118344511 According to @ai_9684xtpa, the whale’s reported ETH cost basis is about $3,117 with an unrealized profit of $6.207 million at the time of reporting. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 6, 2026 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2008505303118344511 According to @ai_9684xtpa and the referenced Arkham profile, wallet 0xce9...57c69 is shown with 41,523.24 ETH supplied and 69.82 million USDT borrowed on-chain. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 6, 2026 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2005209970350891312 and Arkham entity page https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/0505a04a-b5bf-4313-b41a-9916e27745ab According to @ai_9684xtpa, a prior update noted a 3,997 ETH withdrawal from OKX (about $11.76 million) and a 15.3 million USDT exchange deposit in the same monitoring window, indicating continued activity from the address. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 6, 2026 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2005209970350891312

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an ETH whale withdrew 21,850.15 ETH from exchanges between Dec 5–15 at a $3,231 average price and is showing a $6.246M unrealized loss, with an additional 2,000 ETH withdrawn roughly 6 hours ago worth about $5.84M, based on the reported on-chain cluster intel. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/0505a04a-b5bf-4313-b41a-9916e27745ab. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the ETH is distributed across five wallets and address 0xce9…57c69 is running a loop-long strategy by collateralizing 18,706.9 ETH to borrow 31.34M USDT, with a reported health factor of 1.41. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Arkham Intelligence entity link above. According to Aave and Compound documentation, in DeFi lending markets a health factor falling toward 1 increases liquidation risk, and liquidations typically trigger below 1, implying this leveraged long is sensitive to ETH price declines. Source: docs.aave.com, docs.compound.finance.

According to @EmberCN, a whale or institution that previously shorted ETH for a $24.48M profit pivoted to long by buying 191,477 ETH at $3,335 on Nov 5, now showing $47.87M in unrealized gains. Source: @EmberCN on X; debank.com/profile/0xe5c248d8d3f3871bd0f68e9c4743459c43bb4e4c; x.com/EmberCN/status/1988053052059009220. According to @EmberCN, the same address borrowed 100M USDT from Aave about 7 hours ago, transferred it to Binance, and withdrew 44,288 ETH worth about $156M to self-custody, indicating leveraged accumulation activity. Source: @EmberCN on X; debank.com/profile/0xe5c248d8d3f3871bd0f68e9c4743459c43bb4e4c; x.com/EmberCN/status/1988053052059009220. According to @EmberCN, over the past week the address accumulated a total of 235,765 ETH valued around $795M at an average entry price of $3,372, establishing the reported cost basis for the position. Source: @EmberCN on X; debank.com/profile/0xe5c248d8d3f3871bd0f68e9c4743459c43bb4e4c; x.com/EmberCN/status/1988053052059009220.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a whale who began accumulating 32,000 ETH at $3,830 on 2025-06-18 has started taking profit, selling 3,603 ETH at an average $4,692.8 (~$16.9M) in the last 2 hours. Source: @ai_9684xtpa. Since Oct 3, the address has cumulatively sold 14,806.94 ETH for $67.54M at a $4,561 average, realizing $10.82M in profit. Source: @ai_9684xtpa. The wallet 0x1fc75ad0511ddc3a23b9583ba1c285b8292faed5 still supplies 20,500 ETH on Aave and has borrowed 49.41M USDT with a health factor of 1.61, per the DeBank profile shared. Source: @ai_9684xtpa; DeBank. These realized sells cluster in the $4,561–$4,693 band for this address, defining a clear supply zone to monitor for intraday liquidity and volatility. Source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, wallet 0xC26...7869C borrowed 11 million USDT from Aave about 9 hours ago and bought 2,502 ETH on-chain at an average price of $4,396.5, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The address currently shows 10,345 ETH posted as collateral and approximately $20.08 million in stablecoins borrowed with a health factor of 1.84, source: DeBank profile for the address as referenced by @ai_9684xtpa. This activity indicates a leveraged long ETH position by the wallet based on the Aave borrow and subsequent ETH purchases, source: @ai_9684xtpa and DeBank wallet metrics.

According to Lookonchain, whale address 0x9992 borrowed $10 million USDT from Aave and purchased 3,983 ETH at $2,510.64 per ETH just four hours ago (source: Lookonchain via Twitter). This large-scale leveraged buy indicates strong bullish conviction in Ethereum price action, potentially signaling upward momentum for ETH in the short term. Such whale activity is closely monitored by traders as it may increase volatility and provide liquidity, presenting both risk and opportunity for swing and day traders in the ETH/USDT trading pair. Monitoring on-chain flows and Aave lending rates is recommended for crypto traders looking to capitalize on this development.