{"id":30922,"date":"2024-10-14T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=30922"},"modified":"2024-10-14T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:30:10","slug":"two-whales-turn-to-defi-coins-they-picked-3-altcoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/two-whales-turn-to-defi-coins-they-picked-3-altcoins\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Whales Turn to DeFi Coins: They Picked 3 Altcoins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The belief in DeFi coins, which remained silent during Bitcoin&#8217;s rise this year, continues among whales. The purchases made by two major whales in the last two days have drawn attention. Uniswap (UNI), AAVE and Maker (MKR) were the prominent altcoins.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/two-whales-turn-to-defi-coins-they-picked-3-altcoins\/#AAVE_UNI_and_MKR_on_Whales_Radar\" title=\"AAVE, UNI and MKR on Whales&#8217; Radar\">AAVE, UNI and MKR on Whales&#8217; Radar<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/two-whales-turn-to-defi-coins-they-picked-3-altcoins\/#10_Million_AAVE_Investment\" title=\"$10 Million AAVE Investment\">$10 Million AAVE Investment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AAVE_UNI_and_MKR_on_Whales_Radar\"><\/span>AAVE, UNI and MKR on Whales&#8217; Radar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to the information provided by Lookonchain, a whale purchased 299 thousand UNI tokens worth $2.9 million from the Gate.io exchange last night. The same whale had also purchased $2.9 million worth of AAVE and $805 thousand worth of MKR in August and September.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Million_AAVE_Investment\"><\/span>$10 Million AAVE Investment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>AAVE continues to be one of the projects that attracts whales&#8217; attention, especially in the summer months. In the last two days, a whale purchased a total of close to $10 million worth of AAVE. This investor, who bought $4.8 million worth of AAVE yesterday, converted the tokens to USDC using the GHO credit system and purchased additional AAVE via Coinbase. He used the same tactic to buy $2.6 million worth of AAVE tonight. He took out a $2 million GHO credit for this transaction, bringing the total purchase he made during the night to over $4.5 million. His total purchases in the last two days have reached nearly $10 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>Might interest you: <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/what-is-babydoge\/\">What is BabyDoge?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whales have focused on DeFi projects such as LDO, AAVE, UNI, ENS and PENDLE, especially in the summer months. This intense interest shows that the trust in the DeFi space and the belief in the potential of these projects continue.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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AAVE, UNI and MKR on Whales&#8217; Radar According to the information provided by Lookonchain,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[953,60,5437,954,5412],"class_list":["post-30922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genel","tag-bitcoin-whale","tag-btc","tag-btc-whale","tag-whale","tag-whale-activity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two Whales Turn to DeFi Coins: They Picked 3 Altcoins - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/two-whales-turn-to-defi-coins-they-picked-3-altcoins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Whales Turn to DeFi Coins: They Picked 3 Altcoins - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The belief in DeFi coins, which remained silent during Bitcoin&#8217;s rise this year, continues among whales. 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