A whale has accumulated 30,003 AAVE over the past four days, with an average price of $156.65

December 27 Citing The Information, JPMorgan Chase has frozen accounts for at least two fast-growing stablecoin startups operating in high-risk jurisdictions like Venezuela in recent months. The move underscores the risks cryptocurrency transactions pose to banks, which are required to verify counterparty identities and fund sources. Among the affected accounts is that of stablecoin firm Blindpay.

On December 27, data from Ashes Monitoring shows that whale wallet 0xa339 — who had gone long on ETH via a flash loan — continued selling 5,000 ETH in the past hour, converting the proceeds to 14.6 million USDC. Over the past 11 days, the whale has sold a total of 35,605 ETH (valued at $103.7 million) at an average price of $2,914 per ETH, realizing a profit of $13.14 million. Currently, the whale holds 15,000 ETH (worth approximately $43.88 million).

Dec. 27 — Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in a tweet that a former customer service employee has been arrested in India in connection with a customer data case. Earlier this year, in May, Coinbase suffered a data breach where hackers bribed a contractor to access sensitive customer information.

On December 27, Joseph Chalom—Co-CEO of SharpLink Gaming—tweeted that three key trends could drive a significant jump in Ethereum’s Total Value Locked (TVL) by the end of 2026: the stablecoin market hitting $500 billion, growth in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and rising interest from sovereign wealth funds. Chalom noted tokenized RWAs will reach $300 billion in 2026, with assets under management (AUM) for tokenized assets growing tenfold. The scope will expand from tokenizing individual funds, stocks, and bonds to entire portfolios, he added. ETH holdings by sovereign wealth funds and the scale of tokenization will also surge 5–10 times, per Chalom. A major catalyst: major financial firms including JPMorgan Chase, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock have ramped up their interest in Ethereum over the past year. Notably, SharpLink unstaked 35,627 ETH (valued at $104.4 million) earlier this morning.

On December 27, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost noted that Ethereum’s contract trading volume this year has far outpaced previous years. For example, Binance’s Ethereum futures trading volume hit over $6.74 trillion in the past year—nearly double 2024’s figure, which already set a record. This makes Ethereum one of the largest assets in the 2025 global derivatives market by trading volume, underscoring strong speculative demand. Over the past year, Binance’s spot-to-futures ratio for ETH has hovered around 0.2: for every $1 invested in ETH spot, nearly $5 went into futures contracts. This ratio signals a market heavily reliant on leverage, reflecting extreme speculation around Ethereum in 2025. The record trading volume paired with this unbalanced ratio means futures largely drive ETH’s price trends. As a result, Ethereum’s price fluctuations this year have often been amplified, volatile, and closely tied to liquidations—ultimately pushing it to a new all-time high by just a few dol

On December 27th, LookOnChain data shows the whale wallet "pension-usdt.eth" flipped from long to short this morning: it shorted 20,000 ETH at 3x leverage, with an entry price of $2,921 and a liquidation price of $4,832. Per the same monitoring, this address frequently conducts low-leverage short-term swing trades, typically holding full positions in BTC and ETH for an average of ~20 hours. It has netted approximately $13.87 million in profits over the past 30 days.