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Just noticed something interesting in the market today - while ETH is trading around $2,130 after a slight bounce, there's been some serious whale activity going on behind the scenes. A major holder dumped another batch of ethereum to an exchange on Friday, bringing their total offload to 244K ETH in just three days. That's the kind of move that usually signals someone's taking profits or hedging.
What caught my eye though is the institutional side of things. The spot ETH ETFs broke their winning streak with over $103 million in outflows, while Bitcoin funds have been quietly accumulating more BTC. Feels like the smart money is rotating into Bitcoin lately, which honestly makes sense given the current market uncertainty. Meanwhile, liquidations hit $43 million in the last 24 hours, mostly from long positions getting wiped out.
On the technical side, ETH bounced off the 50-day moving average around $2,265 on Friday - that's holding as decent support for now. The 100-day EMA at $2,355 is the next level to watch if we're looking for a real recovery. RSI is sitting just above 50, so there's room to move either way, but without strong conviction yet. If we break above $2,388, then $2,746 becomes the next target. On the downside, losing $2,211 would be concerning.
The market feels pretty balanced right now between the bulls trying to defend support and the bears testing the waters. Whale moves like these always remind me to watch the bigger picture instead of just chasing the daily swings.