Ethena price reverses as whales dump, exchange balances rise

Ethena price retreated for three consecutive days as exchange balances continued rising and as whales sold their tokens. Ethena ( ENA ) token dropped to $0.95, moving below the psychologically important level of $1 for the first time since Dec. 20. The ongoing crash is caused by the risk-off sentiment in the crypto industry, which has caused Bitcoin ( BTC ) and other prices to be lower. It also happened as on-chain data showed that whales were selling their tokens. The biggest transaction occurred when a whale sent 11.6 million ENA tokens worth $11 million to Binance, the biggest crypto exchange. In another transaction, one trader moved ENA tokens valued at $10.7 million to the Binance. Ethena whales dumped tokens worth $30 million on Thursday, Dec. 26. These sales happened a week after Arthur Hayes, Bitmex founder and earlier investor, sold some of his ENA tokens . According to Nansen, Hayes now owns 18,616 coins valued at $17,458. Ethena price also fell as tokens on exchanges continued rising, a popular bearish view. These tokens increased by 5.82% in the last seven days to over 730.27 million. Total supply on exchanges moved to 4.87%, up by 0.27% a week ago. Ethena exchange balances | Source: Nansen Meanwhile, inflows into Ethena’s USDe stablecoin have stalled. The coin has a market cap of $6 billion , where it has been in the past few days, a sign of sluggish demand. Ethena USDe stablecoin | Source: DeFi Llama Ethena price analysis ENA price chart | Source: crypto.news Technicals suggest that Ethena may have more downward to go as it has formed a head and shoulders pattern on the four-hour chart. This pattern comprises a neckline, which is at $0.8552, two shoulders, and a head. In most periods, the pattern leads to a strong downward momentum when it moves below the neckline. Ethena has also moved to the 38.2% Fibonacci Retracement level and slipped below the 50-period moving average. It also fell below the strong pivot reverse level of the Murrey Math Lines. Therefore, the token will likely continue falling, with the immediate target being the H&S’s neckline at $0.8552. A drop below that level will point to more downside, potentially to the extremely oversold level of $0.5860. You might also like: Here’s why meme coins like Floki, SHIB, Fartcoin are crashing Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only.