{"id":58065,"date":"2023-08-13T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=58065"},"modified":"2023-08-13T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:04:22","slug":"voyagers-token-transfer-to-coinbase-sparks-sell-off-suspicions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=58065","title":{"rendered":"Voyager\u2019s token transfer to Coinbase sparks sell-off suspicions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-2649fa34=\"\">\n<p>Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital transferred 1,500 Ether (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\" rel=\"noopener\">ETH<\/a>), worth around $2.77 million and an additional 250 billion Shiba Inu (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/shiba-inu-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">SHIB<\/a>), worth roughly $2.7 million, to crypto exchange Coinbase on Aug.11, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x500a746c9a44f68fe6aa86a92e7b3af4f322ae66?__cf_chl_rt_tk=MzIzjjk3ss2Jugm7hNs1OzMaasjIGUnXmGW0LF_qPLU-1691804622-0-gaNycGzNDaU\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according<\/a> to Etherscan.<\/p>\n<p>The motive behind the transactions has triggered speculation within the broader crypto community. One theory suggests a probable sell-off, given that the transfers have diminished the distressed crypto lender\u2019s wallet holdings to $81.63 million of digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>The transactions occurred at one-hour intervals, according to Etherscan. The abrupt movement of the tokens has triggered discussions regarding a possible liquidation. However, some sources say that Voyager is consolidating all tokens from various addresses into a primary address.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-08\/74e74fc7-8731-4f5d-8ba9-47c7aa9f908e.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Screenshot of the transfers from Voyager to Coinbase. Source: Etherscan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The speculation of a sell-off is further supported by Voyager\u2019s ongoing divestment of its SHIB holdings since the start of 2023. In February, the company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/voyager-is-selling-crypto-assets-through-coinbase-suggests-on-chain-data\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/voyager-is-selling-crypto-assets-through-coinbase-suggests-on-chain-data\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">executed transfers of nearly $10 million worth of digital assets<\/a> to multiple cryptocurrency exchanges in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>The tokens moved include 270 billion SHIB, worth $3.2 million; 4.9 million Voyager Token (VGX), worth $2.1 million; 3,050 ETH, worth $3 million; and 221,000 Chainlink (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/chainlink-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK<\/a>), worth $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/voyager-customers-targeted-by-scammers-during-30-day-withdrawal-period-report\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/voyager-customers-targeted-by-scammers-during-30-day-withdrawal-period-report\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Voyager customers targeted by scammers during 30-day withdrawal period: Report<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following Binance.US\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/binance-us-set-to-acquire-voyager-digital-assets-for-1b\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/binance-us-set-to-acquire-voyager-digital-assets-for-1b\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">court-sanctioned acquisition of the lender\u2019s assets<\/a>, blockchain analysis platform Lookonchain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1629700878235230208\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">disclosed<\/a> that Voyager liquidated digital holdings exceeding $56 million across three cryptocurrency exchanges. Approximately three months later, the insolvent exchange engaged in various transactions involving the transfer of around 350 billion SHIB tokens.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/deposit-risk-crypto-exchanges-money\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Deposit risk: What do crypto exchanges really do with your money?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/voyager-coinbase-token-transfer-grows-selloff-suspicions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital transferred 1,500 Ether (ETH), worth around $2.77 million and an additional 250 billion Shiba Inu (SHIB), worth roughly $2.7 million, to crypto exchange Coinbase on Aug.11, according to Etherscan. The motive behind the transactions has triggered speculation within the broader crypto community. One theory suggests a probable sell-off, given that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[315,251,4322,519,452,2826,14114],"class_list":["post-58065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-coinbase","tag-selloff","tag-sparks","tag-suspicions","tag-token","tag-transfer","tag-voyagers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDgvZGM0MDYyMDUtNGZhYS00MzlhLTliOGYtNWE0MjNkMThiNTAxLmpwZw.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58067,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58065\/revisions\/58067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}