140,000 ETH Exits Exchanges in One Day – What’s Happening?

A report shared by the on-chain data aggregator Sentora (earlier known as IntoTheBlock) shows a massive outflow of Ethereum from cryptocurrency exchanges that happened within a single day.

It happened as market sentiment is turning bullish and investors are beginning to scoop up ETH. Meanwhile, open interest on ETH futures has also soared, reaching a new all-time high.

Investors craving for ETH, withdrawing across exchanges

According to Sentora’s recent tweet, on Wednesday, 140,120 ETH valued at approximately $393 million was withdrawn from crypto exchanges. The tweet underscored that this was “the largest single-day withdrawal in over a month.”

Yesterday, more than 140,000 ETH, worth roughly $393 million, flowed out of exchanges, marking the largest single-day withdrawal in over a month. pic.twitter.com/rVZ9pk8Pos

— Sentora (previously IntoTheBlock) (@SentoraHQ) June 12, 2025

This massive outflow aligned with the Ethereum price skyrocketing above the $2,760 price level. Last time similar cumulative ETH withdrawal from trading platforms took place on May 12 but at that moment ETH was trading at around $2,520 per coin.

ETH futures OI hits $20 billion

Another large source of on-chain data, Glassnode, has revealed that Ethereum futures open interest (OI) has reached a record $20 billion after a recently staged spike. The tweet also notes that traders continue to build up leverage as they keep uploading stablecoins, such as USDT, USDC, etc.

This OI is driven by cash-margined contracts and stablecoin leverage and a notable rise in it signals an increase in trader speculation despite the significant price decline of 4.31% in the past 24 hours as ETH lost the $2,800 level. At the time of this writing, the asset is changing hands at $2,745.

$ETH futures open interest (cash-margined) just hit a new all-time high – topping $20B. Despite a slight pullback from the $2.8K levels, leverage continues to build as traders load up using stablecoins. pic.twitter.com/XP3KmhkdJ1

— glassnode (@glassnode) June 12, 2025

Smart whale buys back ETH it just sold

Analytics account on the X social media platform @spotonchain has spotted a large whale (likely, a financial institution), which has been selling ETH recently, decided to buy back some of the Ethereum coins it dumped the other day.

The smart institution that made $30.45M from $ETH is still bullish—buying back just a day after selling!

On June 10, the whale sold 30,000 $ETH for $78.63M via an OTC deal with #Wintermute at an avg. price of $2,621, locking in a $6.72M profit (+8.91%) after 15 days of holding.… https://t.co/pWRsPHtSUM pic.twitter.com/bbe9Z1Mvqp

— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) June 12, 2025

The tweet referred to this whale as a “smart institution” that has recently earned $30.45 million on trading ETH. It has acquired ETH just a day after selling, gaining 15,000 ETH $46.5 million after selling 30,000 ETH on June 10 for $78.63 million via OTC at Wintermute. His profit from the sale constituted $6.72 million after 15 days of holding ETH.

But since the price went higher, the whale paid $2,818 per one ETH on average, while it sold at $2,621.

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