According to @PANewsCN, Arkham data shows Justin Sun withdrew 45,000 ETH valued at 154.5 million dollars from Aave and deposited it into Lido for staking this morning, source: Arkham Intelligence via PANews. Arkham further reports the publicly tagged wallet associated with Justin Sun now holds about 534 million dollars in ETH, surpassing his TRX holdings of roughly 519 million dollars, source: Arkham Intelligence via PANews. This single transfer adds 45,000 ETH to Lido deposits and removes the same amount from Aave from this address, directly affecting on-chain liquidity profiles for ETH, LDO, and AAVE tracked by Arkham, source: Arkham Intelligence via PANews.

According to Onchain Lens, a whale withdrew 9,000 ETH (approximately USD 34.66 million) from Bitget after three months of inactivity, based on Nansen on-chain data. According to Onchain Lens, the same entity holds 15,127 ETH (approximately USD 58.4 million) staked via Lido Finance, citing Nansen data. According to Onchain Lens, the address involved is 0x97BD75506c31530a1fDc994B53434461ED1D6653, per Nansen’s labeling. According to Onchain Lens, this movement constitutes a 9,000 ETH outflow from Bitget’s on-chain wallets, as recorded by Nansen.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, two addresses withdrew a total of 9,000 ETH worth about $39.42 million from Binance in the past hour, including Longling Capital pulling 7,000 ETH around $4,382 and a separate address 0x832...07F84 withdrawing 2,000 ETH around $4,445 that was then deposited to Lido, source: @ai_9684xtpa. According to @ai_9684xtpa, Longling Capital’s wallet now holds 81,140.74 ETH valued near $360 million, while Binance’s observable ETH balance decreased by 9,000 ETH over the hour and 2,000 ETH shifted into Lido staking, source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to @cas_abbe, a once-popular ETH DeFi looping trade has ended (source: @cas_abbe). The strategy staked ETH on Lido to receive stETH, used stETH as collateral on Aave to borrow ETH, restaked the borrowed ETH, and repeated to amplify yield, functioning as effectively free money while borrowing was cheap (source: @cas_abbe).

According to Cas Abbé, redeeming stETH requires waiting in the Ethereum unstaking queue, which is currently 16 days long (source: Cas Abbé on X, Aug 17, 2025). According to Cas Abbé, this wait introduces duration risk because if ETH’s price drops sharply during that period, holders are exposed and unable to reposition (source: Cas Abbé on X, Aug 17, 2025). According to Cas Abbé, this immobility is a key risk stETH holders must price in when planning redemptions and trade exits during volatile ETH conditions (source: Cas Abbé on X, Aug 17, 2025).

According to @EmberCN, the DeFi project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), supported by the Trump family, recently used 2.65 million USDT to purchase 10.8 million TRX. Additionally, they staked 5,252 ETH into Lido. Up to now, WLFI has invested a total of 222.9 million USD in seven different tokens, experiencing a current loss of 2.67 million USD.