According to @EmberCN, two wallets suspected to belong to ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees have started repurchasing Ethereum (ETH) after selling it at a significantly higher price 18 months ago. In November 2024, the wallets sold 25,116 ETH for 82.63 million USDT at an average price of $3,290. Starting March 10, 2026, they have spent approximately 52 million USDT to acquire 25,485 ETH at an average price of $2,041, indicating a strategic re-entry into ETH at a lower price point.

According to @lookonchain, Erik Voorhees, a prominent Bitcoin advocate and founder of ShapeShift, has resumed significant Ethereum (ETH) investments after a year-long pause. He recently acquired 23,393 ETH using $49.08M USDT at a price of $2,098 through two wallets. Voorhees still holds $35.25M in USDT, suggesting potential further acquisitions of ETH.

According to @OnchainLens, Erik Voorhees, the founder of ShapeShift, has purchased 21,293 ETH over the past six days for a total of $44.52M USDT, with an average price of $2,091 per ETH. This includes a recent acquisition of 13,986 ETH worth $29.44M USDT within the last 24 hours. These transactions highlight significant interest in Ethereum (ETH) from prominent industry figures.

According to Lookonchain, Erik Voorhees, the founder of ShapeShift and an early Bitcoin (BTC) supporter, has started buying Ethereum (ETH) again after a one-year hiatus. Previously, Voorhees sold 12,886 ETH for $42.83M at a price of $3,324 each. Over the past five days, he has invested 17.75M USDT to purchase 8,576 ETH at $2,069 per token. He still holds 26.77M USDT and may continue accumulating ETH.

According to @lookonchain, Erik Voorhees, a prominent Bitcoin supporter and founder of ShapeShift, has made a significant move in the Ethereum (ETH) market. After selling 11,616 ETH for $33.94 million at $2,922 per ETH one year ago, he has recently repurchased 9,911 ETH at $2,057 using $20.38 million USDC. This strategic buyback highlights his renewed confidence in Ethereum's potential, signaling possible bullish sentiment for ETH traders.

According to the source, ShapeShift agreed to a $750,000 settlement related to U.S. sanctions violations, underscoring ongoing regulatory scrutiny on crypto exchange compliance; source: X post dated 2025-09-23. This development fits a continuing OFAC enforcement pattern that previously saw settlements with Kraken for $362,158 in 2022, Bittrex for $24.3 million in 2022, and BitPay for $507,375 in 2021; sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control press releases dated 2022-11-28, 2022-10-11, and 2021-02-18. Trading takeaway: headline risk around sanctions compliance can influence exchange-related assets and liquidity conditions, so monitor market depth, spreads, and funding rates around regulatory announcements; source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, OFAC enforcement history cited above.

According to @OnchainLens, a whale deposited 1,400 ETH (about USD 6.63M) to Kraken and is up roughly USD 102M on the position. According to @OnchainLens, the address originally acquired 24,959 ETH for about USD 258K from Kraken and ShapeShift nine years ago and still holds 13,477 ETH (about USD 64.52M). According to @OnchainLens, 877 ETH from the holdings is in another wallet.

According to @lookonchain, Erik Voorhees sold 6,581 ETH for $27.38M at a price of $4,161 on Aug 9, 2025 (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain, Voorhees received 14,945 ETH from ShapeShift nine years ago when ETH traded at $7.74, valued at $115.6K then and $62.68M at current levels (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain data, the 6,581 ETH sold equals roughly 44% of the 14,945 ETH previously received (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain, his prior ETH sale occurred on Dec 6, 2024 (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain, the move realized $27.38M of supply at the $4,161 level, and ETH’s price change from $7.74 to $4,161 represents about a 537x increase over the period (source: @lookonchain).

According to @EmberCN, an early ETH whale that accumulated 14,945 ETH via ShapeShift in 2016 at $7.7 has sold ETH again today after a prior sale in December 2024, with both sales executed above $4,000, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 9, 2025. The source specifies the address received 14,945 ETH in 2016 valued around $115,000 at the time, sold in December 2024 at about $4,005, and sold again today above $4,000, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 9, 2025. For traders tracking on-chain supply, the address’s realized distribution has occurred when ETH traded above the $4,000 level on both occasions, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 9, 2025.

According to @EmberCN, a whale or institution that held Ethereum for 8 years recently transferred 34,000 ETH, valued at $67.18M, to Coinbase. The entity realized a 44x return, amounting to a profit of $65.68M. The ETH was originally accumulated in March 2017 via @bitfinex, @Changelly_team, and @ShapeShift when the price was just $44 per ETH.

According to EmberCN, an early Ethereum whale who accumulated 21,636 ETH at $6.9 each in 2016 has sold 10,485 ETH for $27.53 million over the past five days. Initially, the whale withdrew the ETH from ShapeShift and Poloniex in 2016, when the total value was only $149,800. The whale remained dormant until May this year, when they began selling ETH at $2,980.

According to @EmberCN, an ancient whale who received 16,636 ETH from ShapeShift at $5.23 per ETH in February 2016 has started selling after holding for 8.5 years. Four hours ago, the whale transferred 16,636 ETH worth $39.62M to address 0xe3e...566 and sold 350 ETH at $2,340 each.