Arkham identifies 500 wallets related to Grayscale Ethereum Trust

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  • Arkham Intelligence identified over 500 wallet addresses tied to the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. 
  • The Trust is the second largest ETH entity globally with holdings of $5 billion, Arkham claims.

Crypto data platform Arkham Intelligence identified over 500 wallet addresses tied to the Grayscale Ethereum ETH -0.20% Trust. 

The wallets do not hold more than $30 million in assets, Arkham wrote on social media, which "makes the identification process more difficult."

"We were able to identify the addresses by analyzing activity and cross-referencing with Grayscale's publicly reported balances," the platform added.

In all, Grayscale holds nearly 3 billion ETH, which Arkham claims makes it the second largest ETH entity globally. 

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Arkham also said that the Grayscale Ethereum Trust holds 3,590 BTC +0.30% worth $92.7 million. 

Grayscale's Ethereum Trust

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust provides investors passive exposure to the price of ether and was first formed in December of 2017. The Trust experienced a -60% discount at the beginning of 2023, but that has recently lessened to -30%, The Block's Data Dashboard shows. 


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