$478 Million Disappears Again: BlackRock’s Crypto Fire Sale Sparks Market Frenzy

In a feat that could only be described as the financial equivalent of a magic trick, BlackRock – the giant in asset management – has once more pulled out a fat stack of crypto, leaving the audience (and the market) staring in disbelief. Just 24 hours after unloading a mountain of coins, they’ve tossed another mountain into Coinbase Prime. Reality? Nah, just a typical Tuesday in the grand circus of crypto, according to the on-chain sleuths at Lookonchain.

Apparently, BlackRock decided that Bitcoin and Ethereum were so 2021 – so they deposited 3,064 BTC and 64,707 ETH, like someone shedding old clothes for the latest market fashion. The question on every trader’s mind: are they selling or just rearranging their digital sock drawers? 🤔

BlackRock’s brand of ‘market stability’-or chaos?

Hold onto your keyboards: the firm has dumped over $478 million in crypto-$280 million in BTC and $198 million in ETH-faster than you can say ‘pump and dump’. And to add a sprinkle of irony, this purge happened a mere day after they shelled out a cool $642 million into Coinbase. It’s like a financial yo-yo, only without the fun – just the panic.

Both moves involved a series of batch transfers-like your grandma’s mail order of bulk toilet paper-300 BTC or 10,000 ETH moving in a flash. Is this evidence of a sell-off or some secret institutional shuffle? The crypto community can’t decide-probably because they’re too busy clutching their charts for dear life.

This incessant depositing-oh, wait, I mean selling-has traders running in circles, questioning BlackRock’s bullish facade. With market temperatures colder than a Siberian winter, some suggest the ‘bull run’ has already gone south, replaced by nervous hand-wringing and mass sell-offs.

As I write this, Bitcoin dips to about $92,874 and ETH skids around $3,122. The parade of red continues-proof that in crypto, the only certainty is uncertainty. 🎢

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2025-11-18 22:06