During a 12-hour buying spree over the weekend, the “Bitcoin OG” whale gobbled up 96,859 spot Ether after selling 4,000 Bitcoin.
Stephen Katte
Stephen Katte is an Australia based journalist who joined Cointelegraph in 2022 as a writer on the Asia-Pacific news desk. He mainly covers crypto crime and regulatory related content. Previously, he wrote gambling related articles for casinos and covered international news with a focus on the United States. He also covered local Australian news with regional papers under the banner of major media company’s Fairfax Media and Nine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from the University of Canberra. Stephen has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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