Ethereum price flash crashes to $950 on Uniswap as whale dumps 93K ETH
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ETH managed a sharp rebound after falling to $950. But the ETH/USD bearish continuation setup could have it revisit it.
Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) fell to as low as $950 on Uniswap—a decentralized crypto exchange— this June 13, about 20% lower than its spot rate across other exchanges.
The incident happened at around 3:00 am UTC after a whale dumped 65,000 ETH for multiple "stablecoins," including USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT) and Dai (DAI).
A piece of evidence noted that the whale sold its ETH holdings to pay off nearly $73 million worth of debt at Oasis.app, a DeFi lending platform. The duration of the sell-off saw ETH's liquidation price dropping from $1,200 to $875.
The Oasis borrower continued the selling spree—dumping another stash of nearly 28,000 ETH five hours after the first selloff—to pay back another $32 million in debt. This time, the liquidation price rose from $892 to $1,200, as shown below.
Ether's trip to $950 was brief, suggesting adequate demand for the tokens near the level. Nonetheless, one separate analysis from veteran trader Peter Brandt pointed at ETH's price falling toward $650 in the coming weeks.
Brandt's bearish outlook emerged out of a classic continuation pattern, dubbed the "descending triangle," which resolves after the price breaks out in the direction of its previous trend.
Since Ether was falling before the triangle's formation, its path of least resistance was skewed to the downside.
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