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Crypto market maker Jump Trading has started selling more Ethereum holdings, as per on-chain data platforms. This move may bring a correction in ETH price, similar to a more than 20% crash last week. Lookonchain in a post on August 14 reported that prominent crypto trading firm Jump Trading has started selling ETH once again. The firm claimed 17,049 ETH worth $46.44 million from liquid staking protocol Lido. It then transferred the coins to the wallet address “0xf58“. Notably, the firm uses the wallet for selling to crypto exchanges. The crypto market maker currently holds 21,394 wstETH, which is valued at $68.58 million. Spot On Chain revealed that the crypto firm continued to redeem the last 21,394 wstETH for 25,156 stETH recently. However, Spot On Chain claims the crypto firm did not request to withdraw instantly from Lido like before. Jump Trading still holds nearly $148M worth of Ethereum. This includes 24,993 ETH in wallet 0xf58 and 29,093 stETH staked with Lido Finance. The selloffs picked pace after Kanav Kariya announced his departure from Jump Crypto after serving as the firm’s president for nearly three years. It happened after the CFTC launched an investigation into Jump Crypto in June. Jump Trading Can Trigger Another ETH Price Crash Last week, ETH price dropped more than 20% after Jump Trading liquidated $300 million to crypto exchanges. It started with 17,576 ETH worth $46 million dumped centralized exchanges, but the trading firm is moving a larger amount of ETH as compared to the past week. ETH price currently trading more than 3% in the past 24 hours, with the price currently trading at $2,725. The 24-hour low and high are $2,613 and $2,750, respectively. Furthermore, the trading volume has decreased by 28% in the last 24 hours, indicating a decline in interest among…

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