Ethereum funding car Trend Research continued to cut back its Ether publicity, as the newest market crash pushed the treasury firm to unload its belongings to pay again loans.
It held about 651,170 Ether (ETH) within the type of Aave Ethereum wrapped Ether (AETHWETH) on Sunday. That quantity dropped by 404,090, to about 247,080 on Friday, on the time of writing.
Trend Research transferred 411,075 ETH to cryptocurrency trade Binance for the reason that starting of the month, according to blockchain knowledge platform Arkham.
The transfers occurred as ETH worth dropped nearly 30% previously week, to as low as $1,748 on Friday, according to CoinMarketCap. It traded at $1,967 on the time of writing.
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Trend Research continues threat administration as ETH liquidation degree approaches
Trend Research has been tied to Jack Yi, founding father of Hong Kong-based crypto enterprise agency Liquid Capital. Yi amassed his Ethereum funding firm’s holdings by buying ETH at an trade, utilizing that as collateral on Aave to borrow stablecoins, then utilizing these funds to accumulate extra ETH.
Trend Research faces a number of ETH liquidation ranges between $1,698 and $1,562, wrote blockchain knowledge platform Lookonchain in a Friday X post.
Yi, said in a Thursday X submit that he stays bullish regardless of admitting that he referred to as for a backside in crypto valuation too early and can proceed to attend for a market restoration whereas “managing threat.”
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Trend Research got here into the highlight days after the $19 billion liquidation event of October 2025, when the funding agency began its aggressive Ether accumulation.
Trend Research would have ranked as the third-largest Ether holder in December, however as an unlisted firm, it doesn’t seem on most monitoring web sites.
Bitmine, the biggest public company Ether holder, was sitting on about $8 billion in unrealized revenue on Friday.
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