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Blur Continues Monthly Token Unlocks as $340M Worth of $BLUR Hits Market

In keeping with its established token release schedule, Blur has moved another big batch of $BLUR tokens into the market. This month, 23.8 million $BLUR tokens—worth about $2.3 million—were sent to Coinbase Prime, the institutional arm of the crypto exchange. The transfer is the latest installment in Blur’s monthly token unlock cycle, which began in mid-2023 and has since become a key factor in the token’s price behavior and circulating supply. Blur began its token unlock process on June 15, 2023, as part of a larger plan to very slowly and very deliberately bring its full token supply into circulation. Since then, the project has set free a little over a third of its total $BLUR token supply—about 1.068 billion tokens (35.6%). Each batch of unlocked tokens has been sent off to Coinbase Prime, which very much suggests that Blur is making these tokens available for trading on the open market. The resulting unlocked tokens had a mind-boggling combined valuation at the point of transfer of an enormous $340 million. This really highlighted the unlock operation’s scale and made us rethink the token’s present-value proposition. But alas, here we are: the token’s trading value today is at $0.096, with the average transfer price being, by my estimate, around $0.318. 一月一解锁的 Blur 在 1 小时前将本月解锁的 2380 万枚 $BLUR ($2.3M) 转进 Coinbase Prime。 Blur 自 2023/6/15 进入解锁周期以来，已经解锁了 35.6% 总量的 BLUR (10.68 亿枚) 并转进 Coinbase Prime 进入市场流通。 以解锁转出时的价格计算，价值 $3.4 亿。转出平均价 $0.318，而 BLUR… https://t.co/rcxFGzufcb pic.twitter.com/MZCGF6E16y — 余烬 (@EmberCN) April 18, 2025 Token Unlocks Pressure Market as Prices Slide The average unlock price compared to the actual market price is getting larger. This emphasizes investor concern. Many in the community argue that the price going down is a direct result of too many unlocked tokens being dumped on the market. We have done quite a few unlocks now, and every one of them is basically creating a supply increase in the market. This is happening alongside demand that hasn’t really picked up in a major way. Blur’s strategy for unlocking tokens closely mirrors a familiar crypto project playbook—gradually releasing tokens held by teams, investors, and communities in a way that (ideally) avoids sudden supply shocks. In practice, though, scheduled unlocks can create problems for a project and its token, particularly in a bear market, or when demand just can’t keep up with new supply. They’re a kind of necessary evil in crypto, a way to ensure the people and institutions that helped make a project happen get compensated for their unpaid work and that the project doesn’t just fall apart. More than one-third of the total $BLUR supply has already been unlocked and is now in circulation, so the next phases of this release schedule have market participants’ full attention. If the trend seen so far continues, significant additional volumes of $BLUR will make their way into the markets over the next few months. The result could be a supply-induced downturn unless the markets can come up with some fresh $BLUR demand or supply-side use cases to absorb the unlocked tokens. Blur, which has zeroed in on NFT marketplace aggregation and DeFi tools, accumulated a lot of hype upon launch and during its early operations. But as the crypto world changes and the speculative juices dry up, it’s become tougher for the company to keep pumpin’ up investor interest and the value of its token. Blur remains busy running its unlock schedule, which is coming off with what seems to be lots of transparency and consistency. What does this mean for long-term holders of the token? Well, it may be a bit mixed. For institutional players, the predictable inflow of liquidity seems to be coming off fine and dandy, especially with its conjoined partner, Coinbase Prime. Market prices, however, don’t seem to be validating the token as retail investors and early adopters of this space who have bought in seem to be feeling the pinch. The path forward for $BLUR may rely tremendously on how Blur’s main offering and community develop. More usefulness, more platform users, or a revival in the NFT market could all steady or reverse the token’s present course. Until that day, the Blur ecosystem has to make sure that it doesn’t too freely expand liquidity. If it does, value could start drifting down, and a down market for any token is a distant cousin to the cash cows we do stables in Web3. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! Image(s): Shutterstock.com TimesTabloid

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Whale Wallet Loses Nearly $10 Million on $PNUT, $ai16z, and $ARC in Just Five Months

In another stunning development in the crypto world, one whale of a wallet that has aggressively built multimillion-dollar positions in three altcoins—$PNUT, $ai16z, and $ARC—now holds an astounding aggregate loss that is nearly all unrealized. Across five months, the balance in the wallet has swayed from almost $10 million in profit to just under $10 million in loss; at this moment, a tipped-to-the-side scale between unrealized and realized loss precariously balances the two rather against the backdrop of the very profitable-looking alcoves of $PNUT, $ai16z, and $ARC, now harboring a whale. As per the blockchain data and trading activity analysis, the wallet in question deployed a total of $16.41 million in capital to pile up positions across the three tokens. But things went south quickly, with all three trades now in the red — two already closed at a loss and one still open with a substantial floating deficit. Breakdown of the Losses: A Pricey Crypto Experiment Most of this whale’s capital went to $PNUT. The investor spent about $9.12 million to assemble a position at an average cost of $0.3448 per token. This move first got analysts’ and retail traders’ eyes, with some taking the buy as a bullish signal from a smart player. However, after weeks of downward price pressure, the wallet threw in the towel and fully exited its $PNUT position just two weeks ago — realizing a loss of $4.975 million. Next in line is $ai16z, another heavily backed token in the whale’s portfolio. For this position, the investor spent $5.6 million to buy in at an average cost of $0.7447. Unlike the $PNUT play, this position remains open, but it has already generated a massive floating loss of $4.58 million. Market watchers have noted that unless the price of $ai16z sees a substantial rebound, the whale may be looking at yet another deep red exit if they choose to close it in the near future. The third and final token in this trilogy is $ARC. This whale entered this position at a cost of $0.2914, deploying $2.77 million in capital. But after market conditions turned against the token, this whale exited the position two months ago, realizing a loss of $426,000. Compared to the other two, this was a smaller bet — but still contributed to the overall drawdown. These trades have incurred such damage that now they stand at an astonishing $9.98 million in realized and unrealized losses, reaping a 60 percent decline from the original investment capital. I am just stating obvious facts here, with my subpoenaed lawyer’s hat on. 短短五个月时间，「曾花费 1641 万美金建仓 $PNUT & $ai16z & $arc 的巨鲸」已累计亏损 998 万美元，资产缩水超 60% PNUT：花费 912 万美元建仓，成本 $0.3448，两周前已清仓并亏损 497.5 万美元 ai16z：花费 560 万美元建仓，成本 $0.7447，目前浮亏 458 万美元 arc：花费 277… https://t.co/qsGWQAKC9N pic.twitter.com/0TeBVzlZzV — Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) April 19, 2025 The wallet has an aggressive entry into its positions and seems to be managing them with high conviction, which naturally gave off the impression of having either some insider knowledge or the sort of institutional backing that, say, some big hedge fund might offer. In reality, though, we have no idea who is behind the address or how it is getting funded, and analysts at this point can only make educated guesses when working through the possibilities. A Stark Reminder of Risk in High-Cap Altcoin Plays Whale wallets are a form of sentiment analysis for many retail traders. If a large player is in a position, he must know something, right? Not necessarily. The recent story of FTX proves that size and even seemingly sophisticated strategies are no guarantee of success. If you follow a whale wallet, you are betting, in a way, on the smarts of a large and presumably informed player. But those bets can go bad in a hurry in crypto. Regardless of if the wallet is owned by Galaxy Digital or another institutional player, the losses show how fast times can change — even for whales. The recent market volatility, coupled with the thin liquidity across many altcoins, is now forcing large holders to truly consider their positions. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage sizable stakes in many altcoins without a) suffering serious slippage (which is how we got here in the first place), or b) essentially acting as a market maker (which is what large holders usually do when they want to get in or out of a position without causing too much of a scene). Currently, the attention is on the $ai16z position, which is still open. If the token keeps falling, the whale might have to take more losses in the near future. But if the token reverses and the market turns, the whale might have a chance to see some of these losses get reduced. This saga is a powerful warning story—nothing more, nothing less. It warns us not only about the risks of betting on speculative altcoins but also about trusting supposedly infallible whale wallets. Even the biggest players can miscalculate, and when they do, it hurts—big time. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! TimesTabloid