$150 Million In Ethereum: Justin Sun Joins The Liquid Staking Rush

Reports have disclosed that crypto entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun moved a sizable amount of Ethereum into a liquid-staking service this ￰0￱ Reading: Everyone’s Giving Up On Bitcoin? Crypto Exec Says That’s Exactly Why It Will Rise According to on-chain data, about 45,000 ETH — worth roughly $154.5 million at the time — was shifted from the lending protocol Aave into the Lido Finance staking ￰1￱ transfer was public and traceable on the ￰2￱ drew quick attention because of its scale and timing. Sun’s Public Wallets Grow The funds had been sitting on Aave before the ￰3￱ were then deposited into Lido, which issues staked-ETH tokens that let holders keep a form of liquidity while their ETH is ￰4￱ on reports, Sun’s public wallets now show around $534 million in ETH ￰5￱ figure has reportedly surpassed his holdings in TRON’s native token, TRX, which are estimated near $519 ￰6￱ watchers say the swap signals a shift in how some big holders are allocating ￰7￱ SUN JUST STAKED OVER $150M OF ETH ARKHAM INSIGHTS Justin Sun just withdrew $154.5M of ETH (45,000 ETH) from AAVE and deposited it to Lido ￰8￱ currently holds $534M of ETH in his public wallets, even more than he holds in TRX ($519M).

We found this through… ￰9￱ — Arkham (@arkham) November 5, 2025 Bigger Stakes, Bigger Questions Analysts reacted ￰10￱ see the action as a vote of confidence in ETH’s yield options and protocol ￰11￱ raised the point that large sums routed into single liquid-staking providers can add to centralization risks on the ￰12￱ remains unpredictable. Also, staking carries its own risks — smart contract bugs, validator downtime, and slashing events are possibilities that investors must ￰13￱ Context And Price Action Based on reports, ETH was trading near $3,389 when this movement was ￰14￱ token had slipped about 12% in the previous week, which makes big staking flows more visible because large buys or internal transfers stand out against falling ￰15￱ Reading: Bitcoin’s Grip Holds — But Signs Of Weakness Are Piling Up: Analyst In the broader crypto landscape, institutional and whale moves into staking have been increasing over the past ￰16￱ remains one of the largest liquid-staking providers, and its market share is watched closely by both traders and protocol ￰17￱ Versus Motive Actions by the Tron boss Sun could be long-term, aimed at yield, or at a broader portfolio ￰18￱ is something notable in the transfer, but it is only a piece to a bigger picture— including holdings, trading, and trends beyond the broader indirect ￰19￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView