As the risk of liquidation increases, trend research throws more than 400 thousand
Ethereum investment vehicle Trend Research continues to reduce its exposure to Ether, as the recent market crash has forced the Treasury company to sell its assets to pay off its debt.
On Sunday, 651,170 Ether (ETH) was wrapped in Aave Ethereum and took the form of Ether (AETHWETH). That number fell to 247,080 on Friday, at 404,090, at the time of writing.
Trend Research has transferred 411,075 ETH to cryptocurrency exchange Binance since the beginning of the month, according to blockchain data platform Arkham.
The moves come as the price of ETH fell nearly 30% last week to $1,748 on Friday, according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of this writing, it traded at $1,967.
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Trend research continues to manage risk as ETH liquidity approaches
Trend Research has teamed up with Jack Yee, founder of Hong Kong-based crypto venture firm Liquid Capital. Yi accumulated holdings in an Ethereum investment company by buying ETH on the exchange, using that as collateral on Aave to borrow stablecoins and then using those funds to acquire more ETH.
Trend Research sees multiple levels of ETH liquidity between $1,698 and $1,562, blockchain data platform Lookonchain wrote in Friday's XPost.
Yi, he said in a post on Thursday X that he remains bullish, although he admitted that he will continue to wait for a market recovery and called down on the price of crypto “managing risk.”
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Trend Research came into focus after the October 2025 $19 billion liquidation event, days after the investment firm started aggressively building ether.
Trend Research was ranked as the third largest Ether holder in December, but as an unlisted company, it does not appear on most tracking websites.
Bitmine, the largest public corporate ether holder, was sitting on about $8 billion in undisclosed profits on Friday.
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