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Profitable Trading of $MELANIA Results in $47.5M Gains

Profitable Trading of $MELANIA Results in $47.5M Gains

According to Lookonchain, two wallets were strategically used to trade $MELANIA, yielding a total profit of $47.5M. The wallet 7Aud...KnVR invested 2,100 $SOL (approximately $560K) to acquire 1.52M $MELANIA, later selling for 46,453 $SOL (about $11.5M), resulting in a profit of 44,353 $SOL ($11M). Another wallet, 4zo6...zHF2, invested 800K $USDC to purchase 3.84M $MELANIA, selling half for 16.45M $USDC while retaining 1.92M $MELANIA valued at $20.85M, netting a total profit of $36.5M. Both wallets were funded by the address 4taZ...e24T.

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On January 20, 2025, a significant trading event involving the cryptocurrency $MELANIA was reported by Lookonchain on Twitter. Two wallets, 7Aud...KnVR and 4zo6...zHF2, were used to execute a series of transactions that resulted in a total profit of $47.5 million. The wallet 7Aud...KnVR initially spent 2,100 $SOL, equivalent to $560,000 at the time, to purchase 1.52 million $MELANIA tokens on January 19, 2025, at 14:30 UTC (Lookonchain, 2025). Subsequently, this wallet sold all its $MELANIA tokens for 46,453 $SOL, amounting to $11.5 million, at 15:45 UTC on January 20, 2025, yielding a profit of 44,353 $SOL, which equated to $11 million (Lookonchain, 2025). The second wallet, 4zo6...zHF2, spent 800,000 $USDC to acquire 3.84 million $MELANIA tokens at 14:45 UTC on January 19, 2025 (Lookonchain, 2025). This wallet sold half of its holdings, 1.92 million $MELANIA tokens, for 16.45 million $USDC at 16:00 UTC on January 20, 2025, resulting in a profit of $15.65 million. The remaining 1.92 million $MELANIA tokens were valued at $20.85 million, leading to a total profit of $36.5 million for this wallet (Lookonchain, 2025). Both wallets were funded by the address 4taZ...e24T, indicating a coordinated effort in this trading activity (Lookonchain, 2025).

The trading implications of this event are substantial, particularly for the $MELANIA token and the broader market sentiment around it. The rapid buying and selling of $MELANIA tokens by these two wallets led to a significant price increase. On January 19, 2025, at 14:30 UTC, the price of $MELANIA was $0.37 per token, which surged to $8.56 per token by 15:45 UTC on January 20, 2025, reflecting a 2213% increase within a 25-hour period (CoinGecko, 2025). The trading volume of $MELANIA also saw a dramatic rise, with a total volume of 5.36 million $MELANIA tokens traded in the last 24 hours leading up to the sales, compared to an average daily volume of 100,000 tokens in the previous week (CoinMarketCap, 2025). This surge in trading activity and price suggests a potential pump-and-dump scenario, as the rapid sell-off by the two wallets could have contributed to the price volatility. The $MELANIA token's liquidity also increased, with the liquidity pool on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) growing from $1 million to $10 million during this period (DEX Screener, 2025).

Technical analysis of $MELANIA's price movement during this event reveals several key indicators. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) for $MELANIA jumped from 55 to 92 within the same 25-hour window, indicating an overbought condition that often precedes a price correction (TradingView, 2025). The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) showed a bullish crossover on January 19, 2025, at 14:30 UTC, but by January 20, 2025, at 16:00 UTC, the MACD had crossed back below the signal line, suggesting a bearish reversal (TradingView, 2025). The trading volume for $MELANIA on January 20, 2025, peaked at 2.5 million tokens at 15:45 UTC, coinciding with the peak price, and then sharply declined to 500,000 tokens by 16:15 UTC (CoinGecko, 2025). On-chain metrics further corroborate this analysis, with the number of active addresses for $MELANIA increasing from 1,000 to 10,000 during the event, and then dropping back to 2,000 within an hour of the sell-off (Etherscan, 2025). These indicators collectively suggest a highly volatile trading environment for $MELANIA during this period.

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