A mysterious crypto whale just surfaced, moving hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) in a series of transactions.
According to Blockchain.com, the whale initially transferred 50,042 Bitcoin worth $367,982,598 to one unknown wallet, and in the same transfer sent 100 to a separate unknown wallet. The fee for the giant transfer was only 37 cents.
The movement was first spotted by the crypto tracker Whale Alert.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 50,042 #BTC (367,982,598 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) April 7, 2020
After the initial transfer, the whale then continued to move the BTC to unidentified wallets in a similar fashion, until sending a final lone transfer of 49,742 to one address.
[adinserter block="1"]The mysterious shuffle leaves no clue as to the origin of the sender. The whale could be an exchange, an institution, a crypto custody company, an over-the-counter trade, or an individual investor moving funds.
In the last 24 hours, an additional 16 large transfers have been spotted on the ledger. The largest moved 5,150 BTC worth $36.5 million from Bitfinex to an unknown wallet.
- 725 BTC worth $5.2 million sent from Binance to OKEx
- 700 BTC worth $5.1 million sent from Binance to unknown wallet
- 2,000 BTC worth $14.7 million sent from unknown wallet to Binance
- 1,507 BTC worth $11.0 million sent from OKEx to unknown wallet
- 725 BTC worth $5.2 million sent from Coinbase to Binance
- 2,600 BTC worth $18.8 million sent from Binance to unknown wallet
- 1,347 BTC worth $9.7 million sent from OKEx to unknown wallet
- 925 BTC worth $6.6 million sent from Binance to OKEx
- 1,500 BTC worth $10.7 million sent from unknown wallet to OKEx
- 2,000 BTC worth $14.2 million sent from OKEx to unknown wallet
- 5,150 BTC worth $36.5 million sent from Bitfinex to unknown wallet
- 5,000 BTC worth $35.6 million sent from unknown wallet to OKEx
- 3,000 BTC worth $21.2 million sent from unknown wallet to Binance
- 860 BTC worth $6.1 million sent from Binance to unknown wallet
- 1,000 BTC worth $7.1 million sent from OKEx to unknown wallet
- 1,000 BTC worth $7.1 million sent from unknown wallet to Coinbase
