Wallets linked to bankrupt crypto corporations Alameda Research and FTX transferred over $10 million value of cryptocurrency to alternate deposit accounts in 5 hours from Oct. 24 to 25, in accordance to knowledge from blockchain analytics platform Spot On Chain. The motion of these funds could point out that the corporations plan to promote some property to pay again collectors.
#FTX and #Alameda associated addresses are depositing tokens to exchanges!
Via tackle 0xde9, #FTX 0x97f and #Alameda 0xf02 have transferred
2,904 $ETH ($5.21M)
1,341 $MKR ($2.01M)
11,975 $AAVE ($1.02M)
198,807 $LINK ($2.27M)to #Binance and #Coinbase in the previous 5 hours.… pic.twitter.com/MQxCySp8g0
— Spot On Chain (@spotonchain) October 25, 2023
According to Spot on Chain knowledge, an tackle listed as “likely” belonging to FTX transferred 2,904 Ether (ETH), value over $5 million on the time, to one other tackle at 8:18 pm UTC on October 24. This tackle then despatched $3.4 million of the funds to a Binance deposit tackle and $1.8 million to a Coinbase deposit tackle. Thirty-nine minutes later, a pockets recognized as belonging to Alameda Research despatched $95 value of tokens to this tackle, together with some LINK (LINK), MKR and AAVE (AAVE).
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Over the subsequent 5 hours, a further $5 million value of cryptocurrency was despatched to this tackle by FTX and Alameda wallets, together with some COMP (COMP) and RNDR. At round 2:00 am UTC on Oct. 25, this tackle despatched roughly $2 million value of LINK, $2 million value of MKR and $1 million value of AAVE to a Binance deposit tackle. The whole worth of cryptocurrency despatched to alternate deposit addresses throughout this era was $10,362,403, in accordance to Spot on Chain knowledge.
On Sept. 13, a Delaware Bankruptcy Court authorised a plan to liquidate $3.4 billion worth of crypto assets that FTX and Alameda Research held. The announcement sparked fears that liquidating such a big quantity of crypto could trigger a droop in the market. However, specialists have argued that the gradual, phased nature of the liquidation should limit its influence on the market.
