Bitcoin Worth $90 Million Pulled From Wintermute by a Mystery Whale

Three brand-new wallets received 1,090 BTC worth about $90.38 million from market maker Wintermute, the second near-identical haul in a week. Onchain sleuths spotted the move early today morning, reporting that whales had been “continuing to accumulate” after three newly created wallets received 1,090 BTC from Wintermute. Each address first received a tiny test deposit of 0.0002 to 0.0003 BTC, following which the first two took their main payments in the same block (at 21:30 UTC on Oct. 20), and the third filled up just after midnight. Typically, the movements resemble how desks deliver coins to a client who wants to confirm the address works before nine figures are shifted.

First reported by Bitcoin.com News. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.