4,499 Bitcoin Transfer Leads $1.95 Billion in Crypto Whale Moves

Eleven large crypto transactions worth $1.95 billion took place during a three-hour window ending at 2:06 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 23. The largest was a 4,499 Bitcoin (BTC) transfer valued at $367.1 million, from an unidentified wallet to a new, unidentified wallet.

Transfers from unidentified wallets to Coinbase and Coinbase Institutional totaled $459.6 million. At 11:55 a.m. ET, 2,163 BTC worth $176.3 million moved from Coinbase Institutional to an unidentified new wallet.

Three other large BTC movements between unidentified wallets involved 3,500 BTC ($286 million) at 12:57 p.m. ET, 3,501 BTC ($285.3 million) at 11:40 a.m. ET and 3,500 BTC ($285.3 million) at 12:40 p.m. ET. The last transfer went to an unidentified new wallet.

Other transfers to Coinbase Institutional included 1,909 BTC worth $155.7 million at 11:41 a.m. ET, 38,236 Ether (ETH) valued at $91.7 million at 11:26 a.m. ET and 789 BTC worth $64.3 million at 11:41 a.m. ET. Coinbase received 994 BTC ($81.2 million) at 12:26 p.m. ET and 819 BTC ($66.9 million) at 2 p.m. ET. A separate 37,568 ETH transfer worth $90 million moved from Coinbase Institutional to Coinbase at 11:25 a.m. ET.

TokenPost covered a separate batch of 11 transfers worth $1.16 billion in its Oct. 20 roundup.