# 255 Million USDT Transfer to Tether Treasury Led $943.8 Million in Whale Moves

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/45066
Published: 2026-10-30T19:39:12.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-30T19:39:12.000Z
Section: Investing

> Transfers from unidentified wallets to exchanges totaled $354.5 million, compared with $226.4 million moving in the opposite direction.

Nine large cryptocurrency transfers worth a combined $943.8 million were recorded in the three hours ending at 2 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 30, with more value moving from unidentified wallets to exchanges than in the opposite direction.

The largest transfer was 255 million Tether (USDT), valued at $254.8 million, from Bitfinex to Tether Treasury at 11:12 a.m. ET. Transfers from unidentified wallets to exchanges totaled $354.5 million, compared with $226.4 million sent from exchanges to unidentified wallets.

At 11:12 a.m. ET, another 108.2 million USDT ($108.1 million) moved from Bitfinex to Tether Treasury. Other stablecoin transfers included 114.4 million USDT ($114.3 million) from an unidentified wallet to Bitfinex at 11:58 a.m.; 112,516,147 USD Coin (USDC) ($112.6 million) from an unidentified wallet to USDC Treasury at 12:43 p.m.; and 100 million USDC ($100.1 million) from Ethena to an unidentified wallet at 11:58 a.m.

The other four transfers involved Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC). Unidentified wallets sent 33,331 ETH ($75 million) and 23,582 ETH ($52.6 million) to Coinbase Institutional at 11:29 a.m. and 11:58 a.m., respectively. Coinbase Institutional sent 31,711 ETH ($71.1 million) to a new, unidentified wallet at 11:43 a.m. and 713 BTC ($55.3 million) to an unidentified wallet at 11:58 a.m.

Exchange-bound transfers are often monitored for possible selling, while transfers away from exchanges may be viewed as potential holding. The transaction routes alone do not establish what wallet owners intend to do. The batch follows a separate [Oct. 23 roundup of large crypto transfers](<https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/39789>).



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- [Oct. 23 roundup of large crypto transfers](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/39789)
