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Arkham Intelligence

Blockchain analytics firm providing on-chain data and tools to track wallets, exchanges, and entities across cryptocurrency networks.

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  • Arkham

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investConfirmed6 publishers

US government sends $1 billion of seized Bitfinex bitcoin to unlabeled wallets

Wallets tied to the US government moved 12,267 seized Bitfinex bitcoin, worth about $1 billion, to new unlabeled addresses. No exchange deposit was recorded, CoinDesk reported. Whether Washington is selling turns on the smaller sums it sent to Coinbase Prime.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 5%
Operator
Operator 27%
Investor
Investor 68%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investConfirmed2 publishers

MARA's filings show a bigger bitcoin drawdown than the $81m transfer that triggered sale talk

MARA Holdings moved 996 bitcoin worth about $81m to Galaxy Digital on October 9, a transfer the analytics firm Lookonchain flagged as a possible sale. The on-chain data cannot confirm a sale, and MARA's filings already show its treasury fell to 35,577 bitcoin from 49,951 a year earlier.

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives55
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Viral $197M Fidelity Bitcoin Sale Claim Remains Unconfirmed as Arkham Clarifies Separate Strategy-Linked Transfers Were Internal Custody Moves

Arkham Intelligence says 3,568 bitcoin tied to a viral claim of a $197 million Fidelity sale moved inside Fidelity Custody on Sept. 29 and were not sold. Fidelity holds coins in those wallets for institutional clients, so a large on-chain transfer cannot by itself show who is selling.

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
investConfirmed2 publishers

US government's $470 million Coinbase transfer tests the exceptions in the bitcoin reserve order

US government wallets moved about $470 million of seized Bitfinex- and Alameda-linked crypto to likely Coinbase Prime addresses, Arkham said. Trump's reserve order lets officials repay victims from seized coins, so even a sale of this pool would say little about the pledge to keep reserve bitcoin.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investConfirmed6 publishers

US government wallets send 833 bitcoin to Coinbase Prime in their first move since August

US government wallets sent 833.6 BTC, worth about $71.6 million, toward Coinbase Prime on Oct. 7, roughly 0.26% of the bitcoin they still hold. The risk that the stash comes to market depends far more on the executive orders limiting sales of reserve bitcoin than on transfers this small.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 7%
Operator
Operator 36%
Investor
Investor 57%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence62
investConfirmed2 publishers

A newly whitelisted contract drained over $6 million in wstETH from a Base vault with seven unnamed signers

Security firms traced about 1,783 wstETH, worth more than $6 million, out of a Base vault on Oct. 4 whose owner is an anonymous 3-of-7 Safe. With Base and Aave's core contracts not blamed, the loss lands on a custody setup whose seven signers no one has publicly identified.

Publishers:dev.to news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence58
investOne report1 publisher

Ether ETF selling faded through a $118 million outflow week

U.S. spot Ether ETFs lost a net $118 million in the week to Oct. 2, after taking in about $689.8 million the week before. The selling shrank as the week went on, and with ETH stuck under $2,800, Glamsterdam's Oct. 6 Sepolia activation is the dated event to watch.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption45
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence58
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Bitget says spoofed backend data drained $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets

Bitget lost about $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets after attackers spoofed transaction data in a backend system, the exchange said. Cold storage held and a $464 million fund covers the loss, while about 45% of the haul is native XRP that no one can freeze.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives65
Confidence58
investOne report1 publisher

CLARITY needs seven Democrats even if all four Republican holdouts come back

Cloture on H.R. 3633 failed 49-50 on Sept. 15 with every yes vote Republican. Add the four Republican noes back to the yes column and the count reaches 53, still seven short of the 60 the Senate requires.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption68
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence58
investOne report1 publisher

Grayscale's 1.5% fee pays it what BlackRock's 0.25% pays on six times the assets

IBIT took in about $1.08bn over 20 days while GBTC lost $254.7m. But 1.5% on $10bn still collects roughly $150m a year, the same as 0.25% on $60bn, so a cut would cost Grayscale more than the outflows do.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption72
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Another $96M of USD1 walks into the exchange that already holds most of it

The trail Onchain Lens traced is 2.3% of USD1's $4.17bn supply. The bigger question is the 87% of the coin a February snapshot put on Binance, and the rewards keeping it there.

Reality

Evidence46
Adoption68
Hype gap+28
Incentives79
Confidence54