According to @ai_9684xtpa, a smart-money ETH whale with cumulative swing-trade gains of 98.18M USD added 20,000 ETH via Wintermute about 12 hours ago at an estimated cost of 2,806.58 USD per ETH, and the buy coincided with a sharp V-shaped rebound, with unrealized profit of 2.101M USD at the time of posting. Source: @ai_9684xtpa. The same address has accumulated 70,013 ETH since Jan 21 with an average cost of 2,907.69 USD, and the wallet is referenced via an Arkham link shared in the post (address 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3). Source: @ai_9684xtpa. An earlier update noted a further withdrawal of 59.07M USD worth of ETH from FalconX, showing holdings of 50,013 ETH with an average cost of 2,948.13 USD prior to the latest accumulation update. Source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to Onchain Lens, whales and institutions are accumulating ETH based on Nansen on-chain data. According to Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet 0xcA0 bought 61,000 ETH worth about $171.15M from Binance, citing Nansen data. According to Onchain Lens, the whale 0xFB7 purchased an additional 20,000 ETH worth about $56.13M from Wintermute and now holds 100,130 ETH valued around $283.79M, citing Nansen data. According to Onchain Lens, the related addresses are 0xcA08371f6e9204Dd6927dcc2dB5504EA062b2998 and 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3, per Nansen.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a smart-money wallet withdrew ETH worth about $59.07 million from FalconX roughly 7 hours prior and has accumulated 50,013 ETH since Jan 21 at an average cost near $2,948.13 with an unrealized profit around $896,000; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence wallet 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 (https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3), X posts: https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014520990307614989 and https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014126129939132536. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the same address earlier received 10,000 ETH from Wintermute near a local dip and added 30,000 ETH since yesterday at an average near $2,945.7 with about $973,000 unrealized profit; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence wallet 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 (https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3), X posts: https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014520990307614989 and https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014126129939132536. According to @ai_9684xtpa, traders can monitor this wallet’s cost basis around $2,945–$2,948 and continued inflows from FalconX and Wintermute as potential spot demand signals and soft support, with on-chain follow-through as a cue for ETH momentum; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence wallet 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 (https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3), X posts: https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014520990307614989 and https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2014126129939132536.

According to @EmberCN, a whale or institution sold 10,000 ETH at 3,321 USD ahead of the latest downturn and then bought 50,013 ETH over the last two days via Wintermute and FalconX OTC for about 148 million USD at an average price of 2,966 USD. According to @EmberCN, these swing trades have reportedly generated approximately 98.18 million USD in cumulative profit.

According to @OnchainLens, whale "0xfb7" purchased 20,013 ETH (about $59M) from FalconX and now holds 80,115 ETH valued at $236.55M. According to @OnchainLens, prior flows included a 10,000 ETH buy from Wintermute and a $58.13M transfer to FalconX. According to @OnchainLens, the tracked addresses are 0xfb78aa8f38843629e89951d9db6fdc398d75e0a3 and 0xd4584bf988c9e8994688b56484e2f74ceaeefb20.

According to @lookonchain, an OTC whale wallet 0xFB7 bought 10,000 ETH worth about $28.97M roughly 7 hours ago. Source: @lookonchain on X, Arkham Intelligence address explorer. @lookonchain also notes the same wallet accumulated a total of 20,000 ETH via FalconX and Wintermute. Source: @lookonchain on X. @lookonchain reports that Trend Research borrowed 70M USDT from Aave and purchased 24,555 ETH, with total holdings at 651,310 ETH. Source: @lookonchain on X, Arkham Intelligence entity explorer. @lookonchain adds these buys occurred while prices were falling, indicating ongoing ETH accumulation by whales and institutions. Source: @lookonchain on X.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an ETH swing trading whale wallet 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 accumulated 30000 ETH since yesterday via Wintermute and FalconX with an average cost around 2945.7, including a 10000 ETH receipt near the pullback low about 6 hours earlier that the source suggests was OTC, source: X posts by @ai_9684xtpa and Arkham Intelligence address explorer. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the trader previously took profit near 3321 and reentered around 2970, with historical realized swing gains reported at about 98.18 million and a recent profit of 1.51 million, source: X posts by @ai_9684xtpa. Traders can track further inflows to this address for liquidity cues and potential continuation of dip buying behavior, source: Arkham Intelligence address explorer.

According to @OnchainLens, whale 0xfb7 bought 10,000 ETH from Wintermute and transferred $58.13M to FalconX, described as likely for additional ETH purchases (source: @OnchainLens). The whale now holds 60,098 ETH valued at $179.22M, with tracked addresses 0xfb78aa8f38843629e89951d9db6fdc398d75e0a3 and 0xd4584bf988c9e8994688b56484e2f74ceaeefb20 (source: @OnchainLens). Earlier, the same entity had accumulated 20,000 ETH from Wintermute and FalconX before this latest add, indicating continued position building via OTC venues and market makers (source: @OnchainLens).

According to @OnchainLens, the whale labeled 0xfb7 purchased 20,000 ETH (about $60M) from Wintermute and FalconX and now holds 50,094 ETH valued around $147.14M; related addresses include 0xfb78aa8f38843629e89951d9db6fdc398d75e0a3 and 0xd4584bf988c9e8994688b56484e2f74ceaeefb20 (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, this address previously closed a BTC long position with a $3.7M loss, withdrew funds, deposited $31.7M USDC to Wintermute to buy 10,000 ETH, later converted the ETH to stETH, and transferred it to another wallet that now holds 40,060 stETH worth about $126.48M (source: @OnchainLens).

According to @charlesdhaussy, the dYdX Foundation announced that the Monthly Analyst Call returns on Jan 20 with Wintermute as special guest to discuss a market maker perspective on perpetuals, liquidity, and onchain market structure, source: dYdX Foundation on X post dated Jan 16 and @charlesdhaussy on X. Traders focused on DYDX perpetuals and on-chain derivatives can RSVP at luma.com/fud6tztg to join the session and hear directly from a leading market maker, source: dYdX Foundation on X post dated Jan 16. The session explicitly centers on perpetuals, liquidity, and onchain market structure, making it directly relevant to execution quality and liquidity conditions on dYdX markets, source: dYdX Foundation on X post dated Jan 16.

According to @dydxfoundation, the dYdX Monthly Analyst Call returns on Jan 20 with @wintermute_t as a special guest to discuss perpetuals, liquidity, and onchain market structure; this is directly relevant for derivatives traders tracking perps market microstructure on dYdX and other onchain venues. Source: twitter.com/dydxfoundation/status/2012109094950436908 Participants can RSVP via the official link shared by @dydxfoundation at luma.com/fud6tztg for access to the market maker’s perspective. Source: twitter.com/dydxfoundation/status/2012109094950436908 The session is positioned to provide a market maker’s perspective specifically on perpetuals, liquidity conditions, and onchain market structure that active traders can apply to execution and risk considerations. Source: twitter.com/dydxfoundation/status/2012109094950436908

According to @EmberCN, after a 13% daily rise, a single address received 164 million $PENGU from Wintermute about one hour ago and then sold the entire amount on-chain for 2.166 million USDC at an average execution price of $0.0132, detailing clear notional size and fill price for trading benchmarks. Source: @EmberCN (X, Jan 14, 2026) According to @EmberCN, both the transfer origin (Wintermute) and the full conversion to USDC occurred on-chain, implying a total notional of approximately $2.166 million at roughly $0.0132 per token for the 164 million $PENGU sold. Source: @EmberCN (X, Jan 14, 2026)

According to @OnchainDataNerd, market maker Wintermute transferred 11.48M USDT to Binance about 30 minutes ago, with the Wintermute entity address referenced on Arkham Intel for verification (source: @OnchainDataNerd on X, Jan 8, 2026; source: intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/wintermute). The post specifies the destination exchange and amount but provides no transaction hash or stated intent beyond the transfer details (source: @OnchainDataNerd on X).

According to @OnchainDataNerd, wallet 0xd45 transferred 31.7 million USDC to Wintermute about 3 hours ago to accumulate 10,000 ETH and then staked into LDO, source: @OnchainDataNerd on X. The same wallet now shows 350 million USDC and 40,060 ETH valued at approximately 126.5 million dollars staked in Aave and LDO, source: @OnchainDataNerd on X. The address identified is 0xd4584Bf988C9E8994688b56484E2F74cEAEeFB20 with the referenced Arkham link provided by the source, source: @OnchainDataNerd on X. These flows directly involve ETH, USDC, LDO, and AAVE and indicate concentrated on-chain whale activity relevant for liquidity and positioning checks, source: @OnchainDataNerd on X.

According to @lookonchain, Bitcoin mining firm MARA transferred 288 BTC, valued at about $26.3 million, to Wintermute roughly 9 hours ago. source: @lookonchain on X, Jan 5, 2026 The transfer is labeled on Arkham Intelligence as originating from the MARA Pool entity, confirming the on-chain route of funds to Wintermute. source: Arkham Intelligence explorer via @lookonchain

According to @ReetikaTrades, traders now attribute bad price action to Wintermute rather than Alameda Research, indicating a shift in perceived market-maker influence across crypto markets (source: @ReetikaTrades on X, Dec 29, 2025). This reflects a sentiment change rather than a data-backed trading signal, but it frames how participants may interpret volatility and liquidity during drawdowns when assessing order flow drivers and market microstructure risk (source: @ReetikaTrades on X, Dec 29, 2025).

According to @OnchainLens, a whale withdrew 2,218 ETH ($6.52M), 37.1M SKY ($2.36M), and 4,772 AAVE ($730.36K) from Kraken about 7 hours ago, with tracking address 0xcd9eb5783e2620762f47bf0a7d09c531225b5507, source: @OnchainLens. According to @OnchainLens, the same wallet received 519 ETH ($1.62M) from WinterMute 19 days ago and now holds a total of 2,738 ETH ($8.07M), source: @OnchainLens.

According to @lookonchain, Arthur Hayes received 32.42 million USDC over the past two days from Binance, Galaxy Digital, Wintermute, and several other platforms, with transaction details referenced via the Arkham Intel entity page for Arthur Hayes (source: @lookonchain post on Dec 17, 2025, citing Arkham Intel). According to @lookonchain, the disclosure lists inbound transfers, counterparties, the total size, and the two-day window and does not provide evidence of subsequent exchange deposits or deployments, so traders tracking stablecoin flows can anchor monitoring to this timestamped inflow and sender list as reported by @lookonchain.

According to @OnchainDataNerd, one wallet accumulated 20.4 million SYRUP over the past month, valued at about 5.59 million USD. The address cited by the source is 0xb0d93dC578D50Fd6E1a8ad532c0b1549f9aB93BC on Arkham Intel, intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xb0d93dC578D50Fd6E1a8ad532c0b1549f9aB93BC. The source notes a possible link to Wintermute that remains unconfirmed, and based on the source totals the implied per-token valuation is roughly 0.27 USD for traders to benchmark as they monitor the cited address.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a 2016-era ETH whale with an estimated cost basis of $203.22 has reportedly routed 7,000 ETH to Wintermute-linked addresses over the past month at an average transfer price of $3,024; if sold, this implies about $19.745M in profit (source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1994963626453778529; source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x95Bf4d908f60047D689E5fA3c080045b0C3A90e7). The latest suspected transfer was 1 hour before the post, with 1,000 ETH (~$3.01M) deposited to Wintermute, while the wallet still holds 26,992.67 ETH, valued around $80.99M based on the cited prices (source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1994963626453778529; source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x95Bf4d908f60047D689E5fA3c080045b0C3A90e7). For trading, the reported $3,024 average transfer price offers a near-term reference level, and monitoring further movements from address 0x95Bf4d908f60047D689E5fA3c080045b0C3A90e7 to Wintermute can help assess potential sell-side supply (source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1994963626453778529; source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x95Bf4d908f60047D689E5fA3c080045b0C3A90e7).