FTX and Alameda Research cash out $10.8M to Binance, Coinbase, Wintermute

The latest transfer was spread across eight tokens: StepN (GMT), Uniswap (UNI), Synapse (SYN), Klaytn (KLAY), Fantom (FTM), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Arbitrum (ARB) and Optimism (OP).

Wallets linked to defunct crypto trading firms FTX and Alameda Research moved $10.8 million to accounts in Binance, Coinbase and Wintermute using eight cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain analysis firm Spot On Chain spotted the movement, estimating that the defunct entities have transferred $551 million since Oct.

The latest transfer of $10.8 million was spread across eight tokens: $2.58 million in StepN’s GMT (GMT), $2.41 million in Uniswap’s UNI (UNI), $2.25 million in Synapse’s SYN, $1.64 million in Klaytn’s KLAY, $1.18 million in Fantom’s FTM (FTM), $644,000 in Shiba Inu (SHIB) and small amounts of Arbitrum’s ARB and Optimism’s OP.

On Oct. 24, the FTX and Alameda wallets transferred $10 million to a single wallet address, which was later redistributed to Binance and Coinbase accounts. 1, a similar transaction occurred between the parties involving $13.1 million being moved to Binance and Coinbase accounts.

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The funds’ movement dates back to March, when FTX and Alameda began the process of recovering assets for investors.

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