{"id":336130,"date":"2023-06-21T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=336130"},"modified":"2023-06-21T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:33:27","slug":"mysterious-whale-0xd275e-linked-to-ftx-collapse-tether-depeg-and-recent-75m-token-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/mysterious-whale-0xd275e-linked-to-ftx-collapse-tether-depeg-and-recent-75m-token-transfers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious whale &#8216;0xd275e&#8217; linked to FTX collapse, Tether depeg, and recent $75M token transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent on-chain activity involving the Ethereum address &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0xd275e5cb559d6dc236a5f8002a5f0b4c8e610701#tokentxns\">0xd275e<\/a>&#8216; has caught the attention of the crypto community.<\/p>\n<p>Through <em>CryptoSlate<\/em>&#8216;s on-chain analysis, no concrete evidence pointing to the owner of the account has been discovered. However, the account has actively traded large amounts of tokens during key industry events.<\/p>\n<p>The whale account has been identified during on-chain analysis of both the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/ftx\/\">FTX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/on-chain-data-showed-ftx-was-in-trouble-right-before-it-collapsed\/\">collapse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/tether\/\">Tether<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-cto-calls-usdt-depeg-good-stress-test-for-company\/\">depeg<\/a>, and now the movement of $75 million back onto crypto exchanges.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;0xd275e' moves $75M tokens to exchanges.<\/h2>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spotonchain\/status\/1671447587285778433?s=20\">tweet<\/a> from Spot On Chain, the address deposited 1,140 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/wrapped-bitcoin\/\">WBTC<\/a> ($32.89M) to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bitfinex\/\">Bitfinex<\/a> and 15,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a> ($27.17M) to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/binance\/\">Binance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/coinbase\/\">Coinbase<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/kraken\/\">Kraken<\/a> within a span of 1.5 hours on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>Spot On Chain identified that this address has been actively transferring significant amounts of cryptocurrencies between major exchanges, potentially indicating manipulation activities, given its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1594996152608268289?s=20\">murky history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>CryptoSlate<\/em> reviewed recent &#8216;0xd275e' transactions on <a href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0xd275e5cb559d6dc236a5f8002a5f0b4c8e610701#tokentxns\">Etherscan<\/a> and found a series of transactions, including withdrawals, transfers, and repayments over the past 24 hours. These transactions involve Aave interest-bearing Wrapped Ether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/weth\/\">WETH<\/a>), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), and USD Coin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/usd-coin\/\">USDC<\/a>), confirming the active participation of this address in the DeFi ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>However, the address has also appeared in previous industry analyses, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Noah_nftn\/status\/1592790394764693505\">Noah_nftn.<\/a> In November 2022, the account claimed that former FTX employees disclosed that &#8216;0xd275e' was involved in misappropriating customer funds.<\/p>\n<p>The diagram below shows the account at the center of several large transactions between Aave, Bitfinex, Binance, Lido, Genesis Trading, and FTX.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_336154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336154\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-336154 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fhq5B73aAAAtYHp-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"@Noah_nftn FTX\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fhq5B73aAAAtYHp-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fhq5B73aAAAtYHp-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fhq5B73aAAAtYHp-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fhq5B73aAAAtYHp.jpg 1342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Noah_nftn\/status\/1592790403157463040\">@Noah_nftn<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Tether Depeg<\/h2>\n<p>More recently, the account also appeared at the heart of the brief USDT <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-cto-calls-usdt-depeg-good-stress-test-for-company\/\">depeg<\/a> that Tether CTO <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/paolo-ardoino\/\">Paolo Ardoino<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paoloardoino\/status\/1669380966706561027\">called<\/a> a &#8220;good stress test&#8221; for the company.<\/p>\n<p>On June 19, Spot On Chain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1670737842530820097?s=20\">asserted<\/a> that the address &#8220;appears to be selling $ETH and repaying the debt on #Aave.&#8221; It further posited that &#8216;0xd275e' borrowed 50M USDC from Aave after the USDT depegging and started buying USDT to arbitrage, suggesting potential involvement in restoring the USDT peg.<\/p>\n<p>Lookonchain has previously speculated that &#8216;0xd275e' might be related to Tether or the FTX Accounts Drainer, which would have significant implications for the industry. On June 15, it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1669304160813187073?s=20\">questioned<\/a> whether the account might belong to Tether, while back in November 2022, it also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1594996146694508545?s=20\">suggested<\/a> &#8216;0xd275' could belong to FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried.<\/p>\n<p><em>CryptoSlate<\/em> contacted Bitfinex and Tether concerning &#8216;0xd275' but has not yet received a response. The account has only $827 in Tether-issued tokens as of press time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_336145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336145\" style=\"width: 974px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336145\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-125757.png\" alt=\"Debank 0xd275e\" width=\"974\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-125757.png 974w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-125757-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-125757-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/debank.com\/profile\/0xd275e5cb559d6dc236a5f8002a5f0b4c8e610701\">DeBank<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>FTX Hack<\/h2>\n<p>In its analysis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ftx-hacker-sending-troll-messages-via-cryptic-tokens-in-possible-pump-dump-scam\/\">FTX hack<\/a>, which occurred after it filed for bankruptcy in November, Lookonchain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1594996158987804672\">revealed<\/a> that the address &#8216;0xd275e' was involved in large-scale transfers of ETH and USDC around the same time FTX exchange suspended user withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>Lookonchain also noted the curious timing of trading activities between &#8216;0xd275e' and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ftx-hacker-sending-troll-messages-via-cryptic-tokens-in-possible-pump-dump-scam\/\">FTX Accounts Drainer<\/a>, hinting at a possible connection, though they emphasized that this remains speculative.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of the relationship between &#8216;0xd275e' and the FTX Accounts Drainer, as well as the identity of the latter, remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8216;0xd275e' has generated significant attention within the crypto community, there is no concrete evidence to support the claims of the misappropriation of customer funds or connections to Tether or the FTX Accounts Drainer at this time.<\/p>\n<p>While the account's user remains a mystery, the wallet itself appears to be at the center of some of the most high-profile crypto events of the past nine months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent on-chain activity involving the Ethereum address &#8216;0xd275e&#8216; has caught the attention of the crypto community. Through CryptoSlate&#8216;s on-chain analysis, no concrete evidence pointing to the owner of the account has been discovered. However, the account has actively traded large amounts of tokens during key industry events. The whale account has been identified during on-chain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":336201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,77968,38],"tags":[],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mysterious whale &#039;0xd275e&#039; linked to FTX collapse, Tether depeg, and recent $75M token transfers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A whale account operated by an anonymous user appears has appeared within the web of more than one recent drama.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/mysterious-whale-0xd275e-linked-to-ftx-collapse-tether-depeg-and-recent-75m-token-transfers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mysterious whale &#039;0xd275e&#039; 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