Ассоциация Коллапс FTX had a tremendous effect in the crypto space after which most of the cryptocurrencies tumbled down including crypto firms. This was the time when Bitcoin was pulled back hitting as low as $15,000 area along with other large cap cryptocurrencies. The investigation is still on where the founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims that he is not guilty.
Now with the latest updates, one of the blockchain security companies, PeckShield Alert has cautioned against spotting money transfers into Alameda connected wallet. As per the company’s Twitter post, there is a transfer of nearly $13 million to an unknown wallet that is connected with Alameda Research. Alameda Research is a trading platform that is associated with a bankrupted FTX exchange.
Alameda Research Wallet Receives $13M Crypto Funds
As per the Tweet, this $13 million transfers was made via three cryptocurrencies such as ETH, USDT and USDC. Among this, over 6 million worth of USDT and 1,545 Ethereum (accounting to $2.5 million) were moved from Bitfinex exchange. Further another 4.6 million USDC was sent from an unknown wallet that had an address ending with -0x7889.
However, PeckShield is still trying to figure out the anonymous sender of 4.6 million USDC and the reason behind Bitfinex moving nearly $8.5 million worth of Crypto. Moreover, another $65,000 worth of LDO token was transferred from another Alameda wallet to the consolidated wallet.
Source: https://coinpedia.org/news/nearly-8-5m-in-crypto-transferred-to-alameda-wallet-by-one-of-the-biggest-crypto-exchange/