{"id":43033,"date":"2022-12-29T06:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T10:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=43033"},"modified":"2022-12-29T06:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T10:15:39","slug":"alameda-wallets-transfer-1-7m-via-crypto-mixers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/alameda-wallets-transfer-1-7m-via-crypto-mixers\/","title":{"rendered":"Alameda wallets transfer $1.7M via crypto mixers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-following-ftx-s-collapse-alameda-research-became-inactive-for-four-weeks-on-december-28-30-bitcoin-wallets-connected-to-alameda-research-started-functioning-and-overnight-1-7-million-was-transferred-through-crypto-mixing-services\">Following FTX's collapse, Alameda Research became inactive for four weeks, on December 28, 30 bitcoin wallets connected to Alameda Research started functioning, and overnight $1.7 million was transferred through <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/what-are-bitcoin-mixers-and-why-are-they-used.html\">crypto-mixing services<\/a>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-1024x463.png\" alt=\"Alameda wallets transfer $1.7M via crypto mixers\" class=\"wp-image-43047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-1024x463.png 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107-750x339.png 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107.png 1081w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alameda wallets transfer $1.7M via crypto mixers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Alameda+wallets+transfer+%241.7M+via+crypto+mixers&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=Alameda+wallets+transfer+%241.7M+via+crypto+mixers&aqs=chrome..69i57.415j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unexpected transfer of money from Alameda accounts<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> only days after Sam Bankman Fried was granted bail aroused doubts, as Cointelegraph reported on December 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 24 hours later, it seems that the person responsible for these financial transfers carefully planned their transaction paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial flow of money started with numerous Alameda addresses exchanging tokens for Ether or Tether and transferring them to crypto mixers, according to data provided by the crypto forensic organization Arkham. These payments were mostly directed to two primary wallets with the prefixes 0xe5D and 0x971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-105.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43045\" width=\"675\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-105.png 675w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-105-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-105-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-105-360x180.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Movement of funds from Alameda wallet Source: Arkham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After sending tokens to an address beginning with 0x738, the Alameda wallet then transmitted tokens to an address beginning with 0x64e. The ETH is then divided up and sent to smaller wallets, often in amounts of $200,000 and $50,000, through this 0x64e wallet. It was then sent to mixers like Fixedfloat and ChangeNOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-106.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-106.png 676w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-106-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-106-150x83.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Movement of swapped ETH to smaller wallets Source: Arkham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/japans-fsa-set-to-lift-ban-on-foreign-stablecoins-in-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stablecoins <\/a>were purchased via a different wallet, where wallet assets were first converted to USDT and then transmitted to Fixedfloat. Mixers were used to exchange a total of 800,000 USDT, and another 400,000 USDT was funneled via different techniques. Stablecoins worth an extra 200,000 USDT were delivered through renBTC to the BTC network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following exchanges and transfers totaling $1.7 million were made using different mixing services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>270.5 ETH through ChangeNOW (~$325k)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800,000 USDT through Fixedfloat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200,000 USDT through Curve SynthSwap (to native BTC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200,000 USDT through Airswap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200,000 USDT through other crypto-mixing services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The transfer of money from the Alameda wallet via mixing equipment caused quite a stir in the cryptocurrency world. Many people raise concerns about the timing of the financial transfers, while others focus on the use of mixing services and the incapacity of the authorities to stop it despite the fact that the case is still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following FTX&#8217;s collapse, Alameda Research became inactive for four weeks, on December 28, 30 bitcoin wallets connected to Alameda Research started functioning, and overnight $1.7 million was transferred through crypto-mixing services. The unexpected transfer of money from Alameda accounts only days after Sam Bankman Fried was granted bail aroused doubts, as Cointelegraph reported on December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":43047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1670,12918,778,2061],"class_list":["post-43033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alameda-research","tag-crypto-mixers","tag-ftx","tag-usdt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-107.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}