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Wintermute whale activity, tracked live.

Wintermute is one of the busiest algorithmic market makers in crypto, and its labeled wallets rarely sit still. This page tags every large transfer by direction so you can separate routine settlement from real inventory shifts across BTC, ETH, and stablecoins.

30d volume
$1.3B
across labeled wallets
Whale transfers
1,293
last 30 days
Flow direction
Sending
83% of volume outbound
Top asset
BTC
61.7% of 30d volume
Flow balance

Wintermute flow balance

Received versus sent over the last 30 days, in USD, across all labeled Wintermute wallets.

Received $210.3M 427 transfers in
Sent $1.1B 866 transfers out

17% of Wintermute's 30-day USD volume arrived into labeled wallets; 83% left them. Direction is measured from Wintermute's side of each transfer.

Live feed

Latest Wintermute transfers

Large transfers where a labeled Wintermute wallet is the sender or the receiver, tagged by direction from Wintermute's side.

Updated Jul 5, 05:26 PM UTC
OUT WLFI icon WLFI $108.6K to Binance: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 03:18 PM UTC ! Distribution
OUT ENA icon ENA $103.9K to Bybit Deposit Jul 5, 03:12 PM UTC ! Distribution
IN WLFI icon WLFI $109.4K from Bitstamp: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 03:07 PM UTC ~ Rotation
OUT WLFI icon WLFI $103.6K to Binance: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 03:04 PM UTC ! Distribution
IN WLFI icon WLFI $103.2K from Bitstamp: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 02:54 PM UTC ~ Rotation
OUT ETHFI icon ETHFI $104.9K to Bybit: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 09:49 AM UTC ! Distribution
OUT LDO icon LDO $54.3K to Bitstamp Deposit Jul 5, 09:43 AM UTC ! Distribution
INTERNAL ETHFI icon ETHFI $105.2K between Wintermute wallets Jul 5, 09:10 AM UTC ~ Rotation
OUT PEPE icon PEPE $176.5K to Binance: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 02:25 AM UTC ! Distribution
INTERNAL PEPE icon PEPE $176.5K between Wintermute wallets Jul 5, 02:20 AM UTC ~ Rotation
OUT WLD icon WLD $117.2K to Binance: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 01:47 AM UTC ! Distribution
OUT ETHFI icon ETHFI $104.8K to Bybit: Hot Wallet Jul 5, 12:00 AM UTC ! Distribution
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Behavior

How Wintermute flow behaves

Market makers and OTC desks leave a recognizable on-chain footprint. These are the patterns this page is built to surface.

01

Constant settlement flow

Wintermute settles with dozens of venues daily. Stablecoin legs moving to and from exchanges are the baseline, not the signal.

02

Inventory builds show in the balance

When the 30-day balance tilts hard toward receiving one asset, Wintermute may be warehousing inventory ahead of expected demand.

03

New counterparties are the tell

Flow to a venue or wallet Wintermute does not usually touch — a new chain, a new desk, an unusual token — is the row worth opening first.

How to read Wintermute whale activity

Wintermute's on-chain footprint is the closest thing crypto has to a market-wide liquidity pulse. The firm quotes hundreds of pairs across centralized and decentralized venues, so its labeled wallets are in constant motion: stablecoins out to fund quoting, tokens in from fills, and settlement legs closing the loop. Reading any single Wintermute transfer as a directional bet is almost always a mistake.

What is worth reading: the flow balance and the asset mix. When Wintermute's received-versus-sent balance stays lopsided in one asset for days, that asset's liquidity picture is usually changing — inventory being built before listings and unlocks, or being run down after demand fades. The asset breakdown on this page makes those concentration shifts visible without opening every row.

The biggest-transfers list serves a different purpose here: it catches the exceptions. Nine-figure stablecoin moves, transfers touching unusual chains, or flow to freshly labeled wallets are the rows that have historically preceded notable market events. Each links straight to the on-chain record for verification.

FAQ

Wintermute whale activity FAQ

Short answers about Wintermute transfers, wallet labels, and alerts.

What is Wintermute?

Wintermute is a London-based algorithmic trading firm and one of the largest market makers in crypto, providing liquidity on major exchanges and DeFi venues since 2017. This page tracks large transfers where a labeled Wintermute wallet is the sender or the receiver.

Why does Wintermute move funds so often?

Market making requires constant rebalancing: funding quoting inventory on venues, settling fills, and returning capital. High transfer frequency is the firm operating normally, which is why direction over time matters more than single rows.

Does a big Wintermute deposit to an exchange mean selling?

No. Deposits usually fund market-making inventory on that venue. A sustained one-sided flow across many transfers is more informative than any single deposit.

Which assets does Wintermute move the most?

Stablecoins are typically the largest share because they fund quoting across all pairs, followed by BTC and ETH. The live asset breakdown on this page shows the current 30-day mix.

How are Wintermute wallets identified?

Whale Alerts maintains a labeling system linking known Wintermute addresses to the entity. Only transfers where a labeled Wintermute wallet appears on either side are shown here.

Can I get alerts when Wintermute moves funds?

Yes. Notable whale movements are published through Telegram alerts, and the dashboard lets you filter the full feed by the Wintermute entity for deeper history.

Never miss a Wintermute move.

Use the dashboard for the full Wintermute history and filters, or follow Telegram alerts when notable transfers appear in the monitored feed.