Darkfost2025-10-22

The insider whale 19D5 sends 3 003 BTC to Binance and keeps shorting BTC on Hyperliquid.

Over the past 48 hours, the well-known OG whale 19D5 has become increasingly active again on-chain. Recognized for having sold a significant portion of her BTC holdings to accumulate ETH earlier this year, and more recently for her aggressive short positions on Hyperliquid, this entity has drawn growing attention from traders and analysts, some even suspecting access to privileged market information due to the timing of her moves The investor behind these addresses continues to sell and move BTC aggressively. Between yesterday and today, this whale has sharply increased her activity, notably transferring over 3,000 BTC ($335 million) to Binance, an exchange still favored for large-scale transactions. Another 651 BTC were sent to Hyperliquid, where the whale still holds a short position worth around $140 million. Her last move of the day was a 100 BTC transfer to Kraken. This whale, who once held more than 100 000 BTC, now retains about 39 000 BTC. Her on-chain movements are quite unique and often significant enough to influence short-term market dynamics, it is therefore an entity to keep a close eye on.