OKX sends bankrupt Alameda $8.3M in crypto assets

OKX sent $8.3 million in different crypto assets to Alameda Research over the past seven days, according to the Arkham Intelligence dashboard.

The transfers, which happened in multiple transactions on May 29, saw the exchange send between $60,000 – $1.4 million worth of different cryptocurrencies to the bankrupt crypto firm.

According to the dashboard, some of the digital assets involved in the transactions included Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Celsius (CEL), Shiba Inu (SHIB), MakerDAO (MKR), Chiliz (CHZ), DAI, Axie Infinity (AXS), Magic Internet Money (MIM) and 19 others.

The top 5 transfers with the highest monetary values were those involving WBTC, DAI, LEO, MIM, and SHIB, cumulatively worth $4.8 million.

On May 23, OKX sent a series of test transactions involving all these assets to Alameda. At the time, the transactions were worth $10, respectively.

Meanwhile, the latest transfers continue OKX’s efforts to return FTX and Alameda’s frozen funds on its platform. In March, the exchange said it seized $157 million in crypto assets after FTX collapsed in November 2022.

Earlier this month, OKX sent over $60 million worth of USDT and Mask Network tokens to the bankrupt crypto firm’s wallet.

Alameda is transferring funds to Coinbase

Blockchain analytical firm Arkham Intelligence reported that Alameda was transferring its leftover funds into the custody of Coinbase.

During the last 24 hours, the bankrupt firm transferred USDT worth $10 million from its cold wallets to Coinbase Prime and deposited $31.2 million to the U.S.-based exchange in the past week.

Alameda’s transfer records over the past month showed it had transferred more than $250 million to Coinbase, Arkham said.

Alameda’s holdings

The Arham Intelligence dashboard showed that Alameda’s wallet holds digital assets amounting to about $314.7 million.

According to the dashboard, the bankrupt firm’s largest crypto holding is $56.4 million USDT. Its other top holdings include 100 million BitDAO (BIT) tokens worth $51.4 million, 19,292 Ethereum (ETH) worth $36.6 million, $12.35 million USDC, 40.45 million Stargate tokens worth $28.82 million, and 16.39 million Polygon tokens worth $14.74 million.

Additionally, the wallet also contains a significant amount of altcoins like DAI, MASK, Lido (LDO), FTX Token (FTT), Serum (SRM), etc.