How to read the whalesstart here →
- A whale is an entity, not an address. Balances are summed over wallet clusters; exchanges are excluded as custody.
- A floor is not a measurement. Capped clusters show a lower bound, and the row says so right where the number is.
- The 24h move sits next to its base. A change is printed only beside the number it was computed from.
Whale watch
The most notable identified wallets in crypto: exchange custody, ETFs and treasury companies, funds and market makers, individuals, and sanctioned actors, ranked by live on-chain holdings with a desk read on each. Real on-chain attribution, refreshed daily. Exchange balances are customer custody, not the venue's own bet; we say so on every profile.
live Balances read 2026-08-23 23:26:42 UTC · 15h ago · refreshed daily 08:15 UTC
Which of these holders added and which trimmed over the last 24h, ranked by net USD.
The positions the desk actually holds. Not live yet. We publish the call first, then the book.
| #? | Holder? | Type? | Holdings? | 24h? | Top asset? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Binance | Exchange (custody) | $184.70B | +0.52% | USDT |
| 2 |  BlackRock | Fund / institution | $63.64B | +2.56% | BTC |
| 3 |  Strategy (Prev. MicroStrategy) | Fund / institution | $53.86B | — | BTC |
| 4 |  OKX | Exchange (custody) | $21.75B | +0.13% | BTC |
| 5 |  Grayscale | Fund / institution | $15.28B | +0.37% | BTC |
| 6 |  Bitfinex | Exchange (custody) | $14.98B | +0.70% | LEO |
| 7 |  Robinhood | Exchange (custody) | $14.24B | +0.67% | BTC |
| 8 |  Bybit | Exchange (custody) | $12.27B | +0.97% | BTC |
| 9 |  Tether | Stablecoin issuer | $11.46B | +0.73% | BTC |
| 10 |  Gemini | Exchange (custody) | $5.20B | +0.58% | BTC |
| 11 |  Bitwise | Fund / institution | $4.90B | +0.72% | BTC |
| 12 |  Twenty One Capital | Fund / institution | $3.37B | +0.49% | BTC |
| 13 |  Justin Sun | Individual | $2.76B | +0.42% | SUSDS |
| 14 |  ARK Invest | Fund / institution | $2.68B | +0.49% | BTC |
| 15 |  Crypto.com | Exchange (custody) | $2.54B | +0.44% | BTC |
| 16 |  KuCoin | Exchange (custody) | $1.48B | +1.59% | USDT |
| 17 |  VanEck | Fund / institution | $1.43B | +0.62% | BTC |
| 18 | Fund / institution | $1.38B | +0.57% | BTC | |
| 19 |  Jump Crypto | Fund / institution | $1.33B | +1.41% | SOL |
| 20 |  Riot Platforms | Miner / treasury | $1.00B | — | BTC |
| 21 |  Tesla | Fund / institution | $891.0M | +0.49% | BTC |
| 22 |  Rain Lohmus | Individual | $612.0M | +1.34% | ETH |
| 23 |  Vitalik Buterin | Individual | $549.0M | +1.34% | ETH |
| 24 | Fund / institution | $526.6M | -0.30% | BTC | |
| 25 |  FalconX | Exchange (custody) | $473.3M | -0.13% | BTC |
| 26 | Fund / institution | $444.3M | +0.50% | BTC | |
| 27 |  Wintermute | Fund / institution | $292.7M | +4.45% | ETH |
| 28 |  a16z | Fund / institution | $289.9M | +5.27% | UNI |
| 29 |  B2C2 Group | Fund / institution | $61.5M | +9.01% | ZEC |
| 30 |  Arthur Hayes | Individual | $38.9M | +1.45% | ETH |
| 31 |  DWF Labs | Fund / institution | $22.6M | +0.89% | WLFI |
| 32 |  Animoca Brands | Fund / institution | $4.2M | +0.01% | USDT |
| 33 | Flow Traders | Fund / institution | $1.7M | +0.68% | BTC |
How to read a row → #1 · Binance · Exchange (custody) · $184.70B · USDT: Binance tops the board by total on-chain value. Read Holdings as size, 24h as today's drift; for an exchange row remember the balance is customer custody, not the venue's own bet.
What the desk reads here
- Largest accumulation: BlackRock — +$1.59B (+2.6%), $63.64B total
- Largest reduction: Galaxy Digital — −$1.6M (-0.3%), $526.6M total
- Most unusual move: B2C2 Group moved +9.0% of its own book in 24h — the largest swing relative to holder size outside exchange custody.
- Largest exchange flow: Binance took in $949.8M — depositor flow, not a position: this is customer custody.
- Noise: 15 of the largest holders drifted under 1% — custody churn, not a position change. We do not read those.
Ranked by 24h change in mapped on-chain value. Exchange rows are customer custody, so their size moves are flow and not the venue's own bet. That is why the unusual-move line excludes them. One day of movement is an observation; it becomes a trigger only alongside price and funding.
Source: balances read directly from public chain RPCs (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BSC, Tron and 7 more); USD priced via DeFiLlama. Entity-to-address attribution frozen 26 Jul 2026. Updated 23 Aug 2026.
Profiles
Binance
World's largest crypto exchange · customer custody
Fund / institution · $63.64BBlackRock
World's largest asset manager · spot BTC & ETH ETF custody
Fund / institution · $53.86BStrategy (Prev. MicroStrategy)
The corporate bitcoin treasury that started the trend
Exchange (custody) · $21.75BOKX
Top-tier global crypto exchange · customer custody
Exchange (custody) · $14.98BBitfinex
Veteran crypto exchange · customer custody + native LEO token
Exchange (custody) · $14.24BRobinhood
US retail brokerage · customer crypto custody
Exchange (custody) · $12.27BBybit
Major crypto exchange · customer custody · @Bybit_Official
Exchange (custody) · $2.54BCrypto.com
Global exchange · customer custody · @cryptocom
Fund / institution · $15.28BGrayscale
The original crypto trust — GBTC, ETHE and a basket beyond
Stablecoin issuer · $11.46BTether
Largest stablecoin issuer · reserve and treasury wallets
Fund / institution · $4.90BBitwise
US crypto asset manager · ETP assets backing shares
Fund / institution · $3.37BTwenty One Capital
New-wave bitcoin treasury company, born at scale
Individual · $2.76BJustin Sun
Tron founder · one of the most active individual whales
Fund / institution · $2.68BARK Invest
Cathie Wood's ARK · disruptive-innovation ETF issuer
Fund / institution · $1.43BVanEck
US-European asset manager · crypto ETP custody backing
Fund / institution · $1.33BJump Crypto
Jump Crypto · one of the largest trading firms in the space
Fund / institution · $1.38B
Fidelity FBTC ETF Inflows
Spot BTC & ETH ETF · authorized-participant creations
Fund / institution · $891.0MTesla
Corporate BTC treasury · own balance sheet
Fund / institution · $526.6M
Galaxy Digital
Mike Novogratz's Galaxy · trading, staking, DeFi
Fund / institution · $292.7MWintermute
Algorithmic market maker · liquidity across CEX and DeFi
Individual · $612.0MRain Lohmus
Genesis-era individual · a fortune he reportedly can't touch
Individual · $549.0MVitalik Buterin
Ethereum co-founder · the most-watched individual address
Fund / institution · $444.3M
Coinshares
European crypto asset manager · ETP issuer backing listed products
Fund / institution · $289.9Ma16z
Venture capital · governance stake, not a trading book
Fund / institution · $22.6MDWF Labs
Market maker & OTC desk · on-chain inventory
Individual · $38.9MArthur Hayes
BitMEX co-founder, macro commentator · personal wallet
Exchange (custody) · $5.20BGemini
US exchange · customer custody · @Gemini
Exchange (custody) · $1.48BKuCoin
Global exchange · customer custody · @kucoincom
Exchange (custody) · $473.3MFalconX
Institutional prime broker · @falconxnetwork
Miner / treasury · $1.00BRiot Platforms
Listed bitcoin miner · treasury · @RiotPlatforms
Fund / institution · $61.5MB2C2 Group
Crypto market maker · @b2c2group
Fund / institution · $4.2MAnimoca Brands
Web3 venture group · @animocabrands
Fund / institution · $1.7MFlow Traders
Listed market maker · @Flow_Traders
How this is built
Balances come from aggregated on-chain entity data: every wallet on-chain attribution assigns to a named entity, summed across chains and priced live. This list is curated named wallets across categories: exchange custody, ETFs and treasury companies, funds and market makers, individuals, and sanctioned actors. Exchange balances are overwhelmingly customer custody, not the venue's own directional bet, each profile says so. Figures are USD and move with price; cross-checked against Etherscan V2 (EVM) and Helius (Solana). Attribution is on-chain and can be imperfect. For a raw ranked list, see the Top-100 leaderboard.