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Galaxy Digital

Mike Novogratz's Galaxy · trading, staking, DeFi · @galaxyhq

Total on-chain holdings$526.6M
24h-0.30%
TypeFund / institution

Galaxy Digital is a full-stack crypto financial firm, and the wallet shows it: bitcoin, wrapped BTC, a big staked-ether position and DeFi tokens all sit side by side.

The desk's read

Galaxy runs trading, asset management, staking and venture under one roof, so this balance is a blend of proprietary positions and client-adjacent activity. The staked-ETH and liquid-staking exposure stands out.

It's also a Genesis creditor, a reminder that firms this connected carry counterparty history as well as coins. The diversification across BTC, ETH and DeFi is the point. This is an operating book, not a treasury.

For the desk, Galaxy is a read on where a sophisticated multi-strategy shop is leaning: heavy staked-ETH says yield and ecosystem, not just directional beta.

What they hold

Largest token positions on-chain data maps to this entity, by USD value.

Asset?Chain?Value?
BTCbitcoin$160.6M
cbBTCethereum$112.4M
LSETHethereum$107.0M
cbBTCsolana$38.8M
ETHethereum$38.4M
HYPEhyperevm$15.3M
USDCethereum$11.0M
USDTethereum$7.9M
FBTCethereum$7.7M
JITOSOLsolana$7.0M
Asset token tickerChain where it livesValue USD, live-priced — moves with the market

How to read a row → BTC · bitcoin · $160.6M: this entity's largest position is $160.6M of BTC held on bitcoin. Rows are sorted by USD value, so the top row is the biggest bet.

By chain

Network?Value?
ethereum$294.1M
bitcoin$160.6M
solana$51.0M
hyperevm$15.3M
bsc$3.4M
avalanche$1.3M
Network blockchainValue USD across every token this entity holds on it

How to read a row → ethereum · $294.1M: $294.1M of the holdings live on ethereum. Chains are ranked by value, so the top row is where most of the money sits.

Source: balances read directly from public chain RPCs, priced via DeFiLlama. USD-denominated, so they move with price as well as with flows. Updated 23 Aug 2026.

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Not investment advice. Entity labels are on-chain attribution and can be imperfect; a labelled balance may mix personal, treasury and custody wallets. Large balances do not imply intent, some never move.