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KuCoin

Global exchange · customer custody · @kucoincom · @kucoincom

Total on-chain holdings$1.48B
24h+1.59%
TypeExchange (custody)

The address cluster was truncated by the source at 100,000 addresses. The figure above is a lower bound, not a full measurement, anything held at addresses we do not know is absent.

This cluster is KuCoin's exchange reserves, client deposits in custody. Unlike the BTC-heavy venues, it reads as a stablecoin book: tether dominates, ether follows, and the weight sits on Ethereum with a second pocket on BSC.

The desk's read

A stablecoin-led mix is what an active trading venue looks like from the outside. Clients park USDT to trade rather than to hold, so the balance turns over faster than a custodian's and tells you more about activity than about conviction.

The split across Ethereum and BSC is a routing decision, not a market view: the same dollar moves to whichever chain is cheaper for deposits and withdrawals at the time. Treat a shift between the two as plumbing.

These addresses came from proof-of-reserves-derived data rather than from Etherscan tags. The tagged wallets were nearly empty; the reserves were somewhere nobody had labelled.

What they hold

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

Asset?Chain?Value?
USDTethereum$533.8M
ETHethereum$233.6M
BSC-USDbsc$78.4M
USDCethereum$43.7M
USDT0arbitrum_one$33.7M
BNBbsc$28.5M
UBbsc$27.6M
LINKethereum$23.3M
TELethereum$22.7M
VELVETbsc$16.7M
Asset token tickerChain where it livesValue USD, live-priced — moves with the market

How to read a row → USDT · ethereum · $533.8M: this entity's largest position is $533.8M of USDT held on ethereum. Rows are sorted by USD value, so the top row is the biggest bet.

By chain

Network?Value?
ethereum$1.10B
bsc$254.3M
arbitrum_one$54.7M
base$26.4M
polygon$14.3M
avalanche$13.9M
Network blockchainValue USD across every token this entity holds on it

How to read a row → ethereum · $1.10B: $1.10B 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.