DESK — WHALE WATCH

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.

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The positions the desk actually holds. Not live yet — we publish the call first, then the book.

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#?Holder?Type?Holdings?24h?Top asset?
1BinanceExchange (custody)$131.73B+0.15%BTC
2CoinbaseExchange (custody)$89.85B+0.15%BTC
3BlackRockFund / institution$53.05B+0.18%BTC
4Strategy (Prev. MicroStrategy)Fund / institution$31.25B+0.15%BTC
5OKXExchange (custody)$23.09B+0.14%USDT
6BitfinexExchange (custody)$18.92B+0.01%BTC
7RobinhoodExchange (custody)$18.75B+0.25%BTC
8KrakenExchange (custody)$16.14B+0.11%BTC
9BybitExchange (custody)$13.83B+0.27%BTC
10GrayscaleFund / institution$13.58B+0.11%BTC
11TetherStablecoin issuer$12.79B+0.08%BTC
12BitwiseFund / institution$3.97B+0.32%BTC
13Twenty One CapitalFund / institution$2.82B+0.14%BTC
14Justin SunIndividual$2.67B+0.12%sUSDS
15ARK InvestFund / institution$2.12B+0.14%BTC
16CircleStablecoin issuer$1.83B+0.00%USDC
17VanEckFund / institution$1.27B+0.16%BTC
18Jump CryptoFund / institution$1.18B+0.79%SOL
19Fidelity FBTC ETF InflowsFund / institution$863.1M+0.19%BTC
20TeslaFund / institution$746.6M+0.15%BTC
21Galaxy DigitalFund / institution$741.3M+0.12%BTC
22WintermuteFund / institution$624.0M+0.16%WHYPE
23Rain LohmusIndividual$469.5M+0.53%ETH
24Vitalik ButerinIndividual$424.4M+0.50%ETH
25CoinsharesFund / institution$397.6M+0.12%BTC
26Alameda ResearchFund / institution$306.7M+0.83%SOL
27a16zFund / institution$225.9M-1.13%UNI
28Lazarus GroupIllicit / sanctioned$68.2M+0.13%BTC
29DWF LabsFund / institution$24.7M+0.11%WLFI
30Arthur HayesIndividual$21.1M+0.25%ETH
+% holdings up 24h−% down 24hHoldings total USD across all chainsTop asset largest position

How to read a row → #1 · Binance · Exchange (custody) · $131.73B · BTC: 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.

Source: aggregated on-chain entity data, cross-checked against Etherscan V2 and Helius. Updated 20 Jul 2026.

Profiles

Exchange (custody) · $131.73B

Binance

World's largest crypto exchange · customer custody

Exchange (custody) · $89.85B

Coinbase

Largest US crypto exchange · customer custody and spot-ETF backing

Fund / institution · $53.05B

BlackRock

World's largest asset manager · spot BTC & ETH ETF custody

Fund / institution · $31.25B

Strategy (Prev. MicroStrategy)

The corporate bitcoin treasury that started the trend

Exchange (custody) · $23.09B

OKX

Top-tier global crypto exchange · customer custody

Exchange (custody) · $18.92B

Bitfinex

Veteran crypto exchange · customer custody + native LEO token

Exchange (custody) · $18.75B

Robinhood

US retail brokerage · customer crypto custody

Exchange (custody) · $16.14B

Kraken

Major US-based exchange · customer custody

Exchange (custody) · $13.83B

Bybit

Major crypto exchange · customer custody · @Bybit_Official

Fund / institution · $13.58B

Grayscale

The original crypto trust — GBTC, ETHE and a basket beyond

Stablecoin issuer · $12.79B

Tether

Largest stablecoin issuer · reserve and treasury wallets

Fund / institution · $3.97B

Bitwise

US crypto asset manager · ETP assets backing shares

Fund / institution · $2.82B

Twenty One Capital

New-wave bitcoin treasury company, born at scale

Individual · $2.67B

Justin Sun

Tron founder · one of the most active individual whales

Fund / institution · $2.12B

ARK Invest

Cathie Wood's ARK · disruptive-innovation ETF issuer

Stablecoin issuer · $1.83B

Circle

USDC / EURC issuer · reserve & mint-burn operations

Fund / institution · $1.27B

VanEck

US-European asset manager · crypto ETP custody backing

Fund / institution · $1.18B

Jump Crypto

Jump Crypto · one of the largest trading firms in the space

Fund / institution · $863.1M

Fidelity FBTC ETF Inflows

Spot BTC & ETH ETF · authorized-participant creations

Fund / institution · $746.6M

Tesla

Corporate BTC treasury · own balance sheet

Fund / institution · $741.3M

Galaxy Digital

Mike Novogratz's Galaxy · trading, staking, DeFi

Fund / institution · $624.0M

Wintermute

Algorithmic market maker · liquidity across CEX and DeFi

Individual · $469.5M

Rain Lohmus

Genesis-era individual · a fortune he reportedly can't touch

Individual · $424.4M

Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum co-founder · the most-watched individual address

Fund / institution · $397.6M

Coinshares

European crypto asset manager · ETP issuer backing listed products

Fund / institution · $306.7M

Alameda Research

The FTX-era trading firm · now a bankruptcy estate

Fund / institution · $225.9M

a16z

Venture capital · governance stake, not a trading book

Illicit / sanctioned · $68.2M

Lazarus Group

North Korea-linked threat actor · OFAC-sanctioned · stolen funds

Fund / institution · $24.7M

DWF Labs

Market maker & OTC desk · on-chain inventory

Individual · $21.1M

Arthur Hayes

BitMEX co-founder, macro commentator · personal wallet

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.

FAQ

Who is the biggest crypto whale?
By identified on-chain holdings the largest cluster is Binance at $131.73B — but exchange balances like this are customer custody, not the venue's own position. Among genuine owned stacks, BlackRock's spot-ETF custody and Strategy (MicroStrategy) lead; among individuals, Justin Sun.
Are exchange wallets really the exchange's money?
No. An exchange's cold and hot wallets overwhelmingly hold customer deposits — the venue is a custodian, not the owner. We include them because their reserves and net flows are a real market signal, but every exchange profile flags that the balance is customer funds.
How current are the numbers?
Balances are pulled from on-chain data and refreshed daily. Dollar values move with price between refreshes; the 24h figure shows the change in total USD value.
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