INVESTIGATION – Identifying an Unknown $1.4 BILLION SBF/Alameda Research Wallet
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Today the Sam Bankman-Fried trial started.
SBF “allegedly” stole BILLIONs from investors, FTX customers, and exchanges.
I was devastated when hackers stole my 84k+ MOONs + another 300K. I can’t imagine what those who lost MILLIONS must be going through.
A number of Alamada Research/SBF wallets have been identified that will be brought up in this court case.
However, I believe at least one wallet will NOT be mentioned that should be.
The Case
While the SBF case is going on, I’m making my own case for identifying a previously unknown SBF/Alameda Research Wallet.
The wallet in question is 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425
Let’s begin!
In addition to countless FTX, FTX US, and Alameda interactions, I noticed the last txn of 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 was on 10/1/22. The timing is odd as that is about a month before the fallout of FTX began.
I went back to look at SBF’s tweets around that timeframe to see if I could find anything of interest.
The SBF 9/28/22 Tweet
Could the fall of FTX started a month earlier than previously reported?
The Fall of FTX and SBF
We know the timeline of events leading up to the collapse. Below is a summary of events in 2022.
Nov. 2: Coindesk starts the chaos with an article outing FTX’s reserves. Nov. 6: Binance liquidates all FTT tokens, aka the infamous CZ tweet. Nov. 7: FTX announces a liquidity crisis and looks for a bailout. Nov. 8: Binance says it will buy FTX’s non-U.S. business. Nov. 9: Binance walks away from FTX acquisition. Nov. 11: SBF steps down while FTX files for bankruptcy. Nov. 12: FTX reports a hack, over 415M in assets allegedly stolen. Nov. 18: The Bahamas takes control of FTX assets. Dec. 12: SBF is arrested and later extradited to the U.S. Dec. 22: SBF is released on a $250 million bond.
Looking at SBF’s tweet on 9/28/22, there’s definitely smoke signals of impending doom. The commenters also brought up their concerns on his tweets. Here’s a few of my favorite replies:
The Connection to SBF/Alameda Research
Could the wallet in question 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 be one of the wallets to get “rotated”?
![Above is a look inside 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 [labeled !SBF?] sorted by most recent txns on the right. The last transaction of this wallet took place on 10/1/22 and aligns with the timeframe of SBF’s tweet on 9/28/22.](https://preview.redd.it/mfyjtei5v3sb1.png?width=3354&format=png&auto=webp&s=8fa2b2e6b86819c42d21199c460af95d5ce1cdc4){kind=link}
I’m showing the most INCOMING interactions are coming from the known FTX Hot Wallet of 0x2FAF487A4414Fe77e2327F0bf4AE2a264a776AD2 and various known Alameda Wallets.
![Above is a look inside 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 [labeled !SBF?] sorted by highest amounts of INCOMING transactions. The top 12 highest incoming transactions are either Alameda Research Wallets or the FTX Hot Wallet – 0x2FAF487A4414Fe77e2327F0bf4AE2a264a776AD2](https://preview.redd.it/pzvqc6p4x3sb1.png?width=1666&format=png&auto=webp&s=d22fdcf9229a784cc3caca77dca83f4b255c16aa){kind=link}
I listed below the known Alameda Wallets 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 is interacting with. I’m sure there’s more here but here’s the top 10 I found based on amounts
0x93C08a3168fC469F3fC165cd3A471D19a37ca19e [1 interaction – 50M] 0x97137466Bc8018531795217f0EcC4Ba24Dcba5c1 [32 interactions – 241M] 0x7f62C250A1c01283b97CD3C30e1201bfcdca4333 [1 interaction – 22.97M] 0x964d9D1A532B5a5DaeacBAc71d46320DE313AE9C [17 interactions – 83.23M] 0xe5D0Ef77AED07C302634dC370537126A2CD26590 [2 interactions – 17.76M] 0x4deB3EDD991Cfd2fCdAa6Dcfe5f1743F6E7d16A6 [6 interactions – 38.1M] 0x36B6da70eC8e07A6BF279B802b67C6390B79905F [9 interactions – 59.82M] 0xFa453aec042a837e4AEBbADAB9d4E25B15FAd69D [202 interactions – 517.97M] 0xd267EbADc2B167e38F2af7d693A96D1E0665F3Cd [2 interactions – 12.36M] 0x7578E676B3706aa65A4d7B9BD621922a305552Db [4 interactions – 16.25M]
![Above is a look inside 0xFa453aec042a837e4AEBbADAB9d4E25B15FAd69D. You can see the wallet of interest, 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 [!SBF?] is sandwiched in between all of the Alameda Research wallets.](https://preview.redd.it/ijn0kxt904sb1.png?width=1472&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd82da9cd85b0993ed8846fd372b73a0e27766f5){kind=link}
Additional Wallets of Interest
The below wallets are very interesting. Most appear to be intermediary wallets to deposit into Coinbase, Circle, or Three Arrows Capital. However, there could be some additional SBF/Alameda Research entities in here.
All of these wallets have a single transaction ranging from 21.87M to 2.81M. There’s more below 2.81M but I wanted focus on the larger transactions.
0x9e49B69c3F7d2040469734C58eA6947E82A6df65 0x6c45206b57bbf014e51334989a93094C6DE98b00 0x0c0EEF26dCDacCA7Eb9DA4973E4B9917A8c9dAe0 0xE8F7f585C8A36044f21e9901d7cf4ADE8eeD205D 0x26EAC8106Ab158f863A45639b21f6D71c0b94524 0xa05C18FC47f13279A3e520638497A26818184965 0xEd469A031377756DB51823Dc3A229085625A0E72 0x25D515B63CdB30eED546dDb959139537518F4387 0x7C5afB076847e52a24108ce29c727e15d7720969 0x8575F0f48f092999AFA52e23E195c937e516096B 0x9EAcd1Fcd1fAe558949f133e9E4338B9A4E22669 0x344AD2Ec8909dC02Fe2abe97E3F4B8A15fC1D992 0x77C5991d6C5A380cc34A8fA0EfebB25768681116 0x838E5D8DaDA0d5EDDC12920E30F45BacdE53F335 0xDE5268b0b9ea7ec56FEa041C139B16Af02221C97 0x057c7e252111f18df2dB409868F55e6FB6910D45 0xa7770c2D5D620b4bD3104F96A0Cc4005e32bb166 0x832fADeE46a1ea95ff7D01973062129Bd16028cD 0x01aBE88f3263B1Bcd0e4f4F044Bc18aF1D8E5510 0x61F6498f3ACbAa39de662850A2F5F7EF7b68eB2D 0x06aC428afc228AA9C29c0E3d3204DD6e27F82DD5 0x3232f80c3aB3bAC7197B74bf63E6CFf6F3093116 0x46e0AfC50704dAcb36086fe0263938372A6e99a3 0x88439264f84418281DfeE5BAaE78bC21f5d77303 0x8C39918dCBD4Ba1eCa0B6bcbFe0Fa0794A1ED2d5 0x0b87Cc5B1f8f209867C0E13370Dd6659c455aE04 0x63B63CdF07258D5F241f0159A4443e1BeF40C6A5 0x1098Ae6D4b4f6A585AA67A6dBb33898C6C3fb409 0x7dE0d321C67Cbb57FF56dc40A6922B402FFc8592 0x8B16D356E3660A3cAe0581929b8877A34f476339 0x88F2784479491159E608d2e85bdEDB0dC7E97Eff 0x4BcE57df90F04b5988E364c492BD093c15e88A7e 0xEDA1853B69BAb688a800A0e49043446d0242D906 0xBf83109ada3BE38407fd46c5c86f46a291cB2b4b 0xEFD34A3172341157F5445eb0D6252139Fc6fC1F4 0x704785ea1B7E19EE6D41f3eEd909f2F994CE6861 0x3B6b2a8D6a255450406461CAe9D4c5FDE053BcC7 0x76284c4ddF45AA44D302Ce53C26951Cf716E033E 0xFea910208EA0A5e2717CAD7e0D91e32D77BDfb49 0xA23a3BeE28b063120718142B247E189501d8955E 0x6B723906cB459fAC39741c0871c6151FFA03380e 0x85F9A571480a926e198d2bA3f1B0227E7Ff9BB48 0x23f152fbcfA3C375C83dCFEBa26eebfF122FacdC 0xD043f8Ae495e56BEF4D084e7825B04d097B6Db1e 0x14be98F04F1d67370be567aB2905A1e20001e7f3 0x4dAE2D0207135aD8Df03D97dc3538000792f33B0 0xbCAe94A2B3EfCb91A54EDe866010F872abf30098 0x25a734C353a328B4f5418F0E97d88116520242d7 0x3beAC0373e30049ce832270ec0CE97B5266D1096 0x40788345Ca8E8226f793afE53d4fea0E77BC8e99 0x4b68C9e4c44f3bC65cbE584ee0cDe5Eb101Ba437 0x5e2602EdC7D741f87777744147e025E2b7c01350 0x40d7b7AAF7DB32b331AC13d083a32528120680F4 0xdA485204284D5aA011B604201daEC6714BC76B24 0x0d27C18C1ae07c07F564c7966897B3CE456a86e5 0x0aCE8C1bF697be7CecC9220d6F499aB3AF25c8B4 0x2ef7499DCd0519a75551e075BF741C80A3CFeB54 0xa5c4Dd421E3cD97d9A2A222BF1f547DA9aAFF8cA 0x38Bc3fb7ee87979F384C53abb4246a5fC3DBb569 0x16108Da357465356057B22437da94A82Af2fE1D2 0x54bd65B854D3cDC0f5be31B246c4b49c81Ba2bC3 0x91b271B981b58c88DaD7Bcc0feC677519adB66A7 0xe67541fBdADEC739FdF0C6385E1a19d94AA8D345 0x2a0c6A11ED2B1976a009C247d14f690AE73092AA 0xC47768C3d35F68118107Bdf799bC67DdD0D6bd9a 0x64b68648D6eB22FF48cb2135530B76D13FE5cBaf 0x35B5311c290e477D37Af2b0E151Bb0a482B28F92 0x26fAB4D9fB8F18BdD9041D2E5c3F9660471Ac083 0x285B724831C9C7459936F91612F63BEe6ab69751 0xCe410eA2C057848512AeBB621ecEA7b35bb4Ebf7 0x89ffC2E576675C5e2fe6daB6b15c8FAe92948f10 0xa708B2475D0d8751bA4209752376382590447eac 0xc9e1EC9cF5dE4cDC98b096E464839F1695A36C71 0x6e54e03Eb005c89e4Cf22c92716dc4f22cd49048 0x562db87A72abF554f8FBc232B8463D1E043D7b7F 0x8a8B58A12fdB5a6E3889e21A998Cd6D526321689 0xc908754c2331EFB8f16CfaA6C439ccb13a30e1e6
In conclusion
This is my case and I’m sticking to it! The research is all my own.
It’s my belief that 0x3E8e470972291783a91de529454d366349810425 is an unidentified Alameda Research wallet. This wallet appears to only do transactions in USDC and ETH. No other tokens were used in any of the transactions.
If I’m in the wrong here or completely miss-identified this wallet I have 0 problems with you making your own case, against me!
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