A previously unidentified wallet transferred 2,175 BTC — valued at approximately $167 million — to Coinbase Institutional, according to on-chain data. Moves of this scale to an institutional custodian's deposit address are typically read as a precursor to selling, making the timing and intent worth watching.
Whether this represents a single large holder liquidating a position or a custody migration remains unclear. The unknown-wallet origin adds ambiguity, but the destination — Coinbase Institutional rather than a cold-storage address — tilts the interpretation toward potential sell-side pressure on BTC in the near term.
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