Investigation ties 100,000 BTC Hyperliquid whale to former BitForex CEO

An investigation has tied the Hyperliquid whale controlling over 100,000 BTC to Garrett Jin, the ex-BitForex CEO whose exchange collapsed amid fraud probes.

An onchain investigation by crypto researcher Eye has linked the mysterious Hyperliquid whale, who controls over 100,000 BTC, to Garrett Jin, the former CEO of BitForex, a now-defunct exchange embroiled in a fraud scandal.

In a Saturday post on X, the onchain sleuth noted that the whale’s main wallet, ereignis.eth, was connected to another ENS name, garrettjin.eth, which directly leads to Jin’s verified X (Twitter) account, @GarrettBullish.

“The ENS name ereignis.eth (“event” in German) confirms his link to this wallet, identifying him as the actor behind the large-scale operations on Hyperliquid/Hyperunit,” Eye wrote on X.

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