Crypto Sleuths Trace $8 Million Solana Buy to Alleged Coinbase Thief

The wallet recently carried out several large purchases of SOL. The transactions totaled about $8 million in value.

According to a report by Lookonchain, the wallet first swapped DAI DAI $0.9992 for USDC USDC $1.00 , then used a bridge to transfer funds over to the Solana network. Once there, it completed multiple trades by buying 38,126 SOL at prices near $209 per token.

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At the time of reporting, Solana’s value had dropped to around $202.15, which indicates that the wallet’s new holdings had already decreased in value.

This wallet has been active for several months. In May, Lookonchain highlighted a large sale of 26,762 ETH ETH $1,683.00 from the same address, worth about $69.25 million at that point.

In July, the wallet made two ETH purchases, one on the 7th for 4,863 ETH ($12.55 million), and another on the 19th for 649 ETH ($2.3 million), with Lookonchain citing a purchase price of $3,5621 per coin.

Arkham Intelligence labeled the address as the "Coinbase hacker", while Lookonchain estimated that it may be tied to a theft exceeding $300 million from Coinbase-linked accounts.

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