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Wintermute Deposit

Algorithmic market maker, spot volume driver

Wintermute moves billions in crypto daily. The London-based algorithmic market maker was founded in 2017 and carved out a 5 percent slice of global spot trading volume by executing orders across thousands of pairs. In 2022, the outfit took a $160M hit to its operational wallets in a high-profile exploit, then rebuilt. The tracked addresses on this page represent identified on-chain holdings across Bitcoin and EVM networks.

These deposit wallets were attributed to Wintermute through transaction clustering, known exit patterns to major exchanges, and internal fund transfer signatures consistent with their operational infrastructure. The entity maintains self-custody of significant collateral and trading reserves. Address attribution in crypto remains probabilistic rather than absolute, so the verified wallets shown here should be treated as confirmed active holdings rather than an exhaustive map of the entire operation.

/ Overview
On-chain footprint
2
Tracked addresses
2
Networks · BTC / EVM
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First seen on-chain
/ Context
Self-custody operations model

Wintermute holds trading capital and collateral in self-managed wallets rather than delegating to third-party custodians. Deposits funnel into these addresses before being deployed into market-making strategies on centralized and decentralized venues. The cold-storage architecture reflects both the size of their operations and the operational security standards required to manage institutional-scale liquidity across multiple blockchains simultaneously.

/ Vault
All 2 addresses
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01bc1qhtf5j35qunuq5gq7p884sjsp4v4s4vm495uqfeBTCVIEW
020xce84449a8ebec019ac110a4b6662e55d0fd9f228EVMVIEW
/ See also
Related entities
/ Questions
FAQ
How does Wintermute store its crypto assets?
Wintermute operates self-custody cold storage for its core capital. The addresses tracked here represent identified deposit and operational wallets used to manage collateral and trading reserves across Bitcoin and EVM chains. Self-custody allows the firm to retain full control over settlement and custody without third-party intermediaries.
What is Wintermute's primary business model?
Wintermute runs algorithmic market making. The firm executes spot trades across thousands of cryptocurrency pairs, providing liquidity to exchanges and dApps. Their algorithms respond to order flow and market microstructure in real time, generating profit from spreads and arbitrage opportunities across venues.
How were these addresses attributed to Wintermute?
The addresses listed here were identified through transaction clustering, known deposit-to-exchange patterns, and internal transfer signatures that align with Wintermute's documented operational flows. These are selected verified wallets, not a complete inventory of all addresses the entity controls globally.
What happened to Wintermute in 2022?
In June 2022, one of the firm's operational wallets was compromised in a breach that resulted in $160M in losses across multiple tokens. Wintermute recovered operational capacity within days and continued market-making activity. The exploit highlighted the custodial risks inherent in active trading infrastructure.