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Smart Money Wallet Sells $11.77M in HYPE for $11.26M Profit, 2,214% Return

A smart-money address deposited 131,421 HYPE to Kraken over 10 days at an average of $89.56, off a cost basis of $3.87, realizing an estimated $11.26 million profit and a 2,214% return. The first suspected sale came before Hyperliquid Labs’ Sept. 30 announcement that it would sell 3.75 million HYPE worth about $329 million OTC to a single institution.

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The timing is the story: a wallet with a $3.87 cost basis exited into Kraken before a large OTC placement was disclosed, which is exactly the pattern that fuels insider-flow suspicions even when nothing improper is proven. What matters for HYPE holders is supply mechanics — a 3.75 million token institutional block landing OTC shifts who holds the float, and whether that institution treats it as a position or a distribution is the open question. Watch subsequent exchange inflows from addresses tied to that placement.

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