On the day #Putin and Trump exchanged prisoners (BTC-e bro #AlexanderVinnik for teacher Marc Fogel) someone moved ~$700 million worth of bitcoin that was last moved the week after BTC-e was shut down for money laundering 8 years ago in 2017.
This is what the kids call "sus".
IMHO someone got paid off to get Vinnik out of US custody. Whether it was #Trump and/or his negotiator / crypto partner #SteveWitkoff just taking a bribe or Putin who got paid off to ask for Vinnik we may never know.
The funds are currently just parked on chain in a new wallet.
Fun fact: BTC-e is known to have been involved in laundering money for #Russia's use in #Ukraine way back in 2015/2016, in the early #Donbas battles.
* 2017 txn: https://mempool.space/tx/1824411759a534758f90d01cfa345be9616a92fe11581490037eba3e77bea9ff
* February 10th, 2025: https://mempool.space/tx/929169aa181866e0c5e6e34aa3b4f9d2c102a3bbace087f67bb98997e84114e4