16.10.2025 05:42
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**LuBian-Associated Wallet Executes Massive Bitcoin Transfer**
In a development that has sent ripples across the cryptocurrency landscape, a digital wallet connected to the Chinese Bitcoin mining operation, LuBian, has initiated a significant transfer of nearly $1.3 billion in Bitcoin. This substantial movement occurred in the immediate aftermath of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) taking action to seize approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin, believed to be pilfered from the mining pool back in 2020.
Blockchain analysis firm Lookonchain first brought this activity to light, identifying the transfer on Wednesday. They reported that a wallet tied to LuBian offloaded 9,757 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at around $1.1 billion at the time, to newly created wallets. This transfer followed a period of roughly three years of inactivity for the wallet in question.
Further scrutiny by Arkham Intelligence revealed that this initial transfer was swiftly followed by another. Hours later, the same wallet dispatched an additional 2,129 BTC, equating to roughly $238 million. Cumulatively, these transactions involved a staggering 11,886 Bitcoin, currently assessed at a value of approximately $1.3 billion.
Arkham's investigation, detailed in a report from August 3rd, outlined a 2020 incident where LuBian allegedly suffered a significant hack, resulting in the theft of 127,426 BTC, worth roughly $3.5 billion at that point. Importantly, Arkham indicated that a total of 11,886 BTC had been moved to recovery wallets, mirroring the exact amount recently transferred from the LuBian-linked wallet.
Adding another layer of complexity to this already intriguing situation, the latest wallet activity transpired less than a day after the DOJ unveiled an indictment concerning Prince Holding Group, a Cambodia-based entity implicated in extensive crypto fraud schemes. On Tuesday, US prosecutors submitted a forfeiture complaint, seeking to reclaim an estimated $14.4 billion tied to the alleged fraudulent network orchestrated by Chen Zhi, the founder of the group. The DOJ has stated that the implicated Bitcoin is already in their possession and is subject to forfeiture pending Zhi's potential conviction on charges of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The DOJ claims that Zhi and his associates laundered the illicit gains from their operations to finance large-scale cryptocurrency mining ventures. This included a Laos-based company called Warp Data, its Texas subsidiary, and the China-based LuBian, which rose to prominence as the sixth-largest mining operation.
