
{"id":141007,"date":"2026-03-10T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=141007"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:13:03","slug":"winklevoss-twins-are-selling-bitcoin-again-arkham-flags-big-btc-transfer-to-gemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=141007","title":{"rendered":"Winklevoss Twins Are Selling Bitcoin Again? Arkham Flags Big BTC Transfer to Gemini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winklevoss twins, who have been predominantly vocal about Zcash and Cypherpunk lately, have made a large BTC transfer to the cryptocurrency exchange they co-founded a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the analytics company Arkham, the $130 million transfer to Gemini\u2019s hot wallets was done \u201cpresumably to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>THE WINKLEVOSS TWINS SOLD $130M BTC<\/p>\n<p>The Winklevoss Twins transferred $130M of BTC to Gemini Hot Wallets since last week, presumably to sell.<\/p>\n<p>The Winklevosses once owned 1% of the circulating BTC supply \u2013 and now continue to hold $764M of BTC. Their total PnL on BTC is currently\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pjzp45V3K7\">pic.twitter.com\/Pjzp45V3K7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arkham (@arkham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arkham\/status\/2031296482763329671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Their data further indicates that the brothers once owned roughly 1% of bitcoin\u2019s supply. Previous reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/01\/12\/winklevoss-twins-are-bitcoin-billionaires-yet-one-drives-an-old-suv.html\">suggested<\/a> that they began buying BTC in 2011, purchasing $11 million in the cryptocurrency at $120 per unit from the $65 million they were awarded in cash and Facebook stock following a legal dispute with Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>Although they reportedly sold a portion of their holdings to launch Gemini, their estimated PnL on bitcoin remains around $1.8 billion, Arkham added.<\/p>\n<p>They have made several newsworthy donations over the years, including multi-million-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cameron\/status\/1803876953860247831\">transfers<\/a> of BTC to Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign on the promise that he was pro-bitcoin, pro-crypto, and pro-business.<\/p>\n<p>While championing for more privacy in the cryptocurrency industry, their focus has most recently switched toward Cypherpunk \u2013 a company dedicated to self-sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial statement, the brothers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tyler\/status\/1988609730646778061\">said<\/a> they will \u201cexecute on our mission by accumulating, building, and supporting privacy-protecting assets and technologies at a time when the world needs them more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest press release shared by the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/in\/news-releases\/cypherpunk-makes-5m-investment-into-zcash-open-development-lab-zodl-302708170.html\">reads<\/a> that Cypherpunk Technologies has invested $5 million into Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), which is its first tech investment outside of ZEC.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/winklevoss-twins-are-selling-bitcoin-again-arkham-flags-big-btc-transfer-to-gemini\/\">Winklevoss Twins Are Selling Bitcoin Again? Arkham Flags Big BTC Transfer to Gemini<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winklevoss twins, who have been predominantly vocal about Zcash and Cypherpunk lately, have made a large BTC transfer to the cryptocurrency exchange they co-founded a decade ago. According to data from the analytics company Arkham, the $130 million transfer to Gemini\u2019s hot wallets was done \u201cpresumably to sell.\u201d THE WINKLEVOSS TWINS SOLD $130M BTC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":141008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}