Three whale addresses accumulated more than 23,000 ETH in the 24 hours ending Oct. 23, spotonchain data show. Address 0x395 withdrew 12,000 ETH ($46.3 million) from Binance at $3,854 per token around 18 hours prior, bringing total holdings to 67,981 ETH ($264 million). New whale address 0x86E withdrew 8,491 ETH ($32.5 million) from OKX at $3,824 roughly 5 hours before reporting. Separately, an address linked to the Radiant Capital incident swapped 9.7 million DAI for 2,550 WETH at an average price of $3,803 through three wallets about 6 hours earlier, then moved funds through Tornado Cash.

Two addresses linked to Abraxas Capital (0x5b5, 0xb83) increased HYPE long positions at $38.6 within a 30-minute window over the past 6 hours, bringing combined holdings to approximately $7.75 million, HyperInsight data show. The addresses retain $79.77 million in HYPE short positions, with primary short exposures including $192 million in ETH, $109 million in BTC, and $51.43 million in HYPE. Total nominal holdings across both addresses declined from $620 million to $440 million, with weekly realized profits reaching $24.77 million. A subsidiary address closed multiple-token positions today and withdrew nearly $100 million, partially transferred to Binance hot wallets, reducing its nominal holdings to $38.81 million with HYPE shorts as the sole position exceeding $10 million.

Binance Alpha will launch trading for Meteora (MET) on Oct. 23 at 13:00 UTC, with users holding at least 226 Binance Alpha points eligible to claim 32 MET tokens on a first-come, first-served basis, BlockBeats reports. The points threshold will automatically decrease by 15 points per hour if rewards remain unclaimed. Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points, and users must confirm their claim within 24 hours on the Alpha activity page or forfeit eligibility.