SOL whale reappears with a large withdrawal: nearly 490,000 tokens withdrawn in a single transaction from a major exchange, staking strategies emerge

【CryptoWorld】On December 20th, a notable large transfer was detected by an on-chain data tracking platform—a certain whale withdrew 48,744 SOL from a well-known exchange in a single transaction, equivalent to $6.15 million, and then directly staked the tokens. What signals does this reflect? Looking back, since August 22nd of this year, this whale has been continuously “harvesting” profits, withdrawing a total of 1,231,861 SOL from exchanges for staking. At that time, these assets were worth $186 million, but now they have shrunk to $156 million, with an unrealized loss of $30.4 million.

Despite the significant unrealized loss, the whale still chooses to hold and stake, which usually indicates that institutional investors are optimistic about the long-term prospects of the SOL ecosystem. The combination of large withdrawals and staking often signals the whale’s strategic layout for the next phase.