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Bhutan Sends $34.5 Million in Bitcoin to Binance as Sovereign Holdings Fall Below 1,750 BTC

6/17/2026

Blockchain analytics firm Arkham tracked a $34.5 million bitcoin transfer from Bhutan to Binance, with the Himalayan kingdom's monitored $BTC holdings dropping below 1,750 coins in the process.

The movement to one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges places Bhutan's sovereign bitcoin position under renewed scrutiny.

A transfer of this scale to an exchange carries weight regardless of what follows in the order book.

What Arkham's Data Shows Arkham's on-chain attribution identified the outflow as originating from wallets linked to the Bhutanese government, with Binance — the exchange behind the $BNB token — as the receiving address.

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