Shark wallets sold $3.55 million of Optimism's OP in a day and bought just $486,000
DeepSea's live feed shows big wallets selling Optimism's token while still parking dollars on the chain. On Berachain, a heavy seller of USD₮0 turned buyer in the last hour.
Key points
- In the 24 hours to 6:35 a.m. ET on November 4, 2026, seven shark wallets sold $3.55 million of OP on Optimism and bought $486,275, DeepSea's live feed shows.
- Sharks still bought $3.39 million of USD₮0 on Optimism against $1.29 million sold, but in the last hour selling led, $1.09 million to $64,764.
- On Berachain, one wallet sold a net $1.27 million of USD₮0 over the day, then bought $737,784 in the last hour.
What DeepSea's data shows
DeepSea's live feed adds up trades by wallets it tags as sharks (large, active traders) over the last hour and the last 24 hours. LC Insight read it at 6:35 a.m. ET on November 4, 2026. DeepSea does not name these wallets, so neither do we.
The biggest change since our 12:37 a.m. check is OP, the token of the Optimism network. Over 24 hours, seven wallets sold $3.55 million and bought $486,275 in 33 trades, about $3.06 million net sold. Six hours earlier, the 24-hour count was close to flat: $409,515 bought, $430,660 sold.
USD₮0, a cross-chain version of Tether's dollar token, still drew money on Optimism: $3.39 million bought, $1.29 million sold, by nine wallets. The biggest buyer on the chain, one wallet, bought $2.98 million in two trades (DeepSea's wallet totals do not split this by token). The mood turned in the last hour, though: $1.09 million sold against $64,764 bought. A single wallet made most of that selling, $1.10 million across 42 trades; over the day it sold $4.35 million on Optimism and bought only $72,126.
Data: DeepSea (desea.io), checked November 4, 2026, 6:35 a.m. ET.
What sharks did on Berachain, Mantle and Monad
On Berachain, one wallet did all the USD₮0 trading: $1.19 million bought, $2.46 million sold in 126 trades, about $1.27 million net sold over the day. In the last hour it flipped, buying $737,784 and selling $1,995 in seven trades.
On Mantle, two wallets bought $138,524 of WETH (wrapped ether) and sold $103,302 in 141 trades. One of them traded both ways almost evenly: $230,987 in, $231,164 out, in 278 trades.
On Monad, one wallet bought $1.30 million of wstETH, a staked ether token, in two trades with nothing sold in the window. The $3.57 million of wstETH selling we saw at 12:37 a.m. has rolled out of the 24-hour count. The chain's busiest shark bought $2.93 million and sold $2.00 million in 127 trades.
Sharks also bought $195,759 of ARB on Arbitrum and sold only $3,249.
The numbers
Net shark flow by token over 24 hours. Positive means more bought than sold.
Shark net flow, 24 hours to 6:35 a.m. ET, November 4, 2026
US$ million
Source: DeepSea live feed, 24-hour shark aggregates, fetched November 4, 2026, 6:35 a.m. ET.
How these wallets have done
DeepSea's 30-day realized profit table (closed trades only) puts these moves in context. The busiest Monad shark stands at minus $1.11 million, $13,559 better than at 12:37 a.m. The Berachain wallet is up $16,680. The wallet that bought $2.98 million on Optimism is up $18,164 there. The shark group as a whole barely moved in six hours: minus $10.61 million across 131 wallets, against minus $10.68 million across 129.
CoinGecko showed OP at $0.1130 at 6:39 a.m. ET, up 2.3% in 24 hours.
Why it matters
Sharks move enough money to show where large traders are active. OP still rose 2.3% over the day while sharks sold. Whether that holds is the open question.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think the OP selling is the new signal: $3.06 million net sold in a window that was flat six hours earlier. The feed does not say who sold or why.
- The Berachain and Mantle numbers look like a few wallets trading both sides many times. We would not read them as a view on either chain.
- USD₮0 on Optimism is still net bought for the day, but the last hour leaned the other way. One more day of data will show which way it settles.
What's next
- Whether OP selling by sharks continues in the next 24 hours
- Whether the large Optimism USD₮0 seller keeps selling
- The Berachain wallet's next move after its last-hour buying
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