While retail investors are just watching the excitement, smart money has already jumped in.

On October 2, a leading exchange quietly became a validator node for IOTA. At the time, most people in the crypto community just treated it as an ordinary news item, but looking back now, it was clearly an early move to secure a position.

For a platform of this scale to spend resources maintaining the network security of an old public chain, it's either due to personal connections or because they've spotted something that others haven't noticed yet. They're obviously not doing charity, so the answer is clear—there may be big moves coming for IOTA.