What Are the Crypto Whales Buying, Selling, and Holding?

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The crypto market, ever the fickle beast, began the week with a modest retreat-down 0.46% in the last 24 hours. Volatility continues to rule the day, as though the market itself were playing some grand game of high-stakes poker, with sentiment hanging by the thinnest of threads.

Amidst this chaotic dance, the crypto whales, those titans of the digital sea, began to shuffle their portfolios, making moves that could only be described as both methodical and chaotic in equal measure. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and others became the objects of their fickle affections-some choosing to stockpile, others to take profits, and still others to play the market like a finely tuned instrument.

How Are Whales Trading Ethereum?

Ethereum, that ethereal creature of the crypto world, continues to lure the big fish. OnChain Lens revealed that one whale-whose wallet address, 0x7451, is as enigmatic as the sea-received a staggering 13,322 ETH (worth roughly $62 million) from FalconX. In the span of just four days, this particular leviathan accumulated 22,556 ETH, valued at $104.87 million. It seems the whales are, if anything, hungry.

Not to be outdone, new wallets emerged from the depths, eager to join the feeding frenzy. 0x5509 withdrew 10,001 ETH (worth $46.4 million) from OKX, while another, 0x4d43, pulled 4,208 ETH (about $19.48 million) from Binance. It seems that no one is content simply watching the show anymore. Everyone wants in.

Meanwhile, 0x5Fe, that mysterious entity, moved 1,000 ETH (valued at $4.65 million) from Binance. This particular wallet has been busy over the past two months, accumulating a total of 8,711 ETH at an average withdrawal price of $3,876. It’s the quiet ones you have to watch, they say.

“Of these, 3,711 ETH were likely sold for a tidy profit of $1.451 million, while the remaining 5,000 ETH appear to be sitting pretty, with an unrealized profit of $3.9 million,” an on-chain analyst gleefully reported, probably sipping tea as the market shifted beneath him.

But not all movements were purely in the spirit of accumulation. No, some whales took a more opportunistic route, like 0x172b, who offloaded 5,171 ETH (valued at $23.79 million) at a price of $4,601. This move, dear reader, was not without its price, as the sale resulted in a loss of roughly $206,000.

“This particular whale bought these 5,171 ETH just two days ago at an average price of $4,641, driven by a classic case of FOMO,” the post ominously noted.

And yet, another whale, one more seasoned and perhaps a little more cautious, began trimming a substantial position. This investor, who had acquired 35,575 ETH between March and April 2025 at an average price of nearly $2,022, decided to part with 11,986 ETH, valued at $55.59 million, over the weekend. Talk about a well-timed exit.

“If this sale goes through, they’ll pocket a cool $31.35 million, a return rate of 129.4%. Not bad for a day’s work,” the analyst added, as though the market were a mere game of Monopoly.

From Bitcoin to PUMP: Whales Drive Fresh Waves of Volatility

But it’s not just Ethereum that has caught the attention of the crypto leviathans. No, Bitcoin, the venerable old giant of the crypto world, has also been feeling the cold touch of the whale’s fin. A prominent Bitcoin OG, who recently swapped 35,991 BTC (worth $4.04 billion) for a staggering 886,371 ETH (around $4.07 billion), returned to the market with a vengeance.

Two wallets tied to this titan deposited 1,176 BTC, valued at $136.2 million, into Hyperliquid, and the selling commenced immediately. It seems that, in the world of crypto, no whale can stay out of the game for long.

And then, there’s PUMP-a token that seems to be as volatile as the waves during a storm. One whale spent a mere 3.22 million USDC to acquire 426.43 million PUMP tokens on Hyperliquid, at an average price of $0.00755. But just two days before, the same whale had deposited 1.23 billion PUMP (worth $7.27 million) into Binance. Some whales are simply playing in another league.

“He now holds 5 billion PUMP ($39.42 million), with an unrealized profit of $19.65 million. It’s like flipping a house, except the house is made of tokens,” analyst EmberCN quipped.

Meanwhile, DCfMe7, a savvy trader, locked in some significant gains. Having bought 360.43 million PUMP for around $949,000 two months ago, at a price of $0.00263, he sold 130 million PUMP for a tidy $1.11 million at an average price of $0.00854. Smart money never sleeps.

But the real twist comes when we see big players like HQm5, who moved all of his 2.5 billion PUMP to OKX after acquiring them through a $10 million private sale.

“His private sale cost him $0.004 per PUMP. Now, with 2.5 billion tokens worth $18.14 million, he’s sitting on a profit of $8.14 million,” EmberCN wrote. It’s almost like watching someone play chess while the rest of us are still trying to understand checkers.

In a final twist, whales were also active in Solana (SOL). Galaxy Digital, the institutional powerhouse, stepped up its game, acquiring 1.2 million SOL valued at $306 million. Over the past five days, they’ve gathered a total of 6.5 million SOL, worth $1.55 billion. It seems the whales have a new playground.

“A whale that acquired 991,000 SOL four years ago unlocked its stash this April, making a profit of $280 million. They’ve been selling off their staking interest ever since,” EmberCN observed. Perhaps the biggest whale of them all is the one who waits for years, only to cash in when everyone else is still blinking in disbelief.

In conclusion, these transactions-these monumental shifts in the tides of crypto-reflect a volatile mix of accumulation, profit-taking, and strategic repositioning by the major players of the digital sea. And the rest of us? We’re just trying to keep up.

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2025-09-15 10:38