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Just noticed something interesting on the chain — bitcoin whales have been accumulating heavily again. Data from Santiment shows that large holders (we're talking addresses with 1,000 to 10,000 BTC each) pushed their combined holdings to the highest level since mid-February. That's at today's prices around $74.5 million to $745 million per wallet, so these are serious players.
What caught my eye is how aggressive the buying got over the weekend. Sunday alone saw bitcoin whale wallets scoop up 27,652 BTC worth over $2 billion. That kind of volume doesn't happen every day. The whale supply climbed back to roughly 4.25 million BTC total, which lines up pretty perfectly with Bitcoin rallying toward $75k territory. Makes you wonder if these big money moves are actually what's been pushing price action.
Thing is, whales can flip their strategy on a dime. Back in February they went from accumulating to dumping, so we can't just assume they'll keep buying forever. Still, this bitcoin whale concentration is worth watching closely — if they keep loading up or suddenly start selling, it could seriously move the market.
Ethereum's showing similar patterns too. The number of wallets holding 100k+ ETH jumped from 54 to 57 last week, which typically shows up right before price strength. Big capital flowing in usually means more upside could be coming.
Right now Bitcoin's trading around $80.44K, up about 0.89% over the past week. The bitcoin whale activity remains one of the clearest signals to monitor if you're trying to read where the market's actually headed.