Ethereum whale activity is shifting.


Wallets holding 1,000+ ETH have reportedly reduced their holdings by around 1.7M ETH since May, according to Santiment.
But this doesn’t automatically mean whales are selling.
A significant portion may have moved into staking or smart contracts, showing how ETH can shift between different forms of on-chain activity.
The key takeaway: wallet balances alone don’t tell the full story. On-chain context matters.
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TelegramDiver
· 39m ago
Whales may have simply put ETH into staking contracts. Their holdings appear to have decreased, but the assets still belong to them.
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VWAPTrader
· 54m ago
This statistical methodology is quite confusing: wallets holding 1,000+ ETH decreased by 1.7M, but the funds may simply have been split across multiple addresses. After all, it is common for whales to mitigate risk. Rather than obsessing over address balances, it is better to look at net exchange inflows.
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StoneKey
· 1h ago
Santiment’s data is indeed easy to misread. Wallet balances are only the surface; staking and tokens locked in contracts can also cause balances to decline. The key is to look at on-chain flows and actual selling pressure.
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BullCaptain
· 1h ago
Makes some sense; the balance cannot explain everything.
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