# WhaleAdds$250MBTCLongs

Bitcoin whales holding 1,000–10,000 BTC have accumulated roughly 46,000 BTC this week—marking the first substantial accumulation since Q4 2025, arriving right after the market's sharpest selloff since 2023. Meanwhile, the dolphin tier (100–1k BTC holders) remains in distribution mode, their holdings sliding to 589k BTC. On the surface, this large holder accumulation signals renewed conviction. But dig deeper and the picture gets murkier: overall demand from retail and mid-tier buyers shows weakness. A classic whale move—buying the dip while the crowd panics—yet without broader market participa

#BREAKING
Top Whale Watch: "$BTC OG Insider Whale" Nets $45M Unrealized Gain, Two Major Swing Whales Open New $BTC Longs
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On-chain activity has picked up again. A whale has suddenly bought 1,300 BTC call options in the options market, targeting contracts expiring in late February 2026 with a strike price of $100,000. At the same time, they placed an order for 2,400 call options expiring at the end of January 2026 with a strike price of $98,000.
All these operations have cost a total premium of $10.22 million. Although it's not yet confirmed whether they come from the same wallet, the tight timing suggests it's very likely the same whale gradually building a position in multiple batches.
This move signals a clear

There is an interesting operational detail worth noting. A well-known wallet address completed a impressive switch in the past 2 hours — first clearing all ETH long positions, which directly resulted in a profit of $740,000. Not staying idle for long, it then opened a BTC long position with 3x leverage, with the current total position size reaching $69 million, an average entry price around $95,600, and still adding to the position.
Based on this address's trading trajectory over the past few months, this time's scale is likely to surpass $80 million.
Interestingly, this whale's trading style

CoinVoice has learned that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale exchanged 363 BTC (worth 34 million USD) for 10,390.5 ETH at a price of 3,273 USD within the past 2 days.

Gate 2025 Year-End Community Celebration: The whale "pension-usdt.eth" has opened a new BTC long position with a scale of up to $69 million, at an average price of $95,600.