Whales

Donald Trump's presidential victory gave an unprecedented boost to the cryptocurrency market, pushing major assets like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to new highs.  However, the bull market has also managed to draw attention back to those altcoins that have struggled to gain traction this year. What...

A whale investor offloaded millions worth of Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) as the frog-themed cryptocurrency corrected sharply over the weekend. What Happened: On-chain tracking platform Spot on Chain reported a massive sale of PEPE by a trader with huge cryptocurrency holdings. The trader, dubbed...

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) may have retraced significantly this week, but whale investors have still not given up on the king of meme coins yet. What Happened: On Tuesday, popular blockchain research firm Santiment took to X to share its findings of Dogecoin’s recent performance. The firm noted...

‘Dogecoin Killer' Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) is demonstrating resilience with a 1% gain amid a notable surge in its daily transactions and whale activities. The Shib community and analysts anticipate positive momentum for the token. What Happened: The meme coin leaderboard continues to show strength...

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) is down 4.3% on the day, but fundamental developments point to potentially better times ahead for the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) rival.  What Happened:  U.Today cited IntoTheBlock data that large transaction volumes skyrocketed from 902.36 billion SHIB on Jan....

Significant Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) movements and the upcoming DOGE-1 moon mission have investors buzzing about the popular meme coin. What Happened: Whale Alert showed whales moving large transfers to Binance and unknown wallets totaling of more than 450 million...

Another crypto token has joined the meme coin frenzy of gains and losses within the shortest period. Tellor (CRYPTO: TRB) also saw a lot of attention from whales in the past 24 hours. What Happened: Tellor is a decentralized Oracle protocol known for its ability to incorporate off-...

Ethereum-based crypto Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) reported significant whale movements while the community was also burning the token. What Happened: Based on Whale Alert data, Shiba Inu witnessed a significant 4.25 trillion token shuffle between two unknown wallets. The total...

Whales are interested in Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK), prompting analysts to turn bullish on the token — though some see it in a re-accumulation range. What Happened: Based on LookOnChain data cited by crypto analyst Ali Martinez, Chainlink whales have gathered around 7 million LINK...

Santiment data indicates that since Dec. 16, addresses holding between 1 million and 10 million Polygon (CRYPTO: MATIC) witnessed an increase in MATIC tokens from 867.11 million to 990.92 million MATIC. After such significant whale accumulation, prices of the token are likely to post a positive...

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) came to the investors’ eye on Wednesday when two whales reshuffled almost 84 million XRP.   Trading volume for the 5th ranked token over the past 24 hours stands 10.2% lower to $1.4 billion. The circulating supply of the token stands at 53.9 billion. What...

Macro-economic factors have been constantly pushing Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) prices higher as softer market data leads the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates. This makes Bitcoin an attractive asset for macro investors and hedge funds. What Happened: As reported by Kitco, Mathieu Ziaei,...

The number of blockchain addresses holding at least $1,000 worth of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has expanded to a record high of 8 million, according to data from Blockware Solutions and Glassnodes. This is equal to 0.028 BTC at the current price of $35,115. Industry titans BlackRock, DTCC,...

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) has seen a jump of 11% in its past 7-day trading while monthly gains stand at 6.7%. In the past 24 hours, the trading volume of the token has surged 106.6% while single-day trade gains are at 6.8% at the time of writing, taking it to the highest levels since the end of...

Whales are major players in the industry who accumulate or dump tokens of various types of cryptocurrencies. They either take advantage of prices, macroeconomics, accumulate tokens or leverage falling prices to buy the token. Movements in whale activity sometimes impact the price of tokens and...