Institutional Investors and Whales

ForkLog 489 22.08.2025

Dormant Bitcoin Whale Awakens After Seven Years, Acquires $270 Million in Ethereum

On August 22, a Bitcoin whale's wallet, dormant for seven years, became active. Analysts at Lookonchain noted this development.

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ForkLog 270 22.08.2025

Expert predicts a large-scale bitcoin sell-off

Corporate purchases of the first cryptocurrency have slowed. Some metrics signal growing sell-off risks.

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ForkLog 112 21.08.2025

Corporations Amass Over 4 Million ETH Worth $17.6 Billion

Sixty-nine companies have added more than 4.1 million ETH to their reserves, accounting for 3.39% of the total Ethereum supply. The value of these assets has surpassed $17.6 billion.

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ForkLog 103 18.08.2025

Early Ethereum Investors Move $45 Million to Exchanges

In the past week, participants of the 2014 Ethereum ICO have moved coins totaling $45 million. Analysts from Lookonchain and Onchain Lens noted this activity. On August 16, for the first time in nine years, a whale with the address 0x61b9 transferred 334.7 ETH (~$1.5 million) to a new wallet. The investor acquired these assets […]

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ForkLog 148 18.08.2025

Whale watching: how to profit from big players’ moves, according to Whalepro

Whales control thousands of bitcoins and move the market with their trades. Yet most traders struggle to use data on this activity effectively. It is often hard to discern big players’ motives and turn them to one’s advantage. In this article the developers of the analytics platform Whalepro explain how to analyse bitcoin whales. A […]

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ForkLog 45 14.08.2025

Analysts warn of risks for Ethereum holders

The second-largest cryptocurrency’s rise above $4700 rests on expectations of a rate cut by the Fed in September. Analysts warned that if the central bank fails to deliver, the price could tumble, reports Cointelegraph. “The main issue is that the market move is based on the assumption of a Fed rate cut next month,” said […]

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ForkLog 51 11.08.2025

‘Mysterious’ whale bought $1bn of ETH in a week

Over the past seven days an anonymous address acquired 221,166 ETH worth about $1bn, according to analysts at Lookonchain. This mysterious institution accumulated another 49,533 $ETH($212M) today. Over the past week, they have accumulated 221,166 $ETH($946.6M) from #FalconX, #GalaxyDigital, and #BitGo.https://t.co/k99BomKVq5 pic.twitter.com/u3j2LJ9M1H — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 11, 2025 Over the past 24 hours, the unidentified […]

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ForkLog 48 08.08.2025

Institutional Demand for Bitcoin Surpasses Supply Threefold

Since the beginning of the year, corporate treasuries and funds have acquired 371,111 BTC, a figure 3.75 times greater than the volume mined by miners over the same period. This was highlighted by André Dragosch from Bitwise. 📌UPDATE: In 2025, Bitcoin Treasury Companies have already bought 371,111 $BTC which is equivalent to *checks notes* 3.75 […]

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ForkLog 79 05.08.2025

Institutional Investors Increase Ethereum Purchases for Staking and Risk Hedging

Institutional investors are actively purchasing Ethereum, while retail traders remain on the sidelines. This divergence is attributed to differences in access to capital, analytics, and investment approaches, according to several experts. “Institutional clients are turning to regulated platforms to hedge macro risks,” stated Emma Shi, head of HashKey OTC. A sign of “whale” demand is […]

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ForkLog 43 01.08.2025

Bitcoin Whales Acquire 30,000 BTC in Two Days

In the past two days, major holders of the leading cryptocurrency have acquired 30,000 BTC, according to on-chain analyst Ali Martinez. Whales bought over 30,000 Bitcoin $BTC in the last 48 hours! pic.twitter.com/nBaN4GvS8L — Ali (@ali_charts) July 31, 2025 According to Santiment, over the past four months, whales with balances ranging from 10 to 10,000 […]

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ForkLog 70 31.07.2025

Dormant Bitcoin Wallets Move 250 BTC After 15 Years

Funds from five Bitcoin addresses, inactive for over 15 years, have been mobilized. The wallet owners transferred 250 BTC, valued at approximately $29.6 million. 5 miner wallets woke up after being dormant for over 15 years and transferred 250 $BTC($29.6M) out an hour ago. These miner wallets earned 50 $BTC each from mining on Apr […]

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ForkLog 48 30.07.2025

Domino Strategy: How corporate reserves could become a systemic risk for crypto

By July 2025, the bitcoin reserves of more than 150 public corporations reached 917,853 BTC. Michael Saylor’s Strategy controls 607,700 BTC — 66.2% of total corporate reserves and about 2.9% of the overall supply of the first cryptocurrency. Together with analysts at CoinEx, we examine the current state of corporate reserves and how Wall Street–devised […]

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