Whales are moving billions across blue-chip tokens, DeFi gems, and meme favorites. Here’s today’s verified snapshot 👇
🔟 Top 10 Active Whale Buys 🐳
1️⃣ Ethereum (ETH) 🔥 – Whales accumulated ~$142M ETH in 24h, with big exchange withdrawals + staking reducing liquid supply.
2️⃣ Bitcoin (BTC) 🟠 – Added ~23,000 BTC in 72h (> $1.5B) 📈, though 16.8K BTC inflows to exchanges suggest some short-term profit-taking ⚠️.
3️⃣ Cardano (ADA) 🌐 – Gained 3.4% as whales expanded holdings; 10% of total supply now sits with whales.
4️⃣ Avalanche (AVAX) ❄️ – Also rose 3.4% on whale inflows, mirroring ADA’s pattern.
5️⃣ XRP 💎 – Whales bought $3.8B) this week, including 120M on Aug 15.
6️⃣ Solana (SOL) ☀️ – Institutional treasuries hold ~$270M SOL, showing whales are betting on long-term scalability.
7️⃣ Chainlink (LINK) 🔗 – Whale buys hit a 7-month high: 232+ $100K+ transactions today, with up to $97M LINK added in August.
8️⃣ Skale (SKL) ⚡ – Surged 51% in 24h after whales bought 200M SKL (~$8.6M); new wallets up 1171%.
9️⃣ Hyperliquid (HYPE) 🌊 – A whale injected $21M USDC, buying 466K HYPE; another added $2.4M.
🔟 Dogecoin (DOGE) 🐶 – Whale supply jumped 24.28B → 26.39B DOGE (~$400M added), with accumulation near $0.25.
👀 Watchlist – Worth Monitoring
Litecoin (LTC) ⚒️ – Institutions like Grayscale hold $180M). No fresh August whale buys, but strong long-term backing.
Stellar (XLM) ✨ – Last big whale move was April 2025: 245M XLM (~$57M) shifted in 5 minutes, including 90M to dead wallets (~$21M). No confirmed August activity.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) 🐕 – On Aug 16, whales moved 3T SHIB (~$38M) in from Coinbase, but 202B SHIB (~$2.6M) out, leaving net direction unclear.
📝 Takeaways ✨
✅ Whales are loading up on blue-chip L1s (BTC, ETH, ADA, AVAX, SOL)
✅ They’re reinforcing high-cap plays (XRP 💎, LINK 🔗)
✅ They’re betting on DeFi growth tokens (HYPE 🌊, SKL ⚡)
✅ And they’re keeping exposure to meme power (DOGE 🐶🚀)
👀 Meanwhile, LTC, XLM, and SHIB aren’t in today’s top 10 but are still on the radar.
👉 So… are you adjusting your portfolio like a whale, or swimming against the trend? 🐋📈
