Bitcoin Whales Keep Buying While Retail Exits

Bitcoin slipped to roughly 81,500 dollars this week, down nearly 2 percent. Ethereum fell 2.2 percent, total crypto market cap shrank 1.5 percent, and trading volumes dropped 7 percent. Fresh U.S. inflation figures and uncertainty over Fed policy weighed on risk appetite.

Since September 22, Bitcoin has lost 6.5 percent and gold 4–5 percent, while the S&P 500 declined only 0.3 percent. Still, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC added 85,916 coins since September 18.

Meanwhile, the number of tiny wallets with less than 0.01 BTC is shrinking. Santiment analysts say the combination of whale accumulation and retail exits has historically set the stage for stronger rebounds, though the 30-day MVRV ratio at –2.3 percent does not yet point to a clear buying window.

Based on information from cryptonews.net