5 Crypto that Whales Choose to Invest in Uptober 2025

Jakarta, Pintu News – During the weekend of early October 2025, the crypto market continued its rally after breaking the $4 trillion market capitalization again. On October 6, the total market capitalization increased by more than 1%, along with Bitcoin’s (BTC) new price increase.

At the same time, on-chain data shows an increase in whale activity. Several large wallets were recorded as actively buying and selling various large-cap tokens – indicating profit-taking, accumulation, and strategy adjustments in the market.

The following are the crypto assets that are being traded by the whales.

Ethereum (ETH)

Data from BeInCrypto Markets shows that the second-largest cryptocurrency has risen by more than 10% over the past week. The price of Ethereum (ETH) managed to break back through the $4,500 level, after losing that price support in late September.

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Amid this positive performance, whale activity around the altcoin increased sharply over the weekend. On the buying side, OnChain Lens reported that a new wallet address (0x982) received 26,029 ETH worth approximately $116.8 million from crypto exchange Kraken.

In addition, another whale also bought 7,311 ETH at an average price of $4,514 per coin.
The tokens were then channeled to Aave (AAVE) for lending activities, while the investor moved 33 million USDC to Hyperliquid (HYPE) to make purchases.

“Currently, the whale holds 38,275 ETH worth $172.9 million and 35.18 WBTC worth $4.34 million spread across multiple wallets for lending activities,” OnChain Lens wrote.

Meanwhile, Lookonchain noted that the address (0xa312) withdrew 8,695 ETH worth approximately $39.5 million from Binance.

However, not all whales chose to increase their holdings. Some are selling to realize profits. Firm Trend Research is known to remain on the selling side by continuing to reduce exposure to Ethereum.

According to Lookonchain, the company transferred 77,491 ETH worth approximately $354.5 million to Binance for potential sale. Since the beginning of October, Trend Research has sold a total of 143,124 ETH worth approximately $642 million, signaling massive profit-taking by large holders.

In addition, an old whale (0xf97) also joined the sell-off by depositing 4,500 ETH worth $20.4 million into Kraken, following a broader trend of asset disposals.

“Over the past 4 months, this OG whale has deposited a total of 5,502 ETH worth $23.38 million after being inactive for 2 years, and still holds 3,051 ETH (approximately $13.8 million),” OnChain Lens wrote.

Two other old wallets, 0xeA4 and 0x3Ec, are also active again after 4 years. The first address deposited 1,000 ETH for a profit of about $10.4 million, while the second removed 800 ETH for a profit of $1.04 million. Both still hold 1,828 ETH worth about $8.28 million.

Finally, in a more speculative move, whale 0x0fec sold 1,001 ETH worth $4.55 million, then opened a 15x leveraged long position of 15,023 ETH (approximately $67.8 million) – showing increasing confidence in Ethereum’s near-term bullish momentum.

Bitcoin (BTC)

The weekend of early October was a great one for Bitcoin, which set another all-time high above $125,000, continuing the bullish trend known as “Uptober.”

However, for some investors, this price spike became an opportunity for profit-taking.

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The 3NVeXm wallet was recorded transferring 1,550 BTC worth approximately $193.75 million to Binance after the price reached its new peak. Previously, an address connected to Alameda Research also moved 250 BTC worth approximately $30.1 million to the same exchange.

Despite a wave of transfers to exchanges – which usually signals a potential sell-off – institutional interest in Bitcoin remains strong. Data from BitcoinTreasuries shows that large corporations continue to add to their holdings. In the past week alone, 14 firms were recorded as adding to their Bitcoin reserves, while only one reduced them.

The biggest addition came from Metaplanet, which added 5,268 BTC. Meanwhile, Marathon Digital and CleanSpark added 373 BTC and 308 BTC respectively. MicroStrategy (MSTRX), a publicly traded company known for being the most aggressive in accumulating Bitcoin, also added 196 BTC to its portfolio.

Other significant increases came from Cango with an additional 101.7 BTC, as well as S-Science with 265.5 BTC.

“Currently, the top 100 publicly traded companies collectively hold 1,038,119 BTC,” BitcoinTreasuries wrote in its report – confirming that corporate adoption of Bitcoin continues to rise despite the price being at its highest.

3 Altcoins (ASTER, ONDO, and LINK)

Not only on Bitcoin and Ethereum, whale activity has also increased on several major altcoins, signaling broader market participation beyond the two largest assets. A crypto whale is known to have bought 1.69 million Aster (ASTER) tokens worth around $3.14 million.

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Meanwhile, the Gnosis Safe Proxy wallet moved 11.67 million ONDO tokens – worth approximately $10.87 million – to a number of crypto exchanges, which is suspected to be a signal of profit-taking.

“Of this amount, 3.89 million ONDO (approximately $3.63 million) was sent to Arthur Hayes’ Bybit deposit address. Over the past month, a total of 40.77 million ONDO (approximately $41.25 million) has been deposited to Arthur’s Bybit address,” OnchainLens wrote.

In addition, data from Arkham Intelligence shows that another whale deposited 700,000 Chainlink (LINK) worth approximately $15.52 million on Binance.

Overall, whale activity throughout the weekend reflected a combination of different strategies in the crypto market. Some whalers appeared to take positions in anticipation of further upside potential – particularly on Ethereum and a few select altcoins – while others capitalized on recent high prices to secure profits.

With institutional demand for Bitcoin remaining strong, this trend shows that the market’s confidence in the current crypto rally continues.

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Reference:

• BeInCrypto. Crypto Whales Shift Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins. Accessed on October 10, 2025