Crypto Whales Strike Again: See What They’re Buying and Selling Amid Market Chaos

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August 19, 2025

Gambar Crypto Whales Strike Again: See What They’re Buying and Selling Amid Market Chaos

Jakarta, Pintu News – On August 18, 2025, the crypto market recorded a mild decline of 0.49% in the last 24 hours after a weekend full of volatility.

Bitcoin dropped to $115,511, while Ethereum broke below $4,500. Amidst the market turmoil, whales took mixed action-some sold on the price drop, while others seized the moment to accumulate at lower price levels.

Whale Trading Pattern Breaks the Market as Crypto Corrects

2 newly created wallets (likely belonging to a single entity) received 25,684 $ETH worth $115.11M from #FalconX

Addresses:

– 0x50A5c6647931C2B6bCaD57500758F6cd6D808Aa0
– 0x9bdB85fdAE894E2729CaF1DD31C700b217325E77 pic.twitter.com/o2FDpRIDaL
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) August 18, 2025

As in previous weeks, whales have been actively trading Ethereum (ETH). According to data from Onchain Lens, two new wallet addresses – allegedly controlled by a single entity – received more than $115 million ETH (25,684 ETH) from FalconX, signaling strategic positioning by major players.

Meanwhile, another whale increased its ETH holdings by 3,333 tokens, worth nearly $14.93 million. This new address had previously bought 9,046.23 ETH over the weekend from Kraken.

更新：该地址 7 分钟前再次疑似增持 3333 枚 ETH，价值 1493 万美元

至此，昨天起已累计从 #Kraken 提出 16872 ETH（7499 万美元），均价 $4444.76 pic.twitter.com/Wc0UWzHdoR
— Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) August 17, 2025

An on-chain analyst noted that a total of 16,872 ETH (equivalent to $74.99 million) was withdrawn from Kraken at an average price of $4,444.76 per ETH.

On the other hand, the crypto whale also deposited 3,492 ETH worth $15.57 million into Binance, securing a profit of $17.37 million. Onchain Lens added that the whale initially withdrew 5,800 ETH worth $10.25 million from Binance two years ago and still holds 2,650 ETH worth $12 million.

Another Ethereum big whale, with the wallet address 0x69b…0e378, also recorded gains. Two months ago, this investor bought 2,437 ETH at an average price of $2,448 per ETH.

A whale deposited 3,492 $ETH, worth $15.57M into #Binance in the past 24 hours, making a profit of $17.37M.

Initially, the whale withdrew 5,800 $ETH, worth $10.25M, from #Binance 2 years ago. The whale still holds 2,650 $ETH, worth $12M.

Addresses:

-… pic.twitter.com/eE4dbHc3Y8
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) August 17, 2025

Whale Moves Actively on ETH, LINK, and BTC, and Other Altcoin Tokens

As of August 18, a wallet address moved 2,437 ETH to Binance and withdrew a portion of Tether , resulting in an estimated profit of around $5.05 million.

One analyst mentioned that this action could indicate that whales are not selling everything as prices drop or choosing to keep USDT on exchanges.

两个月前以均价 $2448 建仓 2437 $ETH 的大户 0x69b…0e378 已止盈，预计获利 505.5 万美元🤩

过去 2 小时，他向 #Binance 充值 2437 ETH 并提出部分 USDT，可能是看到价格下跌了没有卖完，也可能是单纯的将 U 留在了交易所里

钱包地址https://t.co/2T2ckpKdfi

本文由 #Gate 大门交易所 |… pic.twitter.com/FoPcZs7wTd
— Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) August 18, 2025

In addition to ETH, Chainlink was also the focus of the whales, as the altcoin actually gained 5.9% in the last 24 hours amid the market decline. Four whales withdrew more than 400,000 LINKs, worth about $9.82 million, from Binance.

One whale (0x4eb…3d5af) moved an additional 211,346 LINKS worth $5.3 million, showing high confidence in Chainlink’s performance. Currently, the whale holds 932,640 LINKS worth $23.55 million, collected over the past three days.

Within 24 hours, 4 whales withdrew totally 404.8k $LINK ~ 9.82M from #Binance.
– 0x99b: 102.25k $LINK ~$2.47M –> holds 273k ~$6.6M
– 0x4a8: 43,133 $LINK ~$1.04M –> holds 312.3k ~$7.7M
– 0xa36: 169.6k $LINK ~$4.14M –> holds 275k ~$7.7M
– 0x4EB: 89.9k $LINK ~$2.17M –> holds… pic.twitter.com/udYloOz8cP
— The Data Nerd (@OnchainDataNerd) August 17, 2025

On the other altcoin side, the Pump.fun token distribution address sent 2.5 billion PUMPs to OKX, while Arkham data shows an address likely associated with investor Rudy Kadoch moved 1.976 million Curve DAO to Binance, signaling potential selling pressure on Curve Finance’s native token.

The whale has further withdrawn 211,346 $LINK, worth $5.3M, from #Binance.

Now, the whale holds 932,640 $LINK, worth $23.55M, accumulated over the past 3 days.

Address: 0x4ebdca21913c4f32f533b28955485908de73d5af pic.twitter.com/YteIF8eAab
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) August 18, 2025

Meanwhile, a new wallet pulled 450 BTC worth $53.22 million from Binance, marking the entry of a new whale or newly rebranded wallet into the market.

Crypto Whale Makes a Big Move on SKY, ETH, LINK, and Other Altcoins

Sky @SkyEcosystem (原 MakerDAO) 联创 @RuneKek 在过去 40 分钟里用投资获得的 177 万枚 ENA ($129 万) 回购了 1638 万枚 SKY。

他在 40 分钟前从 Ethena 归属合约领取了应该是投资所得的 177 万枚 ENA ($129 万)，然后转到了他用于回购 SKY 的地址出售换回了 1600 万枚 SKY。

他从 6… https://t.co/iRcV2HuFtk pic.twitter.com/fiPRcxjRop
— 余烬 (@EmberCN) August 17, 2025

In addition, the co-founder of Sky Protocol (formerly Maker) made a significant transaction by using 1.77 million ENA to buy back 16.38 million SKY, as part of its buyback strategy to strengthen its ecosystem.

According to EmberCN, since the beginning of June, he has utilized SKY’s staking proceeds (USDS and SPK) plus today’s ENA, totaling $10.21 million, to buy back 122 million SKY at an average price of $0.0836.

On the other hand, there was the unique action of a crypto whale who withdrew 1.72 million USDC from Binance and used it to buy 1.79 million Fartccoin (FARTCOIN).

A whale withdrew $1.72M $USDC from #Binance and bought 1.79M $FARTCOIN at a price of $0.96.

Address: 8BUpZser9HYAxaNQmKbeYcd3J3am2EQCwpDNKFLhKtec

Data @nansen_ai pic.twitter.com/NQUGesRhYL
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) August 17, 2025

These transactions show the active role of whales in the market. The concentration of large moves in ETH and LINK, along with mixed activity in other tokens, suggests a combination of profit-taking, accumulation, and speculation.

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