{"id":544937,"date":"2026-01-21T21:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/eth-whales-bought-the-dip-but-will-accumulators-prevent-a-drop-to-2-7k\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:53:24","slug":"eth-whales-bought-the-dip-but-will-accumulators-prevent-a-drop-to-2-7k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/eth-whales-bought-the-dip-but-will-accumulators-prevent-a-drop-to-2-7k\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH whales bought the dip, but will accumulators prevent a drop to $2.7K?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmUxYTEtN2QxNy03NmIwLWI0NmQtZWE4NWE2MDg4YmQ3LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"ETH whales bought the dip, but will accumulators prevent a drop to $2.7K?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Institutional investors and crypto whales viewed the ETH price drop below $3,000 as a buying opportunity, but data still hints at a deeper sell-off to $2,700.<\/p>\n<p>Ether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\">ETH<\/a>) price saw a daily candle close below $3,000 on Tuesday, but a positive is that data showed large holders were buying throughout the dip. While ETH whale accumulation signals growing confidence, conflicting indicators suggest rising market risk for the altcoin.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ETH whales and institutional investors bought over $130 million in Ether as the price closed below $3,000 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-whales-bought-the-dip-but-will-accumulators-prevent-a-drop-to-dollar2-7k\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institutional investors and crypto whales viewed the ETH price drop below $3,000 as a buying opportunity, but data still hints at a deeper sell-off to $2,700. Ether (ETH) price saw a daily candle close below $3,000 on Tuesday, but a positive is that data showed large holders were buying throughout the dip. While ETH whale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":544938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-544937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}