{"id":639354,"date":"2026-08-05T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/crypto-whales-accumulate-as-bear-market-nears-late-stage-cryptoquant\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:52:39","slug":"crypto-whales-accumulate-as-bear-market-nears-late-stage-cryptoquant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/crypto-whales-accumulate-as-bear-market-nears-late-stage-cryptoquant\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto whales accumulate as bear market nears late stage: CryptoQuant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/article-covers-34555-analysts-laugh-off-recent-one-whale-theory-of-btcs-2017-bull-run.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto whales accumulate as bear market nears late stage: CryptoQuant\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP whales increased balances during market weakness, as CryptoQuant said large holders are absorbing supply ahead of a possible bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Large cryptocurrency holders are accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) as valuations approach levels associated with the final stage of a bear market, according to CryptoQuant.<\/p>\n<p>Rising whale balances during price weakness can reduce available supply and concentrate ownership among larger holders, the blockchain analytics company said in its latest Smart Money report seen by Cointelegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin whale holdings, excluding exchanges and mining pools, rose to about 3.06 million BTC from 2.87 million BTC in December 2025, with accumulation accelerating after Bitcoin dropped below $60,000 in June.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/markets\/crypto-whales-buy-bear-market-late-stage-cryptoquant\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP whales increased balances during market weakness, as CryptoQuant said large holders are absorbing supply ahead of a possible bottom. Large cryptocurrency holders are accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) as valuations approach levels associated with the final stage of a bear market, according to CryptoQuant. Rising whale balances during price weakness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-639354","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\/639354","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=639354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}