{"id":874361,"date":"2025-09-20T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T08:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/12-year-bitcoin-whales-116-mln-move-shakes-the-market-crash-risk\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T08:12:15","slug":"12-year-bitcoin-whales-116-mln-move-shakes-the-market-crash-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/12-year-bitcoin-whales-116-mln-move-shakes-the-market-crash-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year Bitcoin whale\u2019s $116 mln move shakes the market \u2013 Crash risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bitcoins Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Why is Bitcoin gaining attention now?<\/em><\/h3>\n

A dormant whale moved 1,000 BTC, sharks accumulated 12k BTC, and Netflows showed sustained outflows.<\/p>\n

What are the key price levels ahead?<\/em><\/h3>\n

Upside targets stand at $118,102\u2013$119,352, while downside risk remains near $115,203.<\/p>\n

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Since hitting a low of $107k, Bitcoin [BTC]<\/a> staged a strong comeback and rallied to a local high of $117,266. <\/span>At press time, BTC traded at $111,151 after rising 1.24% on daily charts.<\/p>\n

That move left investors and large entities repositioning strategically.<\/p>\n

Bitcoins Dormant whale moves 1,000 BTC<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As Bitcoin recovered, dormant coins started to move. In fact, Supply Adjusted Dormancy spiked to 0.0000012 on the 15th of September, then retraced to 0.00000114 on the 16th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This suggested that some old BTC moved, although the rise is modest and not a large wave of dormant whales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lookonchain<\/a> reported one such dormant whale movement. As per the on-chain monitor, a dormant whale woke up after 12 years and transferred 1,000 BTC worth $116.88 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: Lookonchain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The whale had received 1,000 BTC at $847 apiece, worth $847k at the time, locking in a profit of over $116 million.<\/p>\n

Such dormant transfers often hint at institutional custody preparation or off-market deals. They tend to be neutral to slightly bullish unless tokens move onto exchanges.<\/p>\n

Bitcoins Large entities stacking more<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While some dormant coins moved, large players continued buying. According to Lookonchain<\/a>, a newly created whale wallet received 5,817 BTC worth $678 million from FalconX.<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically, when whales turn to accumulation, it signals conviction with the market, a clear bullish signal. <\/span><\/p>\n

Aggressive accumulation extended to smaller cohorts. Checkonchain data showed Fish and Sharks\u2019 Balance Change climbed to 62.5k BTC, with 12k BTC added in three days.<\/p>\n

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Source: Checkonchain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Often, a higher balance change means buying volume outpaced spending, a clear sign of aggressive accumulation.\u00a0<\/span>Exchange activities further echoed this trend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CryptoQuant data showed Bitcoin\u2019s Exchange Netflow stayed negative for four consecutive days, with one positive print in the last eight.<\/p>\n

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Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At press time, Netflow was -2.2k BTC, indicating more outflows compared to inflows. <\/span>Historically, increased accumulation from large entities such as whales causes upward pressure on BTC, a prelude to higher prices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bitcoins What\u2019s next for BTC?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

AMBCrypto\u2019s analysis suggested Bitcoin\u2019s rebound aligned with falling spending and stronger accumulation from large entities.<\/p>\n

Therefore, if whales continue to accumulate, BTC will undoubtedly make more gains on its price charts. Meaning, BTC could reclaim $118,102 and push toward $119,352.<\/p>\n

However, if the coins transferred by a dormant whale end up on exchanges, it will result in significant downward pressure on BTC. Such a scenario can potentially see prices retrace to $115,203.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Journalist Posted: September 17, 2025 Key Takeaways Why is Bitcoin gaining attention now? A dormant whale moved 1,000 BTC, sharks accumulated 12k BTC, and Netflows showed sustained outflows. What are the key price levels ahead? Upside targets stand at $118,102\u2013$119,352, while downside risk remains near $115,203. Since hitting a low of $107k, Bitcoin [BTC] staged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22661,4041],"tags":[11476],"class_list":{"0":"post-874361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-year","8":"category-bitcoin","9":"tag-bitcoins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}