{"id":908958,"date":"2026-05-28T15:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/bitcoin-whales-and-sharks-record-30-9b-losses-amid-q1-2026-market-sell-off\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:13:35","slug":"bitcoin-whales-and-sharks-record-30-9b-losses-amid-q1-2026-market-sell-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/bitcoin-whales-and-sharks-record-30-9b-losses-amid-q1-2026-market-sell-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Whales and Sharks Record $30.9B Losses Amid Q1 2026 Market Sell-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins TLDR: Bitcoin whales and sharks recorded over $30.9B in losses, averaging $337M daily in Q1 2026. Early February saw peak capitulation, with realized losses hitting $1.6B in a single day. Large holders led the sell-off, showing institutional-level distribution during market stress. Market stabilized post-February, with reduced losses and BTC trading within a tight range&#8230;<br \/> Brenda Mary <a href=\"https:\/\/blockonomi.com\/bitcoin-whales-and-sharks-record-30-9b-losses-amid-q1-2026-market-sell-off\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TLDR: Bitcoin whales and sharks recorded over $30.9B in losses, averaging $337M daily in Q1 2026. Early February saw peak capitulation, with realized losses hitting $1.6B in a single day. Large holders led the sell-off, showing institutional-level distribution during market stress. Market stabilized post-February, with reduced losses and BTC trading within a tight range&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":908959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,22583],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-908958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","category-whales","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908958","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=908958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}