Whale wallets ramp up Bitcoin buying as price hovers around $71K, according to 
on-chain data published by Santiment. Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 
BTC reversed course from active selling to net accumulation roughly two weeks 
ago. The reversal comes…

Whale wallets ramp up Bitcoin buying as price hovers around $71K

The crypto market&#8217;s fear gauge hit 15 — deep inside &#8220;Extreme Fear&#8221; territory — 
yet the biggest Bitcoin holders quietly moved in the opposite direction. 
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Tells Investors To Wait Whale Wallets Grow Their Share Of Total Bitcoin Supply 
According to crypto analytics platform Santiment, wallets holding between 10 
and 10,000 BTC increased their collective share of total supply to 68% last 
week, up from 68% seven days prior. Whales were not buying blindly. Santiment 
disclosed the accumulation happened as Bitcoin held steady around $71,000 — a 
price level that large holders appear to have treated as an entry point worth 
acting on. While that shift may look small on paper, Santiment flagged it as a 
meaningful directional change after weeks of selling pressure. Bitcoin was 
trading around $71,470 at the time of the report, up about 6% over the prior 
week. Source: Santiment The timing stands out. Just over a week earlier, whale 
behavior told a very different story. Reports indicate that in the two days 
leading up to March 6, large wallet holders had offloaded 65% of the Bitcoin 
they accumulated between February 23 and March 3 — a mass exit that coincided 
with Bitcoin briefly touching $74,000 before pulling back. A Bottom Signal 
That Depends On What Retail Does Next Santiment says the renewed accumulation 
by large holders is encouraging, but the picture isn&#8217;t complete yet. What 
analysts are watching now is whether everyday investors — those with smaller 
wallets — start trimming their holdings. Data shows that historically, Bitcoin 
has tended to hit its floor not when big money walks away, but when ordinary 
buyers give up and sell. &#8220;Markets rarely reward the majority consensus 
immediately,&#8221; Santiment said in its weekly report. If retail participation 
stays elevated or keeps climbing, analysts say that could signal more downside 
ahead rather than a recovery. That caution is reinforced by on-chain analyst 
Willy Woo, who recently said Bitcoin remains &#8220;solidly in the middle of its 
bear market&#8221; when viewed through a long-range liquidity lens — a read that 
cuts against any near-term optimism. Related Reading: Bitcoin Climbs Back To 
$73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets ETF Inflows Offer A 
Counterpoint To Bearish Sentiment Not everything in the market is pointing 
down. US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their first five-day inflow streak of 2026, 
pulling in roughly $767 million across the week. That kind of sustained 
institutional interest is harder to dismiss, and it adds a layer of complexity 
to what is otherwise a cloudy short-term outlook. Whether whale accumulation 
marks the start of a sustained recovery or just a brief pause in a longer 
slide will likely depend on how retail investors behave in the days ahead. 
Santiment says it wants to see small wallet holdings decline while large 
wallet positions continue rising — the classic pattern of coins moving from 
uncertain hands into more committed ones. For now, that shift has started. 
Whether it holds is another question. Featured image from Shutterstock, chart 
from TradingView

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