ChainCatcher news, Santiment posted on X that during the mid-term decline and significant volatility in the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin whales are accumulating more tokens. For small retail traders, especially those who entered the market for the first time in the past 6 months, the volatility has led to their liquidation.Overall, in February, the number of wallets holding over 100 BTC increased by 135, while the number of wallets holding less than 100 BTC decreased by 138,680. This is an ideal setup for the rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization, even if it may take weeks (or even months) to see the widespread bullish impact of whales absorbing tokens.

ChainCatcher message, according to OnchainLens monitoring, in the past 48 hours, a whale spent 7.9 million USDC to purchase 319,401 HYPE at an average price of 24.75 dollars.The whale currently still holds 3.19 million USDC, of which 2.19 million USDC is placed as a buy order for HYPE at a price of 20 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, multiple large holders have withdrawn large amounts of PEPE and WIF tokens from Binance exchange. Among them:Address "0xf37" withdrew 375.35B PEPE (approximately 3.73 million USD), marking the first accumulation of PEPE by this address;The dormant address "A3kTT" that had been inactive for two years withdrew 6.5 million WIF (approximately 5.19 million USD);Address "4x3M8" withdrew 9 million WIF (approximately 7.42 million USD).

ChainCatcher message, the cryptocurrency market research agency Santiment disclosed that during the current market volatility, Bitcoin whales continue to accumulate.Data shows that in February, the number of wallets holding 100+ BTC increased by 135, while the number of wallets holding less than 100 BTC decreased by 138,680. In particular, small retail investors who entered the market for the first time in the past 6 months chose to liquidate due to market fluctuations.Santiment stated that this trend of coin quantity concentrating among whales creates an ideal environment for the rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization, but it may take weeks or months to reflect its impact.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew $3.71 million worth of PEPE from Binance 1 hour ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, a certain whale has withdrawn 326,000 UNI tokens from Binance in the past 5 minutes, worth approximately 3.05 million dollars.This address has accumulated a total of 1,183,000 UNI purchased in the past two days, with a total value of about 11.31 million dollars, at an average purchase price of 9.55 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant posted data on social media stating that it has monitored a group of addresses classified as "whale accumulation" that today received 31,226 BTC.CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju explained that the large inflow of Bitcoin to addresses related to whale accumulation can be interpreted as the behavior of storing Bitcoin in custodial wallets after over-the-counter transactions.

ChainCatcher message, Greeks.live analyst Adam posted on social media, "Since February, the market has been in a noticeable correction, with BTC once dropping to $91,000, and ETH experiencing a larger decline, falling to $2,100, setting a new low for 2024. Altcoins have seen even more severe drops, with many altcoins losing 50% in a single day.During the most intense downturn, the short-term options IV for ETH broke above 110%, with major expirations also rising above 70%, and it remains at a high level. BTC, due to a more moderate decline, saw its short-term options IV rise to 65%, but as it recovered the $100,000 mark, the major expirations IV fell back to pre-crash levels.The market is now showing a clear divergence, with BTC being strongly supported by both insiders and outsiders in the crypto space. In contrast, funds represented by ETH and other altcoins are rapidly flowing out, and the prices of most cryptocurrencies have significantly shrunk, with the anticipated altcoin season yet to arrive.From the options data, it can be seen that the Skew for both BTC and ETH remains positive, and whales are accumulating a large number of call options during the correction, indicating that the market is still optimistic about the future. The brief correction has shaken market confidence, but the future of cryptocurrency is bright."

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader who previously made a profit of 10.1 million dollars on the TRUMP token and 3.4 million dollars on the MELANIA token, today bought ENRON for 1.82 million dollars and sold it for 1.11 million dollars just 30 minutes later, incurring a loss of 709,000 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, the crypto-friendly U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quickly got to work after serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Now, Bessent has essentially put the CFPB on lockdown.Staff will stop any lawsuits, investigations, or enforcement actions, and will refrain from making public statements. According to a memo, the effective date of any previously approved rules will also be suspended. This shift is seen as particularly beneficial for the crypto industry, which was also a target of former CFPB director Rohit Chopra. Last month, the CFPB proposed to expand the agency's electronic funds regulation to include cryptocurrencies.While the rule is unlikely to be finalized, the mere existence of such a proposal could impact pending litigation. The language in the proposal may also be adopted by various states, several of which have already enacted nearly identical electronic funds transfer regulations. The Trump administration has yet to nominate anyone to serve as the CFPB director.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, 8 hours ago, a smart whale starting with 0x257 deposited 7.96 million dollars worth of 4 assets into Binance, including 3 major DeFi tokens, specifically:13,816 AAVE, +2.56 million dollars profit (+255%);161,463 LINK, +2.13 million dollars profit (+213%);85,529 UNI, +258 thousand dollars profit (+52%);289,399 EIGEN (531 thousand dollars).It is reported that this whale has been a long-term holder of AAVE, LINK, and UNI since mid-2022.

ChainCatcher message, according to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the RAY whale deposited 3.07 million RAY (approximately 18.58 million USD) to Binance and Gate 5 hours ago, and if sold, it would profit 5.82 million USD.The source address of the funds has withdrawn 14.78 million RAY from the trading platform at an average price of 4.15 USD over the past 7 months, worth up to 61.46 million USD.It is reported that the deposit address also has financial transactions with "ai16z & ZEREBRO Top7 holding whales," and yesterday this whale deposited 9.24 million USD of ai16z to the trading platform through this address.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a large ETH whale is reducing its holdings of 4,117 ETH (approximately $11.37 million) purchased in 2021, expecting to profit $2.45 million. This whale bought a total of 7,693 ETH at an average price of $2,167 between February and September 2021.In the past 13 hours, the whale converted 2,117 ETH into WBTC, and another 2,000 ETH has been transferred to Binance. Currently, the whale still holds 30,797 ETH, most of which is staked on the EigenLayer and ether.fi platforms.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, after Enron released the contract address, a user spent 900,000 USD to purchase 11.66 million ENRON just one second later, then cashed out 5.3 million USD, making a profit of 4.4 million USD in less than 30 minutes.

ChainCatcher news, according to @EmberCN monitoring, a whale address has purchased 102,000 AAVE using 10,090 stETH in the past 4 hours, worth approximately 27.5 million USD.The address currently holds 230,000 AAVE, with a total market value of 61.98 million USD, and an average cost price of 223.4 USD. It is reported that this address has become the second largest AAVE holding address, excluding the project team, protocol contracts, and centralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher News, the new acting chair of the U.S. CFTC, Caroline Pham, stated on Tuesday that the regulatory agency has restructured its enforcement division to "refocus" on fraud and "stop regulating through enforcement."Under the leadership of former chair Rostin Behnam, the CFTC's enforcement division had multiple working groups, one focused on insider trading, another on cybersecurity and emerging technologies, and another aimed at combating environmental fraud. The new restructuring reduces the number of working groups to just two.Pham stated, "This streamlined structure will stop enforcement regulation and be more efficient; these urgently needed changes will maximize the CFTC's resources to take more action to pursue fraudsters and other wrongdoers, rather than punishing good citizens."According to the CFTC's announcement, the new structure will "more effectively utilize the CFTC's resources to prevent fraud, manipulation, and abuse and ensure market integrity," as well as "enhance governance and oversight of enforcement matters to prevent overreach and enhance consistency, fairness, and due process."

ChainCatcher news, according to OnchainLens monitoring, a whale spent 674 ETH to buy 299,210 VVV one hour ago, worth 1.89 million USD, with an average purchase price of 6.34 USD.In a previous transaction, the whale spent 1,186 ETH (3.8 million USD) to buy 217,023 VVV, ultimately selling for a total price of 1.03 million USD, resulting in a loss of 2.76 million USD.It is reported that Venice Token (VVV) is an AI project based on DeepSeek on the Base network, launched on January 27. It supports access to leading models such as Llama 3.3, QWEN 2.5 Coder, and the new DeepSeek. AI agents and users staking VVV tokens can gain free access to the Venice API.