Bitcoin snaps lower on Sunday night. A wall of sell orders hits the tape. Price drops more than 3% in minutes. Traders blink. Then scramble.

The move is clean and brutal. BTC slides from $114,790 to $110,680 in a blink, a 3.58% cut inside 15 minutes. Liquidity thins on a weekend. Order books gap. Stops cascade. The market turns red.

By Monday morning, the culprit is clear: one whale. On-chain trackers tag a single entity offloading 24,000 BTC, roughly $2.7 billion, including coins that sat untouched for five years. Flows show 12,000 BTC sent to the Hyperunite venue on Sunday alone. The timing matters. Thin books. Fast slippage. The result is a flash crash that bleeds into everything else.

Dormant coins moving is a tell. It spooks the street. As those coins hit exchanges, sellers gain courage. Bids fade. The slide accelerates. One wallet. One decision. Global impact.

And the whale isnt just exiting Bitcoin. They rotate into Ethereum. On-chain watchers track roughly $2 billion scooped in ETH. Another $1.3 billion heads straight into staking contracts soon after. Rotation trades like this can flip intraday sentiment. It did.

Even after the sale, the whale remains massive. Control still sits at six figures, 152,874 BTC, north of $17 billion at current prices. Size still matters.

The sequence stings because it lands into an Ethereum breakout. ETH tags a new cycle high near $4,950 over the weekend, brushing the symbolic $5,000 line for the first time. Excitement spikes. Then Bitcoin slips. Correlations bite. ETH gives back the move fast, down 6.56% to $4,646 within hours. Momentum stays linked to BTCs stability, even on Ethereums best days. ETHs new all-time high at $4,945.60 on Aug. 24, 2025.

Zoom out one notch and you still see relative strength. On the week, ETH outperforms. Roughly +9% into Monday, even with the pullback. The rotation tailwind is real.

Where BTC and ETH Prices Sit Now As Massive Institutional Accumulation Rages On

At press time, Bitcoin trades around $111K. Volatile. Heavy volume. Still digesting the whale event. CoinMarketCap shows BTC near $111,400 with 24-hour volume above $80B. Intraday range: $110,943$114,827.

Ethereum hovers near $4,630. It printed an intraday high close to $4,951 before the fade. Turnover stays elevated versus recent weeks.

Leverage takes the first hit. Liquidations spike as price snaps through local support. Weekend micro-structure magnifies the damage: fewer standing bids, wider spreads, faster gaps. Its a reminder that whales still steer the ship when they move size through thin liquidity.

Meanwhile, big firms keep buying. The corporate bid doesnt flinch.

Strategy disclosed a fresh tranche: 3,081 BTC for ~$356.9M at an average $115,829 per coin. Year-to-date BTC yield at the firm: 25.4%. Total stash as of Aug. 24, 2025: 632,457 BTC acquired for ~$46.50B at an average $73,527. The message is plain: they buy dips, they hold size.

Metaplanet adds too. The Japanese listed company purchased 103 BTC for about �1.736B (H $11.7M). Its treasury rises to 18,991 BTC after the buy. The companys steady accumulation keeps it in the headlines, and, increasingly, in major equity indexes.

What it means For Traders

Whales still move markets. Especially on weekends. One wallet can erase a weeks worth of grind in a quarter hour. Thats the risk. The other side is conviction capital from corporates. They keep stacking. They frame weakness as opportunity.

For traders, the read is simple:

  • Respect weekend liquidity.
  • Track dormant-coin activity.
  • Watch ETH strength, but anchor to BTC flows.
  • Expect rotation to snap back if Bitcoin wobbles.

For long-term holders, little changes. Supply stays capped. Corporate treasuries keep accumulating. Volatility is the toll.

Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services.

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