V-shaped | Crypto

Despite the sharp multi-month market downtrend, Bitcoin whales added 236,000 BTC since December 2025, with order size data showing large players building new positions. Large Bitcoin (BTC) holders have steadily increased their holdings in recent months, with the total balance climbing back to levels last seen before the October 10, 2025, market crash. At the same time, crypto exchange data shows whale-related outflows averaging 3.5% of exchange-held BTC over a 30-day rolling period, the highest since late 2024. Bitcoin wallets or “whales” holding 1,000 to 10,000 BTC, have rebuilt reserves over the past three months. The cohorts increased their total balance to 3.09 million, from 2.86 million BTC on Dec. 10, 2025, a 230,000 BTC addition that restores their balance to pre-October 2025 levels. Read more

Bitcoin’s post-CPI rally above $69,000 may help complete the V-shaped recovery chart pattern and also confirm that $60,000 was the sell-off bottom. Bitcoin (BTC) charged above $69,000 on Friday as US CPI data showed cooling inflation, leading traders to hope for a short-term BTC price recovery. Key takeaways: Traders favor a short-term BTC price relief rally, but bulls must first take out the resistance at $68,000 to $70,000.  Read more

Fundstrat's Tom Lee argues Ether is close to the bottom and says investors should be thinking about opportunities instead of selling. Fundstrat head of research Tom Lee said he expects Ether to rebound quickly following recent declines, arguing the asset has experienced eight such recoveries since 2018. “A lot of people are frustrated, but keep in mind that Ethereum, since 2018, has fallen more than 50% eight times,” Lee said at a conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday.  Last year, Ethereum fell 64% from January to March, he added.  Read more