Liquidity Still Supportive, Despite Whale-Induced Drag

Jul 25, 2025 • 6 Min Read

Core Strategy

Crypto Equities Portfolio

Whale Games

Last week, shortly after BTC hit a new all-time high of $123k, we noted movement from a wallet created back in 2011. An OG whale was transferring ~$9.5B of BTC to Galaxy, presumably in a large OTC deal, with some BTC also making its way to exchanges for sale. This activity triggered a roughly 6% drawdown from the local peak.

Last night, on-chain sleuths reported that Galaxy had started moving the remaining BTC acquired in that OTC sale to exchang...

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