Crypto whales buy $456M Ether in ‘natural rotation’ from Bitcoin

Whale inflows into Ether are rising as investors take profits from Bitcoin and rotate into altcoins, fueling expectations of a broader 2025 altcoin season.

Cryptocurrency whales, or big investors, are buying hundreds of millions of Ether, as analysts point to an organic rotation of investor mindshare toward altcoins with more upside potential.

Nine “massive” whale addresses bought a cumulative $456 million worth of Ether (ETH) from Bitgo and Galaxy Digital, blockchain data platform Arkham said in a Tuesday X post.

The growing whale demand for the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency signals the market’s "natural rotation” into Ether and other altcoins with more upside potential, according to Nicolai Sondergaard, research analyst at crypto intelligence platform Nansen.

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