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Story: Ethereum Whales Hit 10-Week High at 22% of Supply as Retail Rushes In

By Sydney TheCMO

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Retail Optimism vs. What Santiment Actually Thinks. Analytics firm Santiment tracked the retail response to the dip below $2,000 and found buyers…

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The $1,850 Line Analyst Ali Martinez Is Watching. On the technical side, analyst Ali Martinez put a number on the risk.

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Where the Mixed Signals Leave Traders. So what's actually happening here? Probably a market in transition, though it's unclear which…

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Ethereum's biggest wallets are loading up. The largest holders now sit on 17.41 million ETH combined — that's 22.03% of the total supply, a ten-week high.

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The accumulation push came right as Ethereum's price cracked below $2,000 this week, a level it hadn't touched since late March.

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But Santiment isn't exactly cheering them on. The firm warned that retail optimism at moments like this can be misleading.

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It's worth sitting with that tension for a second. Whales are accumulating at a ten-week high. Retail is buying the dip.

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On the technical side, analyst Ali Martinez put a number on the risk. If Ethereum closes below $1,850 on a weekly basis, he sees meaningful downward pressure ahead.

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First stop: around $1,560. That's an interim structural support level — not a catastrophic number, but a notable drop from where Ethereum trades now.

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More context: Bitcoin Falls to $73K as ETF Outflows and Whale Selling Hit Hard

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Neither outcome is certain. These are risk scenarios, not predictions. But $1,850 is close enough to current prices that it's not an abstract concern.

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The whale accumulation adds a wrinkle to that picture. Large holders buying aggressively near $2,000 could act as a floor, absorbing sell pressure before it drags price down to…

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The whale accumulation is real and measurable — 17.41 million ETH doesn't move quietly. Retail sentiment is positive, maybe too positive per Santiment.

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Can't really call that a bullish setup with a straight face. But it's not a clean bearish one either.

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Read also: Bitcoin Drops to $72K While Retail Traders Rush to Buy the Dip

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