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As the massive cap cash have continued to undergo losses, Ethereum whales have now turned their focus to smaller cap altcoins in a bid to attempt to squeeze out some revenue from the bear market. These cash are beforehand unknown exterior of their neighborhood niches however these giant traders are bringing them to the forefront. Given the motion of whales into Shiba Inu earlier than it peaked, whale holdings in smaller cap cash are proving to be of curiosity to traders.

What Ethereum Whales Are Holding

A big quantity of cash had made their manner into the market following the success of meme cash resembling Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. As the market winds down and these main ‘shitcoins’ lose worth and attraction to traders, others have floated to the forefront to take their place.

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Data from WhaleStats reveals that Ethereum whales should not leaving the meme coin craze behind simply but. This is evidenced by their prime holdings within the smaller cap altcoins which reveals that they’re nonetheless actively concerned within the meme coin area to some extent. One, specifically, has made a splash with Ethereum whales holding greater than $3 million value of tokens.

ShibDoge is one other meme coin that mixes the Dogecoin and Shiba Inu reputation to make a single token. The whale pockets tracker reveals that the highest Ethereum whale wallets maintain a mean of $3,184,962 of this token. Others embrace VOY, PAN, ANCT, and THX tokens, all held in giant numbers by the highest whales.

ETH whales small cap holdings | Source: WhaleStats

This follows Shiba Inu overtaking FTX Token because the second-largest token holding of the highest 100 Ethereum whales. SHIB now makes up 13.46% of the whole holdings of those whales and at $519,584,933, it’s the third-largest holdings of the whales behind ETH and USDC.

Whale Trade Patterns

The buying and selling quantity of the top whales also shows the coins that they are bullish on. Over the final 24 hours, there have been the standard favorites that proceed to make the checklist however there are some new ones making a splash amongst these giant holders.

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FTX Tokens is presently topping the checklist for the token with the biggest buying and selling quantity however the subsequent coin on the checklist is a brand new entrance. ShibDoge is making its mark because it presently sits at quantity 2 for the tokens with the biggest buying and selling volumes within the final day with a mean transacted quantity sitting at greater than $3 million.

ETH recovers above $1,200 | Source: ETHUSD on TradingView.com

The stablecoin USDC comes third, whereas ETH, BUSD, and USDT are taking the third, 4th, and fifth spots respectively. DAI, one other stablecoin, is in sixth place, that means that Ethereum whales are additionally trying to find cowl within the stablecoins.

LINK, CRV, and UNI make up the remainder of the checklist with UNI being an particularly fascinating addition. The information of Uniswap buying market aggregator Genie and the upcoming airdrop has sparked renewed curiosity within the token because the DEX is making its manner into the NFT market. 

Featured picture from CryptoSlate, chart from TradingView.com

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