Bitcoin Flash Crash Triggered by Whale Dumping $2.7B in BTC to Buy Ethereum

Bitcoin snaps lower on Sunday night. A wall of sell orders hits the ￰1￱ drops more than 3% in ￰2￱ ￰3￱ ￰4￱ move is clean and ￰5￱ slides from $114,790 to $110,680 in a blink, a 3.58% cut inside 15 ￰6￱ thins on a ￰7￱ books ￰8￱ ￰9￱ market turns ￰10￱ Monday morning, the culprit is clear: one whale. On-chain trackers tag a single entity offloading 24,000 BTC, roughly $2.7 billion, including coins that sat untouched for five ￰11￱ show 12,000 BTC sent to the Hyperunite venue on Sunday ￰12￱ timing ￰13￱ ￰14￱ ￰15￱ result is a flash crash that bleeds into everything else. #Bitcoin Flash Crash Triggered by Whale Dumping $2.7B in $BTC to Buy #Ethereum. Bitcoin suffered a sudden flash crash on Sunday night, losing over 3% within ￰16￱ selloff was triggered by a single whale who unloaded 24,000 BTC and redirected billions into Ethereum.

The… ￰17￱ — TheCryptoBasic (@thecryptobasic) August 25, 2025 Dormant coins moving is a ￰18￱ spooks the ￰19￱ those coins hit exchanges, sellers gain ￰20￱ ￰21￱ slide ￰22￱ ￰23￱ ￰24￱ ￰25￱ the whale isn’t just exiting ￰26￱ rotate into Ethereum. On-chain watchers track roughly $2 billion scooped in ￰27￱ $1.3 billion heads straight into staking contracts soon ￰28￱ trades like this can flip intraday ￰29￱ ￰30￱ after the sale, the whale remains ￰31￱ still sits at six figures, 152,874 BTC, north of $17 billion at current ￰32￱ still ￰33￱ sequence stings because it lands into an Ethereum ￰34￱ tags a new cycle high near $4,950 over the weekend, brushing the symbolic $5,000 line for the first ￰35￱ ￰36￱ Bitcoin ￰37￱ ￰38￱ gives back the move fast, down 6.56% to $4,646 within ￰39￱ stays linked to BTC’s stability, even on Ethereum’s best days.

ETH’s new all-time high at $4,945.60 on Aug. 24, ￰40￱ out one notch and you still see relative ￰41￱ the week, ETH ￰42￱ +9% into Monday, even with the ￰43￱ rotation tailwind is ￰44￱ BTC and ETH Prices Sit Now As Massive Institutional Accumulation Rages On At press time, Bitcoin trades around $111K. Volatile. Heavy ￰45￱ digesting the whale ￰46￱ shows BTC near $111,400 with 24-hour volume above $80B. Intraday range: $110,943–$114,827.

Ethereum hovers near $4,630. It printed an intraday high close to $4,951 before the ￰47￱ stays elevated versus recent ￰48￱ takes the first ￰49￱ spike as price snaps through local ￰50￱ micro-structure magnifies the damage: fewer standing bids, wider spreads, faster gaps. It’s a reminder that whales still steer the ship when they move size through thin ￰51￱ has acquired 3,081 BTC for ~$356.9 million at ~$115,829 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 25.4% YTD ￰52￱ of 8/24/2025, Strategy hodl 632,457 BTC acquired for ~$46.50 billion at ~$73,527 per bitcoin. ￰0￱ — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) August 25, 2025 Meanwhile, big firms keep ￰53￱ corporate bid doesn’t ￰54￱ disclosed a fresh tranche: 3,081 BTC for ~$356.9M at an average $115,829 per coin.

Year-to-date BTC yield at the firm: 25.4%. Total stash as of Aug. 24, 2025: 632,457 BTC acquired for ~$46.50B at an average $73,527. The message is plain: they buy dips, they hold size. *Metaplanet Acquires Additional 103 $BTC , Total Holdings Reach 18,991 BTC* ￰55￱ — Metaplanet Inc. (@Metaplanet_JP) August 25, 2025 Metaplanet adds ￰56￱ Japanese listed company purchased 103 BTC for about ¥1.736B (≈ $11.7M).

Its treasury rises to 18,991 BTC after the ￰57￱ company’s steady accumulation keeps it in the headlines, and, increasingly, in major equity ￰58￱ it means For Traders Whales still move ￰59￱ on ￰60￱ wallet can erase a week’s worth of grind in a quarter hour. That’s the ￰61￱ other side is conviction capital from ￰62￱ keep ￰63￱ frame weakness as ￰64￱ traders, the read is simple: Respect weekend ￰65￱ dormant-coin ￰66￱ ETH strength, but anchor to BTC ￰67￱ rotation to snap back if Bitcoin ￰68￱ long-term holders, little ￰69￱ stays ￰70￱ treasuries keep ￰71￱ is the toll. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment ￰72￱ do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any ￰73￱ us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news !