WHALE TRANSACTIONS
Are big players moving Bitcoin?
How much large-value Bitcoin is on the move, and how busy big players are.
How much large-value Bitcoin (moves of 10 or more BTC) changed hands each day across the whole record. On a log scale, because the amount swings widely. This is coin movement, not a count of buys or sells.
Latest displayed reading: 777,798 BTC on Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 1,034 dated readings from Jan 1, 2011 to Aug 4, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 31,187 BTC on Jan 6, 2011. The displayed high is 67,106,901 BTC on Jan 24, 2016.
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- Bitcoin moved in large transfers (selected): 777,798 BTC
Are big players moving more or less than usual?
Big players are busyAbout 777,798 BTC of Bitcoin moved in big chunks a day over the past month, more than a year ago. The largest holders are busy shifting coins around.
Latest reading: about 777,798 BTC a day (around $49.6B)
How often are big moves happening?
Big moves a dayTimes 10 or more BTC changed hands5,957 / day14th percentile over the last 2 yearsRunning 27.4% below the yearly average.
Latest displayed reading: 5,957, observed Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 26 ordered readings. Exact observation dates for earlier points are not included. The latest displayed reading is lower than the first. The displayed low is 5,615 at reading 25 of 26. The displayed high is 10,628 at reading 1 of 26.
Inspect Big moves per day over the last six months
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Reading 26 of 26. Latest observation: Aug 4, 2026
- Big moves: 5,957
Last 6 monthsHow much of Bitcoin's daily movement is in big chunks?
Share moving in big chunks90.6%Of every $100 of value moving on Bitcoin in this reading, about $91is large coins moving in big chunks, and it's usually most of it.
Typical big move$7.7MThe typical large-value transfer moved about $7.7M in the latest reading.
Big-chunk share over timeLatest displayed reading: 91.3%, observed Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 26 ordered readings. Exact observation dates for earlier points are not included. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 90.6% at reading 5 of 26. The displayed high is 92.1% at reading 13 of 26.
Inspect Share of daily Bitcoin movement in big chunks over the last six months
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Reading 26 of 26. Latest observation: Aug 4, 2026
- Big-chunk share: 91.3%
The share of movement in big chunks has held roughly steady over the last 6 months.
What does this mean for you?
Big holders moved a lot of coin in the latest reading, well above their usual pace. When the largest players are this busy, the day's price action tends to be more decisive. Just remember this measures how much is moving, not which way it points.
Neither a busy day nor a quiet one is automatically good or bad for the price. Big holders could be moving coins to buy, to sell, or just to reshuffle their own wallets, and this page can't tell which. It tells you how much large-value Bitcoin is on the move, not where the price goes next.
A few things to keep in mind- Counts coins moved, not transactions. This tallies large-value coins (10 or more BTC at a time) as they move on the blockchain. A holder consolidating many chunks at once shows up as several moves, and a big move funded by lots of small amounts can be missed. Read it as how much large-value coin is on the move, not a count of transactions.
- The 10 BTC line is fixed in coins. We count moves of 10 BTC or more. Because the line is fixed in coins, the dollar size of what counts rises and falls with the Bitcoin price, the opposite of a fixed-dollar cutoff.
- Big holders aren't always who you think. A large coin move could come from an institution, an individual big holder, an exchange rebalancing, a cold-storage reshuffle, or a mining payout. The data shows what moved, not who moved it.
- Self-custody shifts look the same. When large holders move coins between their own wallets, say exchange to cold storage, it counts here even though nobody actually bought or sold.
- The dollar view rides the price. The same coins moving make a bigger dollar total when the Bitcoin price rises. The BTC view avoids this, which is why it's the default.
- Over-the-counter deals don't show up. The biggest institutional deals often happen off the blockchain and never appear here. This page sees only on-chain activity, a partial view.
Understanding Whale Transactions
What counts as a large coin move. This page tracks coins moving in chunks of 10 BTC or more, well over a hundred thousand dollars per move at today's price. The line is fixed in coins, so the dollar size of what counts rises and falls with the price. It counts coins as they move on the blockchain, so it isn't a literal count of transactions.
Why this matters. Large coin moves reveal big-player behavior that doesn't show up in overall network activity. When the biggest players are busy and most of the day's value is moving in big chunks, market moves tend to stick. When they're quiet, the day is retail-driven, choppier and less decisive. Neither is automatically good or bad for the price: big holders could be buying or selling, and this data can't tell you which.
Two ways to read it. The amount of large-value Bitcoin on the move tells you how active the biggest players are. The share of all movement that's in big chunks tells you how concentrated the day is, which on the blockchain is usually most of it. The day-to-day shifts in that share are the part worth watching.