BTC whales add 98,000 BTC in 30 days, holdings return to pre-crash level

Bitcoin addresses holding over 1,000 BTC have accumulated 98,000 BTC in the last 30 days, Cointelegraph reported, citing CryptoQuant data. Since December 2025, these large-scale investors have added a total of 236,000 BTC, bringing their collective holdings to 3.09 million BTC. This marks a recovery to the levels seen before the market downturn on Oct. 10, 2025. Citing separate data from Glassnode, the report added that the ratio of total whale withdrawals to the amount of BTC held on exchanges has averaged 3.5% over the past 30 days, the fastest rate since November 2024.