{"id":44655,"date":"2026-06-14T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=44655"},"modified":"2026-06-14T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:39:15","slug":"over-70000-btc-distributed-by-whales-amid-bitcoins-price-crash-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=44655","title":{"rendered":"Over 70,000 BTC Distributed by Whales Amid Bitcoin&#8217;s Price Crash: Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeanwhile, the same analyst outlined the most notable BTC DCA targets. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Although BTC managed to recover some ground in the past week, June remains deep in the red so far, as its first week was particularly painful for the bulls.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons behind the asset\u2019s crash to a 19-month low was that large investors, typically referred to as whales, had decreased their holdings by a whopping amount.<\/p>\n<p>Citing data from Glassnode, popular analyst Ali Martinez highlighted the decrease in whales\u2019 holdings by more than 70,000 BTC in a single month. From a USD perspective, this fortune is worth over $4.5 billion even at current prices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More than 70,000 Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24BTC&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a> have been distributed by whales over the last month, helping explain the recent downside momentum. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22IPTSmSJ5\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/22IPTSmSJ5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7FZ3stHdA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/o7FZ3stHdA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Charts (@alicharts) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alicharts\/status\/2065721335737643456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This intense selling pressure only added fuel to the fire that sent bitcoin tumbling to $59,100 on June 5 for the first time since late 2024. The other possible reasons <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoins-20k-collapse-6-reasons-behind-the-crash-and-what-happens-next\/\">stem<\/a> from the massive ETF exodus, Strategy\u2019s sale that led to substantial FUD online, and the broader market weakness due to the US-Iran war uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>While analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/btc-vs-eth-vs-xrp-which-is-closest-to-a-major-reversal-analyst-explains\/\">continue to debate<\/a> whether bitcoin has already bottomed or if there\u2019s more pain ahead, Ali Martinez recently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alicharts\/status\/2063871011322302524\" target=\"_blank\">outlined<\/a> his dollar-cost average targets in case the cryptocurrency keeps dropping to key support levels.<\/p>\n<p>The first is actually close by, as the 200W SMA is located at $62,800. If it gives in, the next one (300W SMA) is at $55,000, followed by the 400W SMA at $42,500.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<p>For now, bitcoin appears to have found solid support and has even reclaimed the $64,000 level over the past day. More volatility is expected today after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/will-btc-rocket-if-trump-delivers-on-his-iran-deal-promise-this-sunday\/\">promised<\/a> a deal with Iran, but reports from the Middle Eastern country are less hopeful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Exclusive)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"if(typeof gtag === 'function') { gtag('event', 'footer_ad_ta_click', {'page_path': window.location.pathname, 'exchange': 'binance', 'link_type': 'main'}); }\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"if(typeof gtag === 'function') { gtag('event', 'footer_ad_ta_click', {'page_path': window.location.pathname, 'exchange': 'binance', 'link_type': 'full_details'}); }\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"if(typeof gtag === 'function') { gtag('event', 'footer_ad_ta_click', {'page_path': window.location.pathname, 'exchange': 'bybit', 'link_type': 'main'}); }\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/over-70000-btc-distributed-by-whales-amid-bitcoins-price-crash-data\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Meanwhile, the same analyst outlined the most notable BTC DCA targets. Although BTC managed to recover some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}