Whale Parade Hits the Altcoin Beach as BTC Takes a $71K Plunge

The Fed’s newest policy move sent tremors through the crypto ocean, pulling Bitcoin, Ethereum and the whole alt‑coin flotilla into a brisk retreat. Bitcoin slipped back to the $71,000 shoreline, and ETH along with the rest of the pack followed, all while inflation fears rose and hopes for rate cuts evaporated faster than a meme token’s hype.

Analysts can’t agree on the script: some picture a quick dip‑and‑recover, others warn the slide might linger like a bad rug‑pull. In the fog of speculation, on‑chain intel from Santiment throws a spotlight on the true heavy‑hitters – the whales.

Santiment’s whale‑watch dashboard spotlights the ten altcoins (each boasting a market cap north of $500 million) that logged the biggest jump in $100k‑plus transactions over the last month:

1. Mantle (MNT) +600%
2. DAI on BNB +340%
3. MakerDAO (MKR) +200%
4. Fetch.ai (FET) +178%
5. Rain Protocol (RAIN) +100%
6. Aster (ASTER) +89%
7. USDD on Ethereum +82%
8. Pepecoin (PEPE) +61%
9. Tether (USDT) on Optimism +58%