Institutions Resume Heavy Buying Following Weekend Crypto Market Plunge
Wall Street whales dive back into digital assets after brutal weekend selloff
The Buying Resurgence
Major financial institutions wasted no time loading up on cryptocurrencies when markets opened Monday. Their aggressive accumulation strategy signals strong conviction in the long-term digital asset thesis—proving once again that smart money buys when weak hands panic.
Crash Creates Opportunity
Weekend retail panic created the perfect entry point for sophisticated investors. While amateur traders were dumping positions at losses, institutions deployed significant capital into Bitcoin and major altcoins. The classic pattern repeats: fear creates discounts for those with dry powder and strong stomachs.
Market Mechanics at Play
These coordinated buys aren't random—they're calculated moves by players who understand crypto's volatility cycles. Their heavy purchasing demonstrates confidence that recent price action represents temporary sentiment rather than fundamental deterioration.
Because nothing says 'stable store of value' like professionals treating 20% dips as Black Friday sales. The crypto rollercoaster continues—and the institutions are buying front-row seats.
Institutions Buy the Dip
Last weekend’s crypto bloodbath caused digital assets to experience a sharp decline. Bitcoin saw its price drop by $20,000 in less than a day, while ethereum fell by 21%.
Major institutional investors—specifically digital asset treasuries—seized on the opportunity to expand their holdings at favorable prices.
BitMine Technologies, the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company, reported today that it had added 202,037 ETH to its holdings, valued at $828 million. This purchase boosted the company’s total reserves to 3,032,188 ETH, meaning BitMine now owns over 2.5% of the entire ETH supply.
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BitMine provided its latest holdings update for Oct 13, 2025:
$12.9 billion in total crypto + "moonshots":
– 3,032,188 ETH at $4,154 per ETH (Bloomberg)
– 192 Bitcoin (BTC)
– $135 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“moonshots”) and
– unencumbered…
The total value of the company’s treasury, including its cryptocurrency, cash, and “moonshot” investments, now totals $13.4 billion.
Meanwhile, Strategy also bought the dip. The largest corporate bitcoin holder took advantage of the market crash to buy 220 BTC for $27.2 million. This purchase brought its total holdings to 640,250 BTC.
Institutions aren’t the only ones to make the most of a bad situation.
Whales Load Up on Altcoins
While retail investors remain shaken by the weekend’s sharp price drops, whales are quietly buying across the board.
According to a recent BeInCrypto report, large investors have signaled interest in specific altcoins, drawing attention to assets such as Chainlink, Uniswap, and Dogecoin.
LINK whales, holding over 100,000 tokens, significantly boosted their positions by 22.45%, raising their total holdings to 4.16 million LINK. Similarly, UNI saw a quiet accumulation while processing a record $9 billion daily trading volume. Large wallets added approximately 0.66 million UNI, worth about $4 million.
The most aggressive move, however, was seen in Dogecoin. During the crash, wallets holding over one billion Doge increased their balance by 0.82 billion tokens, adding roughly $156 million worth of DOGE.
