BitcoinOG Shifts $332M in ETH to Binance, Whale Bets Big on 2026 Crypto Boom

A major player just made a power move. A crypto whale, identified as BitcoinOG, has deposited a staggering $332 million worth of Ethereum onto Binance. This isn't a casual transfer—it's a strategic repositioning signaling a massive, bullish bet on the 2026 market horizon.

The Whale's New Playbook

Forget short-term noise. This deposit flips the script from cautious holding to active positioning. Moving such a colossal sum onto a major exchange typically precedes a major trade or provides liquidity for a leveraged play. The whale isn't just watching the charts; they're building a fortress for the next bull run, with 2026 squarely in their sights.

Reading the Institutional Tea Leaves

This move echoes a growing sentiment among high-net-worth and institutional players. The narrative is shifting from 'if' to 'when' for the next major cycle. While retail traders fret over weekly candles, the smart money is laying groundwork years in advance—a classic case of playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, or perhaps speculating on meme coins.

The 2026 Thesis Takes Shape

What does 2026 hold? Think regulatory clarity, matured Layer-2 ecosystems, and full-scale institutional adoption. This whale's deposit is a multimillion-dollar vote of confidence that the foundational work happening now will pay off massively in the coming years. It's a bet on infrastructure, not just hype.

Market Mechanics in Motion

A deposit of this size is a seismic event for market mechanics. It injects extreme liquidity, potentially stabilizing prices for large orders or setting the stage for complex derivatives strategies. It tells other major players that a key counterparty is active and ready to deal at scale.

The bottom line? When a whale moves $332 million, it's not a prediction—it's a plan. While traditional finance debates rate cuts and recessions, crypto's biggest players are quietly building the next cycle, proving once again that in the race for alpha, the early whale gets the returns.

BitcoinOG faces roughly $48 million floating loss in unrealized gains

The Whale has now cashed out $332 million and opened a series of longs signaling a potential market upside in 2026. Based on on-chain data, BitcoinOG has opened $749 million worth of long positions in BTC, ETH, and SOL.

ETH holds the largest position, with approximately $598 million, and a liquidation price of $2,143. It is followed by roughly $87 million in BTC and $63 million in SOL. BitcoinOG has so far incurred a loss of approximately $48 million in unrealized gains across all its positions. 

BREAKING!

The #BitcoinOG(1011short) with a massive $749M long position in $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL, just deposited 112,894 $ETH($332M) into #Binance again.https://t.co/rM9dXV3Ln4https://t.co/Fsi6okD47f pic.twitter.com/qVlZ4c6Htx

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) December 30, 2025

BitcoinOG came to light when it correctly predicted the October $19 billion market crash. Based on Onchain Lens, the Whale opened a 5,000 BTC short position with a 6X leverage and later changed to 8X leverage.

The entry price was $120,761, with a liquidation price of $133,760 on October 10. The October crash resulted in the crypto market losing approximately $19 million, driving the BTC price below $100,000 for the first time this year.

Based on on-chain analysis, the Whale has been routing funds across BTC and ETH as a short-term strategy to take on market rallies. For instance, on August 21, BitcoinOG sold $5 billion worth of BTC to ETH. The transaction involved a series of deposits, including $2.59 billion sold for a $2.2 billion spot ETH and a $577 million Ether perpetual long position. The Whale’s activity triggered a series of purchases on-chain within that day, traders cumulatively acquiring $456 million worth of ETH. 

The Whale briefly surpassed Sharplink, which is currently second in ETH holdings, valued at $2.57 billion in August. Ethereum-focused public firms, which hold roughly 6.81 million ETH valued at $20.31 billion, have Bitmine leading with approximately 67% of the share. Bitmine holds 4.07 million ETH valued at $12.12 billion, representing approximately 3.36% of the total ETH supply.  

BTC Whales buy into the dip across the $80-$90K range 

According to a recent Cryptopolitan report, Bitcoin Whales are buying into the current dip, with BTC pricing around $88,000. Bitcoin Whales represent addresses holding between 1000 and 10000 BTC. The report noted that most whales are buying into the dip while small investors are selling. The report cited the Whale’s Accumulation Trend Score, a metric that tracks whether investors are buying or selling crypto assets over the past 15 days, which is close to 1. 

Glassnode analytics data indicates a score of nearly 1, which signifies accumulation rather than distribution, as the score typically approaches 0. The analysis suggests that whales are strategically accumulating BTC in the range of $ 80,000 to $ 90,000. The current BTC dip resembles the one experienced in April, when BTC dropped to an all-time low for 2025, approximately $76K, before it ROSE to its all-time high of $126K in October. 

The Bitcoin price has maintained a moderate change today, showing only a 0.1% change over the past 24 hours. At the time of publication, BTC was trading at $87,812, with a market cap of $1.75 trillion. ETH  was trading at $2,973 at the time of publication. 

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