Before the Fed officially pulled the trigger with a 25bps rate cut, whales and ETFs had already set the stage with massive moves — as if they knew volatility was inevitable.

🔹 Dormant Bitcoin Whale Awakens

 After 12 years of silence, a whale finally shifted 1,000 $BTC — coins once worth just $847K, now valued at $116.88M. The stash moved into fresh wallets. Meanwhile, a FalconX-linked wallet absorbed 5,817 BTC ($678M) just 8 hours ago. Were these quiet preparations for today’s cut?

🔹 Solana Whales on the Move

Solana also saw intense flows. FalconX withdrew 413,075 $SOL ($98.4M) from Binance, OKX, Coinbase, and Bybit. At the same time, whale 2nWbwF pushed 100,000 SOL ($23.64M) into OKX from Coinbase Prime. Were institutions positioning ahead of policy clarity?

🔹 HYPE Whale Dumps

In contrast, whale 0xd282 dumped 167,645 $HYPE for $9.06M USDC at $54 average. He still holds 80,057 HYPE ($4.33M), with $16.6M in total profit. Was this a smart exit before broader volatility?

🔹 HOLO Whale Stakes

 Another play: smart whale Aqvd6S, fresh off $11.7M gains from $TRUMP, staked 2M $HOLO ($791K) across 10 wallets. Did he see opportunity in stability while others prepared for chaos?

🔹 Ethereum and BlackRock Flows

ETH wasn’t silent either. A wallet tied to @CryptoDonAlt deposited 4,001 ETH ($18.02M) to Binance 3 hours before the cut. At the same time, BlackRock deposited 4,538 ETH ($20.42M) to Coinbase Prime while receiving 293.6 BTC ($34M). Was this strategic rebalancing in anticipation of Powell’s tone?

🔹 ETFs Weren’t Left Behind

The ETFs also joined the action. On September 16, Bitcoin ETFs recorded +2,210 BTC net inflows worth $254.97M, with BlackRock leading at +2,270 BTC ($262M), lifting its stack to 761,906 BTC ($87.92B). Ethereum ETFs, meanwhile, logged +87,266 ETH inflows worth $392.87M, with BlackRock dominating (+80,768 ETH, $363.62M) to reach 3,801,084 ETH ($17.11B).

But just a day later, September 17 showed a different story: Bitcoin ETFs still stayed green with +2,544 BTC inflows worth $295.63M, led by BlackRock’s +1,794 BTC ($208.42M), pushing its total to 763,699 BTC ($88.74B). Ethereum ETFs flipped red, recording -11,463 $ETH outflows worth $51.58M, with Fidelity driving the move after dumping 10,731 ETH ($48.29M), leaving 788,934 ETH ($3.55B).

👉 One thing is clear: before the rate cut, the market was already cooking. And now that we have the cut — with more cuts likely ahead — expect even bigger whale moves, heavier ETF rotations, and sharper volatility across crypto.
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