There’s a quiet storm brewing in the Bitcoin ocean, and the sharks, wallets holding between 100 and 1,000 BTC are feeding fast.
In just one week, these crypto predators swallowed up 65,000 Bitcoin, bringing their collective stash to a record 3.65 million BTC.
Prices hovered steady but, let me tell ya, beneath the surface, something big’s shaping up, a potential supply squeeze that could send the price rocketing.
Scarcity
Retail traders, all jittery and tossing their coins in and out, while these deep-pocketed sharks are locking in their prey, calmly and relentlessly.
This game is an ironclad hunger signaling structural demand, the kind that sticks around and doesn’t get scared by short-term shock.
Two key signals back this up, according to CryptoQuant’s findings. First, the Long-Term Holder Net Position Change, seasoned investors have suddenly flipped from selling to accumulating, painting a green spike on the charts that historically screams bull market ahead.
These strong hands? Unlike the jittery retail crowd, they’re not about to sell at the first sign of a dip.
Second, the Exchange Netflow is screaming one thing loud and clear, BTC is leaving exchanges faster than you can say hot wallet, disappearing into cold storage where it’s dead money for trading floors but pure gold for scarcity.
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Liquidity stress
When the whales hoard, long-term holders grab more, and exchanges bleed BTC, the stage is set for a classic squeeze, fewer coins floating around just when demand is gearing up to roar. Sure, the scene’s never smooth.
There might be some short-term wobbling if derivatives markets get too spicy, but the bigger picture? It bends toward higher highs.
Let me paint you a scene from the big leagues! Binance, with the deepest order books, recently showed signs of liquidity stress.
Withdrawals have been spiking, inflows barely keeping pace, like the clock running down in a tied basketball game.
Back in August, traders were tossing coins around like hot potatoes near the $120,000 mark, but come September, outflows jumped and inflows dropped as if someone turned off the faucet.
The result? A thinning liquidity pool that’s just begging to fuel the next major price sprint.
Miners’ reserves
Add to this the miners, those guys traditionally selling off reserves to grab quick cash. This cycle? They rewrote the playbook, turning into hoarders themselves.
Despite sky-high mining difficulty and rising transaction fees, miners hold steady.
The prospect of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs and even countries warming up to Bitcoin has pumped their strategy, accumulate first, sell never, or at least later.
So, Bitcoin’s market is tightening up like a noose around its own supply. The sharks have made their move, long-term holders are deep in, exchanges are getting drained, and miners aren’t letting go.
The setup screams one thing, a supply squeeze likely brewing, ready to push Bitcoin toward that next big climb.
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📅 Published: September 13, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: September 13, 2025
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