Crypto whale statistics

Counted from executed trades on 15 exchanges plus on-chain DEX swaps. Nothing here is estimated.

Updated 2026-09-23 15:39 UTC · window: 78 logged days since 2026-07-07
Whale volume · Sep 22 UTC
$2.14B
47% buys · 53% sells · balanced
Daily average
$1.14B
per day over 78 logged days
Busiest day
$2.41B
Sep 21 UTC
Coins with logged flow
68
Largest recent trade
$5.9M
ETH SELL · OKX · view trade

Daily whale flow

Buys Sells
Aug 24: $1.01B ($531.4M buys, $478.6M sells) Aug 25: $902.6M ($431.6M buys, $471.0M sells) Aug 26: $1.36B ($743.4M buys, $614.5M sells) Aug 27: $1.51B ($691.1M buys, $816.4M sells) Aug 28: $1.25B ($623.0M buys, $631.6M sells) Aug 29: $539.6M ($272.8M buys, $266.7M sells) Aug 30: $876.6M ($400.1M buys, $476.5M sells) Aug 31: $1.22B ($645.0M buys, $576.3M sells) Sep 1: $993.7M ($462.3M buys, $531.3M sells) Sep 2: $1.16B ($645.0M buys, $515.0M sells) Sep 3: $1.33B ($778.1M buys, $550.0M sells) Sep 4: $1.28B ($596.9M buys, $683.3M sells) Sep 5: $620.5M ($273.1M buys, $347.4M sells) Sep 6: $696.0M ($332.6M buys, $363.4M sells) Sep 7: $796.2M ($357.9M buys, $438.3M sells) Sep 8: $1.13B ($584.6M buys, $549.7M sells) Sep 9: $1.22B ($615.5M buys, $599.9M sells) Sep 10: $1.26B ($680.2M buys, $581.0M sells) Sep 11: $1.35B ($712.5M buys, $633.4M sells) Sep 12: $473.2M ($235.4M buys, $237.8M sells) Sep 13: $747.5M ($350.6M buys, $396.9M sells) Sep 14: $1.56B ($824.7M buys, $735.7M sells) Sep 15: $1.36B ($695.3M buys, $662.3M sells) Sep 16: $868.7M ($446.6M buys, $422.2M sells) Sep 17: $1.07B ($585.6M buys, $488.3M sells) Sep 18: $1.40B ($774.0M buys, $626.5M sells) Sep 19: $924.3M ($392.4M buys, $531.8M sells) Sep 20: $782.8M ($404.8M buys, $378.0M sells) Sep 21: $2.41B ($1.34B buys, $1.07B sells) $2.41B Sep 22: $2.14B ($994.5M buys, $1.14B sells) Aug 24 Sep 22

Most active coins · 78-day window

BTC
$24.05B
ETH
$12.93B
USDC
$7.26B
USDS
$3.97B
USDT
$3.16B
SOL
$3.09B
ZEC
$2.21B
RLUSD
$1.36B
USDE
$854.4M
HYPE
$761.1M
74 days recorded Biggest whale day: $8.21B (2026-08-21) Last 30 days: $112.84B since 2026-07-07

Biggest recorded whale days

BTC
$4.54B 2026-08-21 · 74d recorded
ETH
$2.14B 2026-08-19 · 74d recorded
USDC
$299.1M 2026-07-16 · 74d recorded
USDS
$178.8M 2026-08-20 · 66d recorded
USDT
$127.1M 2026-09-10 · 73d recorded
SOL
$606.0M 2026-08-27 · 74d recorded
ZEC
$595.7M 2026-09-17 · 74d recorded
RLUSD
$60.8M 2026-09-03 · 74d recorded

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Whale statistics FAQ

How much whale money moved in crypto in the last day?

$2.14B in executed whale trades on 2026-09-22 (UTC), across 15 exchanges plus DEX swaps on Ethereum, Base and Arbitrum.

Are crypto whales buying or selling?

On 2026-09-22 whale flow was balanced: 47% of whale volume was buys, 53% sells.

What counts as a whale trade?

A single executed trade of $500,000 or more for BTC, or $1,000,000 for ETH. Other coins: 0.05% of a typical day's volume, from $25,000 up to $400,000 for top majors and $100,000 for the rest. Floors double on futures exchanges. On-chain: DEX swaps of $250,000 or more.

Which coins see the most whale volume?

BTC leads with 38% of logged whale flow over the last 78 days, followed by ETH and USDC.

How fresh are these numbers?

Updated hourly. The window covers 78 days logged since 2026-07-07. A day counts only if capture ran the full day.

Methodology: trades at or above each coin's whale floor (see the FAQ), captured live from 15 exchanges, plus Uniswap swaps of $250,000+ on Ethereum, Base and Arbitrum. Daily totals sum those trades. A day counts only when recording ran for the full UTC day.
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