{"id":945,"date":"2026-02-22T13:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/?p=945"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:35:35","slug":"bitcoin-price-pullback-shows-diverging-moves-from-whales-and-retail-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/bitcoin-price-pullback-shows-diverging-moves-from-whales-and-retail-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Pullback Shows Diverging Moves From Whales and Retail Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-520x292.png 520w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3-610x343.png 610w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1384-3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since early October, Bitcoin has trended lower, losing more than half its value from its all time high to a multi year low of 60,000 dollars recorded on February 6. Although the asset has recovered slightly, it remains firmly negative on a year to date basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data from Santiment highlights contrasting behavior among investor groups during the correction. Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC reduced their balances by 0.8 percent since the October peak. Meanwhile, smaller holders with 0.1 BTC or less increased their holdings by 2.5 percent over the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santiment noted that this divergence does not necessarily signal an imminent price rebound. The firm explained that a stronger recovery would likely require renewed accumulation from larger stakeholders, as rallies tend to lack momentum without significant capital support. Retail investors, however, remain active and now hold their highest combined balance in nearly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ETF Flows Paint a Clearer Picture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investor behavior in spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds has shown a more pronounced shift. In the two weeks before Bitcoin climbed above 126,000 dollars, more than 6 billion dollars flowed into these products. Since then, outflows have dominated, with several weeks recording net withdrawals exceeding 1 billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During three consecutive weeks in early November, investors pulled out over 3.5 billion dollars. The negative trend extended into the new year, with five straight weeks of net outflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data from SoSoValue, 1.33 billion dollars exited spot Bitcoin ETFs in the week ending January 23, followed by another 1.49 billion dollars the next week. While recent weekly outflows have slowed to under 360 million dollars, total net inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs have dropped from 62.77 billion dollars in early October to 54 billion dollars as of last Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since early October, Bitcoin has trended lower, losing more than half its value from its all time high to a multi year low of 60,000 dollars&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}