2026-01-03 12:22:21

Yesterday, I experienced something bizarre while monitoring the market—an on-chain monitoring system suddenly triggered an alert, revealing that three large wallet addresses had simultaneously transferred a large amount of BTC to exchanges. According to conventional logic, this signaled an impending dump. But what happened? The candlestick stubbornly pushed up by 5 points despite the selling pressure. I was a bit stunned at the time, but after thinking it through carefully, I realized: the technical analysis framework we’ve been using might already be outdated.

The real issue lies here—traditional on-chain tools can only tell you "who is selling," but they completely fail to reveal "who is absorbing." Address labels can show transfer flows, but the true intent behind the funds? Sorry, that’s a black box.

I started digging deeper into this market movement. After extracting and layering the data, I found that those so-called whale sell orders are actually being absorbed simultaneously by more than a dozen institutional-grade cold wallets. Even more outrageous, the sources of funds for these wallets all point to the same cross-chain derivatives protocol. In other words, this isn’t really a dump; it’s the market conducting an invisible handover.

This is the core problem. On-chain analysis tools are too limited—they only stay at the surface level of "marking whale sell-offs." To truly see through the market, you need a multi-dimensional fund tracking system: where do the sell-off funds ultimately flow (staking? lending? hedging?), are there signs of coordination between buyers and sellers historically? Has the capacity of cross-chain liquidity pools changed? When you piece these details together, you can restore the true picture of the market.

Just like that day—when the whale sell-off triggered, if you track the fund flows simultaneously, you’d see a completely different story. On the surface, it looks like selling pressure; in essence, institutions are bottom-fishing. That’s the real game the market is playing.

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NFTRegretter

· 01-06 10:06

It's the same old "whale dumping" routine, already overused Institutions are secretly buying, and we're still watching the K-line, hilarious On-chain data transparency? Ha, just a black box You really need multi-dimensional tracking to see clearly; we're still stuck in one dimension I couldn't even tell this wave of turnover was happening; I got caught directly

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GateUser-bd883c58

· 01-06 03:45

Damn, now I finally understand what it means to look at knockoff tools and thought I had seen through it... Whale dumping? No, they are just acting. Institutions have already written the script, and we're still staring at the K-line and smiling foolishly. Learning this multi-dimensional tracking method is indeed necessary, or else you'll just be a new leek in the leek field. I also watched the market that day, and I was really confused at the time. Thinking back now, these big players are indeed a bit skilled, playing the turnover like a pro. On-chain tools can only show the surface; the true undercurrents are completely hidden. There are too many black boxes, brother.

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WalletDivorcer

· 01-03 12:52

Damn, this is exactly what I've been wanting to say. Surface-level sell-offs are just actors playing a role; on-chain tools can't see the truth clearly. --- Really, large holders transferring coins doesn't necessarily mean a sell-off; it depends on where the money is going. --- No wonder my technical analysis always fails; it turns out they are false signals. --- So, tracking the flow of funds is much more reliable than looking at K-line charts. Multi-dimensional analysis is necessary. --- I also saw this move that day. I thought the market was going to crash, but then it reversed and went up. Now I understand. --- The problem is that ordinary retail investors don't have tools to track these deep-layer data, which results in an information gap. --- Many people are scared into selling by whale sell orders, but in reality, they are just picking up the bags—typical leek-cutting tactics. --- On-chain analysis is indeed limited; you need to connect with protocols and cross-chain data to see through it. The barrier is too high. --- This article hit my pain point. I've always been fooled by appearances; it turns out there are so many hidden currents.

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DuskSurfer

· 01-03 12:48

Ha, it's the same old trick again. Whales smashing the market are just acting. --- Damn, the on-chain data is so bad, no wonder we're always getting cut. --- Multi-dimensional tracking sounds cool, but who has the time to actually do it? --- Whether they turn over or not, I'm still losing money anyway. What does it have to do with me? --- So technical analysis is basically a joke. Believe it or not. --- Institutional bottom fishing? Then retail investors are just the ones getting caught. --- Deep data analysis sounds easy, but how many toolchains does it take to do that? --- Surface-level market smashing is essentially bottom fishing. This kind of rhetoric always sounds like armchair strategizing after the fact. --- All those details about cross-chain liquidity—I can't even understand them. Don't ask me if I made money or not.

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GweiWatcher

· 01-03 12:43

Damn, that's why I'm always caught in a trap. Watching on-chain alerts scare me to death, but it turns out that institutions have already quietly picked up the positions below. This theory sounds pretty convincing, but to be honest, I still can't understand all those multi-dimensional data... True gamers have long regarded retail investors as just leeks, right.

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ForkTrooper

· 01-03 12:32

Does selling orders entering the exchange necessarily mean a dump? You're still too inexperienced; the game of institutions is this outrageous. --- By the way, on-chain tools are good for entertainment, but if you really want to get the meat, you have to track the fund flows yourself; otherwise, you're just getting cut. --- Wait, more than ten cold wallets simultaneously taking positions? Isn't this just institutions quietly accumulating? They appear to be dumping on the surface but are actually eating up the chips behind the scenes. --- Honestly, just analyzing whale addresses is a bit outdated now; you need to see where the funds are going in the end. --- This move is truly brilliant. How are those in the group who shouted about dumping doing? Are they caught again? --- Multi-dimensional tracking really needs to be learned; otherwise, you're always eating dust behind the trend. --- It's essentially about turnover. If I had known it was this way, why would I have been educated by the market?

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