{"id":42632,"date":"2025-08-18T03:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42632"},"modified":"2025-08-18T03:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:16:34","slug":"bitcoin-slides-as-whales-take-profits-ethereum-dogecoin-also-slip-analyst-rules-out-major-eth-correction-before-it-hits-5000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42632","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Slides As Whales Take Profits; Ethereum, Dogecoin Also Slip: Analyst Rules Out Major ETH Correction Before It Hits $5,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Leading cryptocurrencies slid on Sunday night as large investors began to lock in gains.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Gains +\/-<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Price (Recorded at 10:05 p.m. ET)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>-1.09%<\/td>\n<td>$116,272.17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)<br \/><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-0.51%<\/td>\n<td>$4,390.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>XRP<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-2.27%<\/td>\n<td>$3.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solana<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/sol\/usd\">SOL<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-1.13%<\/td>\n<td>$186.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>)<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>-1.48%<\/td>\n<td>$0.2285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cryptos Sell Off<\/strong> As Shorts Spike<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>tumbled below $116,000 overnight, while trading volume rose slightly by 5% in the last 24 hours. The decline comes after the apex cryptocurrency reached an all-time high of $124,000 earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/userguide.cryptoquant.com\/cryptoquant-metrics\/market\/exchange-whale-ratio\">CryptoQuant<\/a>, the Exchange Whale ratio, the ratio of the top 10 inflows to the total inflows of the exchange, surged sharply, suggesting that whales were cashing out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> recorded a similar plunge, dropping from an intraday high of $4,575 to below $4,400.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly $350 million was liquidated from the market over the last 24 hours, with bullish long traders losing $236 million.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s open interest rose 0.15% over the last 24 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/08\/47176235\/bitcoin-slides-as-whales-take-profits-ethereum-dogecoin-also-slip-analyst-rules-out-major-e\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" slides as whales take profits ethereum dogecoin also slip: analyst rules out major eth correction before it hits>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading cryptocurrencies slid on Sunday night as large investors began to lock in gains. Cryptocurrency Gains +\/- Price (Recorded at 10:05 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.09% $116,272.17 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -0.51% $4,390.04 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -2.27% $3.03 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1.13% $186.59 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1.48% $0.2285 Cryptos Sell Off As Shorts Spike Bitcoin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-42632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}