{"id":67117,"date":"2026-01-09T19:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67117"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:31:47","slug":"dogecoin-whales-remain-quiet-whats-going-on-and-is-doge-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67117","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin Whales Remain Quiet, What\u2019s Going On And Is DOGE At Risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dogecoin didn\u2019t ease into 2026 quietly. Following several weeks of drifting and bearish price action<\/a> at the end of last year, the memecoin suddenly picked up speed, jumping in the first few days <\/a>of January and briefly reclaiming levels above $0.15.\u00a0 However, on-chain data shows that Dogecoin\u2019s mega whales did not have a hand in the rally. These large Dogecoin holders have mostly stayed on the sidelines, avoiding both heavy buying and selling.<\/p>\n

Dogecoin\u2019s Whales Quiet During Recent Price Action<\/h2>\n

Dogecoin began the week with<\/a> a quick burst of upside that carried the price from below $0.12 into mid-$0.15. Trading activity picked up during the move, and there was genuine buying interest. During this period, Dogecoin\u2019s trading volume nearly tripled those seen during the last days of December, with notable examples of $3.56 billion trading volume on January 2 and $2.34 billion on January 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This intense trading activity briefly placed the Dogecoin price above $0.15 on January 5, a price level that has served as a resistance level that stopped the meme coin\u2019s price action throughout December 2025. However, an interesting detail from recent on-chain analysis is how little large holders reacted to the price rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to data from<\/a> on-chain analytics platform Santiment, Dogecoin addresses holding 100 million to 1 billion DOGE saw their collective holdings increase into January 4, peaking around 35.8 billion DOGE, before a decline beginning on January 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting on January 5, this group began trimming exposure, and even as Dogecoin\u2019s price action continued climbing to the $0.15 level, their combined holdings fell to roughly 34.59 billion DOGE by January 6. Since then, balances in this cohort have largely remained flat.<\/p>\n

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Dogecoin Large Holder Distribution. Source: Santiment<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharks Doing Most Of The Bullish Work<\/h2>\n

On the other hand, Dogecoin sharks, i.e., wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million DOGE showed a much stronger appetite. After a brief pullback between January 2 and January 4, this group returned to accumulation<\/a> during Dogecoin\u2019s push higher. That buying trend has continued through the rest of the week, lifting their collective holdings to about 17.63 billion DOGE at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

Smaller large holders in the 1 million to 10 million DOGE range followed a similar pattern, though with more hesitation early on. Activity in this group increased at the start of the week, followed by a dip around January 7. That decline was short-lived, however, as balances rebounded on January 8 and 9, rising to roughly 10.9 billion DOGE at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

As it stands, Dogecoin\u2019s price action seems to be taking a pause from the rally<\/a> and is back to facing resistance at $0.15. The meme coin is now trading at $0.1424, and the lack of clear commitment from large whales is also keeping the outlook uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dogecoin didn\u2019t ease into 2026 quietly. Following several weeks of drifting and bearish price action at the end of last year, the memecoin suddenly picked up speed, jumping in the first few days of January and briefly reclaiming levels above $0.15.\u00a0 However, on-chain data shows that Dogecoin\u2019s mega whales did not have a hand in […]<\/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-67117","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\/67117","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=67117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}