Mining Difficulty

Year-end 2025: Whale Accumulation, ETF Outflows, and What Comes Next for Bitcoin – cover image
Year-end 2025: Whale Accumulation, ETF Outflows, and What Comes Next for Bitcoin

At the close of 2025, on-chain signals show large Bitcoin holders accumulating in the $80k–$90k band even as weekly spot ETF outflows topped $780m. This piece synthesizes whale metrics, ETF flow dynamics, macro narratives and miner behavior to frame plausible price trajectories for 2026–2027.