3 Altcoins That Crypto Whales Bought In The First Week Of August 2025

After the cryptocurrency market performed poorly last week, trading activity increased this week. This new momentum is reflected in the global cryptocurrency market capitalization rising 6% over the past seven days.

Large investors, often called cryptocurrency whales, took the opportunity to accumulate certain altcoins with hopes of future profits.

Ethereum (ETH)

Top altcoin Ethereum leads the list of cryptocurrency whale purchases this week, with a 270% increase in net capital flow from large investors, indicating a significant accumulation scale.

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The net capital flow of large investors measures the difference between the number of tokens whales buy and sell in a specific time period. When it spikes like this, there is a strong accumulation trend among coin holders. This indicates increasing confidence and optimistic prospects for the asset.

The increase in ETH whale purchases helped push this altcoin past the $4,000 mark, which it last reached in December. If the accumulation momentum strengthens, ETH could continue rising to the $4,500 zone.

Conversely, if profit-taking continues, the price could drop to $3,920.

PEPE

Solana-based PEPE meme coin is another altcoin that cryptocurrency whales bought this week. On-chain data from Nansen shows a 1.36% increase in holdings by high-value wallets holding PEPE tokens worth over $1 million.

When accumulation trends like these appear among large investors, it signals increasing confidence in the asset's short-term potential. Strong interest from whales could drive purchases by small retail investors, helping maintain and expand PEPE's recent weekly gains.

If this accumulation trend continues, the token could rise to $0.00001315.

Conversely, if demand decreases, PEPE price could drop to $0.00001070.

Mantle (MNT)

MNT's 52% weekly increase brought it into cryptocurrency whales' sights this week. On-chain data shows whales holding between 1 million and 10 million tokens bought 2.39 million MNT over the past week.

This group currently holds 20 million MNT, marking their highest balance in the past month.

If whale accumulation intensifies, MNT price could rise to $1.1496.

Conversely, if selling recurs, the price could drop below $1.0361.