Santiment: crypto whales will provoke bitcoin growth

Crypto market analysts have noted signs of a potential bullish trend for Bitcoin. According to the Santiment platform, major players — «whales» and «sharks» (holders of 10 to 10,000 BTC) — have accumulated an additional 56,227 BTC ($ 5,248,475,578 at the exchange rate of January 6, 2026 — ed.) since mid-December. This coincided with the local market bottom and may indicate the beginning of a new stage of growth.

At the same time, retail investors are actively taking profits and exiting their positions, fearing a bull trap. Santiment interprets such dynamics as another signal of future growth, as the market often moves in the opposite direction to the actions of small participants.

At the time of publication, Bitcoin is trading around $ 94,000, which corresponds to the upper limit of the last six weeks' range. The day before, it reached $ 94,800 on Coinbase, a seven-week high. Analyst James Cheek notes a large-scale redistribution of supply: the share of coins in «overloaded» wallets has dropped from 67% to 47%, accompanied by a drop in profit-taking.

According to Andre Fauzan Ajima of Bitrue, Bitcoin is in a bullish consolidation phase. The key resistance is concentrated in the $ 95,000−100,000 area, where a significant volume of options for January is also concentrated. The nearest support is $ 88,000−90,000; if it is broken, the correction may deepen.