Altcoin Whales Go on a Feeding Frenzy: $1.36B XRP Hoover, Fartcoin Mania & $500M Exchange Exodus – The Great December Accumulation Begins

While​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Bitcoin remains relatively stable at just over $93,000, it appears that big players have shifted their focus to altcoins and are buying with incredible intensity this week (Dec 1-4, 2025). Ripple (XRP) whales were at the forefront of the movement, buying up more than 620 million tokens worth $1.36 billion in total. This not only drove XRP price up by 8% but also opened the way for $2.00 to become a very probable next target. In the last 48-hour period that ended on December 3, the amount of cryptocurrency that changed hands from exchanges to private wallets exceeded half a billion dollars, with most of the volume going to altcoins. Such a trend usually means that the available selling pressure is diminishing sharply. At the same time, it is a classical accumulation behavior of whales that anticipates a rally at the year-end.

The return of meme season is also a big factor in this story: Solana whales "Fartcoin" (FARTCOIN) bought 32.43 million tokens worth $10.7 million in a single day trading frenzy, thereby increasing supreme whale holdings by 4.76%. Meanwhile, Cardano is not showing any signs of giving up even though some whales have exited it earlier—Q3’s explosive +561% NFT volume and +28.7% DeFi TVL growth are still going strong into December, while just one AAVE whale grabbed 40,433 tokens ($7.1 million) during the dip, and Chainlink reserves have increased by another $12.9 million. Even recent XRP withdrawals of 22 million tokens ($56 million) can be considered as a direct consequence of the formation of Ripple banking adoption rumors and ETF whispers.

However, not all are buying: whales have been moving out of Dogecoin (7 billion DOGE redistributed in recent weeks) and reducing their Chainlink holdings (31 million LINK moved), which indicates that they are engaging in selective profit-taking activities while at the same time the altcoin market is rising in general.

Nevertheless, the main idea behind the concerted efforts is very obvious: exchange supply is being reduced; there are massive grabs of XRP and meme coins, and strategically Layer-1 and DeFi blue-chip dips are being bought. While Bitcoin is said to be the tide, whales are making big moves in preparation for what is now widely referred to as the “December altseason ignition.” Get ready for ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌it!