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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Long on BTC — Aug 26, 2026
WhaleRoom's daily read on what tracked whales did across BTC, ETH, SOL and the spot ETFs over the last 24 hours — built entirely from proprietary position data.
Bitcoin traded at $78.6K today, down -0.51% in the past 24h. Whale positioning shows 52% of whales are long BTC, with a net long sentiment. The long vs short count is evenly split at 15 long and 15 short, while 48.6% of profitable whales are currently long.
The largest whale activity today was a $47.12M LONG build, significantly outweighing the biggest trim of $1.15M SHORT. The ETH accumulation index stands at 38/100 and SOL at 33/100.
Spot ETF flows show a net inflow of $337.6M for BTC and $115.6M for ETH today. These figures suggest continued institutional interest across major digital assets.