Decode a whale wallet's story in 7 minutes
A whale address is not just a number — it has a behavioral pattern. Here is how to read it cold.
Category
Wallet analysis
Reading + execution
⏱ 7 min
Tier required
Free
Last updated
2026-05-23
Open the address profile at /whale/<addr>
The header shows balance, entity label (if known), and the first/last seen timestamps.
Look at MVRV (Market Value / Realized Value)
MVRV > 2 = currently sitting on 2x unrealized profit — high distribution risk. MVRV < 1 = underwater, often a strong holder.
Read the HODL Wave for this address
Coins in the >5y band moving for the first time = dormant wakeup. Coins in <1m band = active trading wallet.
Check the Whale Fingerprint: pattern (accumulator / distributor / swing), direction-bias, frequency, avg post-TX price impact
A "distributor" with rising frequency = imminent exit.
Scroll to Related Transactions to see if this wallet is part of a known cluster
Multi-input common-input clustering (Meiklejohn 2013) links co-owned addresses.
Open the AI chat and ask
Open the AI chat and ask: "Summarize the activity of address <addr> in the last 30 days." Haiku reads the same on-chain data + writes a plain-English narrative.
Underlined terms link to the glossary. Hover for the short definition.
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