130 Million ADA Sold by Cardano Whales in Past Week, Analyst Reports

According to a recent tweet published by crypto analyst and trader Ali Martinez, a staggering amount of ADA coins have been shuffled over the past seven days. The analyst believes that investors have most likely sold that giant ADA amount.

He shared a chart by the on-chain data firm Santiment to back up his theory.

130 million ADA on the move as whales react to selling pressure

Martinez has reported a massive drop of 130 million ADA in whale holdings spotted over the past seven days based on Santiment data. The chart depicts stable ADA holdings of 13.73 billion from the middle of 2025, with a substantial decline taking place recently. Over the past week, this amount has dropped from 13.65 billion to 13.55 billion ADA. Martinez reckons that this 130 million ADA might have been redistributed or, more likely, sold by whales.

However, a commentator accused the analyst of getting paid for promoting Cardano’s ADA.

Earlier reports show that crypto whales shifted more than 230 million ADA, increasing the selling pressure on the asset. On March 5, ADA soared to the $0.28 level. By March 9, ADA lost 12.52%, falling to $0.24. By now, the coin has recovered to $0.26 after reaching a local peak of $0.27 and then dropping from it rather quickly.

ADA has been following the Bitcoin price curve, which has recently been impacted by the escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Now that the oil price has regained $100, Bitcoin has gone down, diving below the $70,000 price level. Bitcoin dropped by more than 2%, with ADA following suit and going down by 3.08%. Both cryptocurrencies have pared their losses faced over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin is back at $70,000, while ADA is changing hands at $0.2622. Unlike other altcoins, ADA remains quite strong, having moved down only to 11th place among cryptocurrencies.

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