The crypto market is still under pressure after the latest FOMC meeting. The Federal Reserve delivered its third 25 bps rate cut of the year, but the tone that followed was more cautious than expected. Inflation risks and slower growth signals have kept prices weak across most major assets. Despite this pullback, crypto whales are quietly adding to their positions.

Their buying has focused on three tokens that show early signs of rebound or breakout setups.

Aster (ASTER)

Aster’s price has slipped almost 4% in the past 24 hours, extending its month-on-month losses to about 14%. Yet whales are moving in the opposite direction.

Their holdings jumped 7.35% over the past day, adding about 4.59 million ASTER, worth roughly $4.22 million at the current price. What’s interesting is that ASTER is one of those rare coins that saw whale buying both before and after the FOMC decision.

This buying stands out because the chart shows a technical setup that may help explain why whales stepped in.

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Between November 3 and December 11, the ASTER price formed a higher low, while the RSI made a lower low. RSI, or Relative Strength Index, measures the strength of buying and selling. When the price rises but RSI falls, this creates a hidden bullish divergence. It usually signals that selling pressure is fading, even if the chart still looks weak on the surface.

Aster showed the same pattern between November 3 and December 1. That divergence produced a bounce of almost 22%. The current setup looks similar, and whales may be positioning for the same kind of rebound.

For upside continuation, Aster needs a clean daily close above $1.08, the level where the last bounce stalled. If it breaks that line, the price can aim for $1.25 and $1.40, which match the next major resistances.

If the structure weakens instead, the downside is clear too. A daily close below $0.88 would break the rising structure and weaken whale conviction. Under that floor, ASTER may revisit $0.81 or lower.

Maple Finance (SYRUP)

Maple Finance (SYRUP) is still down about 2.2% in the past 24 hours and nearly 40% over the past month. Even with this weakness, crypto whales continued building positions. Normal whale wallets increased their holdings by 3.86% in the past day, while mega whales increased their stash by 4.9%, taking their total to 1.1 billion SYRUP.

That 4.9% jump means mega whales added roughly 51.4 million SYRUP, worth about $14.4 million at the current price. The fresh accumulation comes right after the slightly hawkish FOMC tone, which makes the buying move more interesting.

Whales seem to be counting on the $0.23 support to hold. SYRUP touched this level several times since early December. It has not broken once, which may be the reason whales stepped in. The token has been moving in a broad $0.23 to $0.31 range, with its last support test on December 4.

Momentum gives a short-term boost. Between December 9 and December 11, the price made a lower low while the RSI made a higher low. RSI, or Relative Strength Index, measures buying and selling strength. When price drops but RSI rises, it forms a bullish divergence. On lower time frames, this usually points to a bounce even during a wider downtrend.

If a bounce forms, the first target is $0.31, the ceiling that has rejected every move since December 6. A clear break above $0.31 opens the path to $0.39 and $0.48.

But if the SYRUP price loses $0.23, the whale conviction weakens. A breakdown there exposes open downside and likely resets the setup.

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)

Pudgy Penguins is down almost 10% in the past 24 hours, but crypto whales continue to buy through the dip. Whale wallets increased their holdings by 5.25%, taking their total stash to 1.18 billion PENGU. That increase means whales added about 58.9 million PENGU.

Top 100 addresses or mega whales also showed steady accumulation. Their holdings rose 2.85% in the past day, lifting their combined stash to 76.95 billion PENGU. That comes to an addition of about 2.13 billion tokens, worth close to $21.3 million at today’s price. For a token that just slipped double digits, this kind of synchronized whale and mega whale buying is rare.

The PENGU price chart explains why the whales continue to load up. Pudgy Penguins is forming an inverse head and shoulders pattern on the daily timeframe. This is a bullish reversal setup that often forms when a downtrend is losing pressure. The neckline sits near $0.014, and because it is sloping upward, it signals improving buyer-aligned structure even before a breakout forms.

Whales may be betting on that breakout. If PENGU closes above $0.014, the pattern’s height projects a move of roughly 35%, which places the upside target near $0.019. That is likely the reason large wallets are entering despite the price weakness.

But the pattern has clear invalidation levels. If Pudgy Penguins loses $0.010, the setup weakens. A drop under $0.009 fully invalidates the pattern and removes the bullish projection. For now, as long as PENGU holds above $0.010, the inverse head and shoulders remains in play, and crypto whales look prepared for a possible breakout.

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Crypto whales have started making clear moves as December approaches, and their activity reveals where big money expects the next phase of strength to come from. Instead of selling into the late-November volatility, large holders have been increasing exposure across a mix of mid-caps and large-caps.

The buying has also appeared while prices were stabilising, which makes the accumulation more meaningful. These patterns give an early look at which assets whales believe can deliver gains in December.

Ethena (ENA)

Ethena (ENA) stands out as one of the clearest signals of what crypto whales are buying for potential gains in December. The token is up 21.3% over the past seven days, and instead of using that strength to take profit, large holders are adding more.

Whale wallets have increased their ENA holdings by 2.84% this week, bringing their total to about 39.88 million ENA. That means whales picked up roughly 1.1 million additional tokens.

Top 100 addresses or mega whales also raised their balances by about 0.35%, adding close to 50 million ENA. Whales buying into an already strong week usually signals confidence that more upside is ahead.

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On the 12-hour chart, Ethena still trades within a symmetrical triangle, indicating a buyer-seller standoff. The important level is $0.28. A clean daily close above this level — which has rejected every rally attempt since November 25 — can unlock moves toward $0.30 and even $0.32.

If ENA fails to hold $0.27, it risks slipping under the lower triangle boundary, opening a path back toward $0.21, especially if whale demand cools.

XRP (XRP)

XRP is the second asset crypto whales are buying, possibly for potential gains in December. The accumulation pattern here is much stronger than what we saw in Ethena. Two major whale cohorts have been adding aggressively through the final week of November.

The largest holders — wallets with over 1 billion XRP — have added about 150 million XRP since November 25. At the current price, this equals roughly $330 million in fresh exposure.

The 10–100 million cohort has been even more aggressive, adding around 970 million XRP since November 23, worth nearly $2.13 billion at current prices.

With XRP trading near $2.20, this fresh whale exposure entered the market during a week when the token gained more than 16%, which reinforces that these buyers are adding to strength rather than weakness.

This uptick comes at a technical turning point. XRP has spent nearly two months defending the $1.77 support, a level tested twice — on October 10 and again in late November — forming an early double-bottom structure. That base is now the foundation for any December strength.

For upside continuation, the XRP price must break $2.30, a resistance that has rejected every rally attempt since November 15. A daily close above that zone unlocks $2.45 and $2.61, where the next clusters of supply sit.

If XRP falls below $2.11, the bullish structure will break down. A deeper retest of $1.81 becomes likely — but this would only happen if whale accumulation flips back to distribution.

Cardano (ADA)

Cardano stays on the list because it seems that crypto whales have started rotating into large caps again, after XRP. Two key ADA cohorts have been buying during the final stretch of November.

The largest holders, wallets with over 1 billion ADA, began adding on November 24. Since then, they have accumulated 130 million ADA in total. The 10–100 million group started buying on November 26 and has added 150 million ADA. Both cohorts turned net positive within days, which shows fresh conviction even as the token trades near its recent lows.

With ADA trading near $0.41, this combined whale accumulation represents a meaningful amount of capital returning to the market. The buying also came during the same period when ADA posted a mild recovery, 5% week-on-week, which makes the pickup more notable.

On the 12-hour chart, ADA shows a standard bullish divergence. Between November 4 and November 21, the price reached a lower low, while the RSI (Relative Strength Index), which measures momentum, reached a higher low.

This type of divergence often signals that a trend reversal is forming beneath the surface. Early signs of that shift have already appeared.

For ADA to build strength in December, it needs a solid candle close above $0.43. A break above that level opens a path toward $0.52, which would flip the short-term structure bullish. If ADA loses $0.38, the bullish setup weakens, and the reversal signal may fail.

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