Whale Wake-ups

What it is

A wallet has not moved in 90 days or more and suddenly sends a transaction — you get a ping. Dormancy is measured from the address's own last on-chain activity, so the counter reflects that wallet's history rather than a market-wide average.

Why it matters

A balance that has been still for months takes a deliberate act to move. The alert cannot tell you why it moved — a sale, an OTC settlement and a custody migration all look the same on-chain — but it does tell you that an inert balance is now in motion, and how large it is.

How to read the alert

The alert carries the destination as well as the amount, and the destination is the informative part: a transfer into an exchange puts the balance where it can be sold, while a wallet-to-wallet transfer leaves it in self-custody. The days-dormant count and the last-activity date show how unusual the move is for that specific address.

Sample alert

💤 Dormant whale #3 · ETHEREUM · woke after 142d dormant
TRANSFER OUT 1,200 ETH · $3.6M · 11m ago

ℹ️ Information only, not financial advice.

Each alert includes

• Wallet identifier, the chain, and how many days it was dormant
• The raw action — transfer in, transfer out or swap — and the token symbol
• Direct link to the transaction