The attitude of large whales in the Altcoins has been announced: are they in Long or Short?

Crypto para Analysis company Alphractal, in his latest report altcoin He evaluated whale and individual investor behaviors of the market and the increase in uncertainty in the US economy.

According to the report, the “whales”, known as large investors, are more prone to close the long positions in many subcoinders and to open short positions. This tendency reveals that small investors are still on the market with long positions.

Alphractal’s specially developed “Whale, etc. Individual Delta” metric reveals the proportional difference in the positions of large and small investors. The fact that the metrical reaches negative values ​​shows that whales turn off long positions and turn to open shorts; Positive values ​​indicate the opposite, ie the tendency to turn off and open long.

In the analysis, the following warning was also included: “Understanding what the whales are doing can be critical not to swim against the market.”

Another remarkable part of the report focused on economic uncertainties in the United States. In 2025, Alphractal announced in 2025 that the US Economic Policy Unceintainty Index has reached the highest level of all time. Behind this increase are many critical developments:

• Excessive Customs Duties: Second Trump administration increased the taxes imposed on the main trade partners to 25 %starting from 10 %and 145 %in strategic sectors. This made it difficult for companies to plan while increasing production costs.
• Debt Ceiling Crises: On January 2, 2025, the debt limit was withdrawn for 36.1 trillion dollars. Congress cancellation or suspension debates triggered technical default fears.
• Monetary Policy Uncertainty: While keeping Fed interest rates constant in the range of 4.25– 4.50 %, he postponed the expected interest rate cuts due to high import inflation.
• Dollar Loss of Trust: Protective trade policies and financial sanctions damaged the reputation of the dollar as a safe port.
• Regulatory fluctuations: Frequently changing policies in fields such as artificial intelligence, competition law, environmental sustainability and energy have caused unpredictability in the business world.
• Geopolitical Risks: The Russian-Ukraine War and the new crises in the Middle East interrupted global supply chains.
• Budget Dilemmas: Micro legal disputes and temporary budgets in expenditure increased financial uncertainties.

*It is not an investment advice.