Smart Money Keeps Buying HYPE Despite Rising Market Fear – Price Holds Above $70 Level

HYPE is trading above $70 as the market faces selling pressure and uncertainty that has weighed on most crypto assets throughout recent sessions. The token’s ability to hold above that level while the broader ecosystem struggles is itself a signal — but Arkham Intelligence data has revealed a pair of institutional transactions that add a specific and deliberate dimension to the current price resilience.

Galaxy Digital — the institutional digital asset firm founded by Mike Novogratz and one of the most closely watched institutional participants in the crypto market — withdrew 179,000 HYPE tokens worth approximately $12.62 million from Coinbase in the past seven hours. The withdrawal from a regulated US exchange into external custody describes a firm moving assets away from the venue where they can be most easily sold — the behavioral opposite of distribution.

Simultaneously, a new wallet identified as 0x6436 withdrew another 135,824 HYPE worth approximately $9.73 million eight hours ago. That single transaction brings the wallet’s two-day total to 399,730 HYPE — approximately $28.92 million accumulated across 48 hours by a single address that did not exist in the data before this week.

Two separate institutional-scale participants. Over $40 million in combined HYPE withdrawals from exchanges. Both occurring within hours of each other while the broader crypto market faces selling pressure. The accumulation is not slowing. It is accelerating — and it is doing so at precisely the moment most participants are moving in the opposite direction.

HYPE Keeps Attracting Institutional Capital

The broader market context makes the Galaxy Digital and 0x6436 withdrawals considerably more significant than their dollar values alone would suggest. Bitcoin has lost critical support levels. Ethereum is struggling below key thresholds. The assets that define market sentiment and direction are under pressure — and the institutional participants who monitor macro conditions most closely are responding to that environment by accumulating HYPE rather than reducing risk.

That behavioral divergence has been building since mid-May. While Bitcoin and Ethereum were losing momentum and testing lower support levels, HYPE was quietly establishing a pattern of relative strength that has now extended into a sustained outperformance against the broader altcoin market. Assets that hold their value — and set new all-time highs — during periods when the market leaders are breaking down are expressing something specific about their structural demand that goes beyond short-term price momentum.

The institutional withdrawals from Coinbase confirm that the relative strength is not accidental. Galaxy Digital and the 0x6436 wallet are not buying HYPE because it is the easiest trade in a difficult market. They are buying it because the combination of genuine protocol utility, accelerating ETF adoption, and a16z’s sustained $170 million accumulation has created an asset with a thesis that does not weaken when Bitcoin does.

HYPE trading above $70 while the rest of the market faces selling pressure is the price expression of that thesis being validated in real time — one institutional withdrawal at a time.

Bulls Defend Breakout As New All-Time Highs Continue

HYPE remains one of the strongest assets in the crypto market, continuing to outperform despite widespread weakness across Bitcoin and most altcoins. The daily chart shows a powerful uptrend that accelerated throughout May, culminating in a fresh all-time high near the $74 area before a modest pullback emerged.

From a technical perspective, the structure remains firmly bullish. Price is trading well above the 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day moving averages, with all three averages sloping upward and maintaining a healthy bullish alignment. The 50-day moving average near $48 has acted as dynamic support throughout the advance, while the 100-day average around $41 highlights how extended the current rally has become.

The recent breakout above the previous resistance zone around $60-$65 triggered an expansion in both price and volume, confirming strong demand behind the move. Although HYPE is now experiencing some profit-taking near all-time highs, buyers have so far defended the critical $70 level. Holding above that area would keep the breakout intact and reinforce the possibility of further price discovery.

Volume has increased noticeably during the latest leg higher, a constructive signal suggesting institutional and whale participation rather than purely speculative retail buying. As long as HYPE remains above $65-$70, the trend favors the bulls. A decisive break below that zone would likely trigger a deeper correction toward the rising 50-day moving average, but the broader structure remains one of the strongest in the market.

Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com