Key Takeaways
As the crypto market edges into the final quarter of 2025, whales are already making their moves. Large holders are shifting their portfolios, signaling where confidence lies.
Three altcoins — Worldcoin (WLD), Pump.fun (PUMP) and Mantle (MNT) are major favorites.
Their accumulation trends reveal a clear story: big money is betting on their long-term strength.
Worldcoin is once again in the spotlight. In September, the altcoin outperformed many other cryptocurrencies in the top 100, posting a gain of approximately 40%.
As October approaches, crypto whales holding between 10 million and 100 million WLD have expanded their holdings from 1.16 billion to 1.24 billion tokens.
That’s a sizable leap, showing persistent confidence despite market volatility. Such accumulation suggests that these holders believe in Worldcoin’s potential price performance by the end of 2025’s last quarter.
At the time of writing, the altcoin is trading at $1.23. However, if buying pressure increases, the market value by the end of October could be higher, potentially reaching $2.

However, if whales fail to intensify accumulation, this might not happen. In such a scenario, Worldcoin’s price might drop below the psychological $1 zone.
PUMP has lived up to its name in 2025. In its early days, the token crashed, with some speculating that it would be of no good.
But September has been kind to it, registering an impressive 70%. As it stands, October could even be better.
The number of addresses holding over 10,000 tokens has now surpassed 24,000. This metric is crucial—it highlights not only the interest of crypto whales but also a growing mid-tier investor base.
More distributed extensive holdings typically mean stronger community resilience.
The significant growth in addresses indicates broad demand and long-term stickiness.

Should the trend continue, PUMP’s price might again stand out as one of the top-performing altcoins next month, potentially moving closer to its all-time high.
On the other hand, if the sentiment around Solana-based tokens is bearish, this might not be the case, as PUMP might trade lower.
While Worldcoin and Pump.fun steal the spotlight, Mantle (MNT) has quietly attracted serious whale attention.
Currently, wallets holding between 100 million and 1 billion MNT control 2.78 billion tokens—a remarkable increase that underscores Mantle’s growing credibility as a layer-2 scaling solution.
Recently, MNT has notched a new all-time high, but with the whale accumulation building, another peak could be just around the corner.
At press time, Mantle trades at $1.80, yet rising buying pressure could propel the token toward $3 by October if momentum continues. This could also depend on Ethereum’s price action, even though MNT has decoupled from it.

If ETH holds above $4,500, MNT’s price could extend its rally. If not, the market value might drop below.