Whales and smart money put $3 million into ZAMA as it fell 14% in a week
ZAMA drew the heaviest combined buying in DeepSea's weekly data, with coins moving to cold storage. Two USD.AI tokens, CHIP and sUSDai, came next.
Key points
- ZAMA on Ethereum drew $3.00 million of net buying from whales and smart money between October 26 and November 1, the most of any token in DeepSea's report.
- Whales added $2.46 million and smart money $538,300, with DeepSea flagging moves to cold storage and out of exchanges.
- CHIP (+$2.43 million) and sUSDai (+$1.57 million) on Arbitrum ranked second and third. CoinGecko lists both under USD.AI.
What DeepSea's data shows
DeepSea's weekly report names ZAMA on Ethereum as the token with the heaviest combined buying by smart money, whales and KOLs: +$3.00 million. Whales accounted for +$2.46 million. Smart money bought $549,800 and sold $27,800, a net +$538,300. KOLs did not trade it.
DeepSea attached four signals: smart money buying, whales buying, "To cold storage" and "Exchange outflow." Cold storage means offline wallets used for long-term holding. Coins leaving exchanges are often, though not always, coins that are not about to be sold.
Next came CHIP on Arbitrum at +$2.43 million (whales +$2.45 million, smart money minus $17,100, with cold storage but also exchange inflow flags) and sUSDai on Arbitrum at +$1.57 million, all from smart money. Across all tracked tokens, DeepSea logged 23 smart money buying signals against 6 selling signals.
Data: DeepSea (desea.io), checked November 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET.
Buying into a falling price
ZAMA was not rising while the buying happened. CoinGecko's history puts it at $0.0692 on November 1. CoinGecko shows it at $0.0666 at 6:40 p.m. ET on November 3, down 2.0% in 24 hours and 13.8% over seven days. Its market value was about $170.7 million. Its all-time high was $0.1074 on September 23, 2026, so it now trades about 38% below that peak.
The $3.00 million of buying equals about 1.8% of ZAMA's market value. CoinGecko lists the token's Ethereum contract as the same one DeepSea tracks and links to zama.org as the project's site.
Heaviest net buying, October 26 to November 1
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Smart money, whales and KOLs combined. Source: DeepSea weekly report.
The USD.AI pair
Taken together, CHIP and sUSDai drew $4.00 million, more than ZAMA. CoinGecko lists CHIP as USD.AI's token, at $0.0411 with a market value of about $82.3 million, and sUSDai as Staked USDai, at $1.12 with about $360.5 million in market value, both as of 6:40 p.m. ET on November 3.
What DeepSea cannot say
The report shows wallet types and amounts, not who the buyers are or why they bought. A few wallets can move these totals, and DeepSea does not list them for these tokens.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- Buying a falling token and moving it to cold storage is often read as holding, not flipping. DeepSea's data does not show the buyers' plans, and this is not a price forecast.
- CHIP is less clear: whales bought, but DeepSea also saw coins going into exchanges, which can come before selling.
- The USD.AI pair is the quieter story. CHIP and sUSDai drew $4.00 million together, more than ZAMA alone.
What's next
- Whether ZAMA whale buying continues next week
- Whether ZAMA holds above its recent lows on CoinGecko
- Exchange inflows of CHIP
Disclaimer. This article is based on public information and the sources listed below as of the update time shown. It is for information only and is not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures may change as companies and authorities publish new data.
Sources
- DeepSea, Weekly Smart Money & Global Money Flows Report, October 26 to November 1, 2026 (read November 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, Zama (ZAMA) price, market cap and contracts (November 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, USD.AI (CHIP) (November 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, Staked USDai (sUSDai) (November 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET)
