A certain whale briefly added around $78.6 million to a BTC short position, now the largest BTC bear on Hyperliquid
BlockBeats News, December 19, according to HyperInsight monitoring, in the past 1 hour, a whale with an address starting with 0xa8 has continued to increase its 40x leveraged BTC short position. As of the time of writing, they have added approximately $78.61 million, with the current position size around $94.08 million. The average price is $87,200, the liquidation price is $89,400, and the unrealized gain is $360,000 (11%). Additionally, the address has placed a limit stop-loss order at a BTC price of $88,000 to $88,300 and limit take-profit orders at $79,000 to $83,000.
According to monitoring, since opening the BTC short position on December 8, this address has closed and rolled positions multiple times, realizing a profit of nearly $3 million from this short position. Currently, its position size has surpassed that of the "BTC OG Insider Whale" BTC long position and is now the largest BTC short on Hyperliquid.
You may also like

What did those who achieved great results in Lighter do right?

Kinetiq Exclusive Interview: From Hyperliquid's Largest LST Protocol to the "Exchange Factory"

Key Market Insights for January 8th, how much did you miss out on?

Ranger Fund Takes a New Approach to Public Offering: Can a Grassroots Team Earn Market Trust?

Key Market Information Discrepancy on January 8th - A Must-See! | Alpha Morning Report

Key Market Insights for January 7th, how much did you miss?

Six-Figure Target: The Top Airdrops to Watch in 2026

2026 Crypto New Year's Rally: Cautiously Bullish Market Sets Sail

After Lighter, the next batch of Perp DEXs Worth Keeping an Eye On

IOSG: The Game of No Winner, How Can the Shitcoin Market Break the Deadlock?

Decode Bitget TradFi: How to Bridge the Final Gap Between Crypto and Traditional Assets?

I made $200,000 in two weeks, how do I bootstrap on Hyperliquid?

Meme Army Front’s Rising Short Position on Surging PEPE
Key Takeaways The Meme Army Front has been building substantial short positions in trending meme coins, particularly PEPE…

The Rise of the HyperEVM Ecosystem: Much More Than Hyperliquid
Key Takeaways Hyperliquid is a decentralized exchange running on its own L1 blockchain, supporting efficient and cost-effective trading.…

Solana 2025 Report Card: $15 Billion Annual Revenue, Surpassing Hyperliquid+ Ethereum Total

Header Fund 2025 Postmortem: What were the successful and unsuccessful trades made?

Arkstream Capital: When Cryptocurrency Returns to 'Financial Logic' by 2025
