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Bitcoin whale flips after $360,000 short loss, opens $54.98 million ETH long

Bitcoin whale flips after $360,000 short loss, opens $54.98 million ETH long

Onchain reports describe an active Ethereum ICO whale rapidly rotating leveraged exposure across Bitcoin, Ether, Aave and HyperLiquid, including a $54.98 million ETH long after fresh trading losses and later HYPE and ZEC longs.

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Fact Check
The primary onchain source (Lookonchain X post) states verbatim that a trader who lost $3M on a BTC long returned, lost another $360K shorting BTC, then flipped to a 5x long on 31,956 ETH ($54.98M), exactly matching the headline's $360,000 short loss and $54.98 million ETH long. Odaily and PANews independently republish the same figures. The HYPE and ZEC longs are confirmed by OnchainLens and PANews (120,000 HYPE 10x, 6,193 ZEC 3x). The only nuance is that the article 'content' bundles activity from multiple distinct whales (a separate Aave ETH short-seller and an ICO swing whale), but the specific numeric claims in the title are all corroborated by primary sources.
Summary

An active Ethereum ICO whale has been rapidly shifting leveraged crypto exposure across assets and venues. Lookonchain said the trader returned after 10 days, lost about $360,000 on a Bitcoin short after an earlier roughly $3 million loss on a BTC long, and then opened a 5x leveraged ETH long of 31,956 ETH worth about $54.98 million. Other onchain reports described the same whale building and adjusting large Ether-linked positions through Aave and Spark, including cumulative Aave borrowing that reached 44,389 ETH after another 19,000 ETH worth about $33.48 million was borrowed and sold, before later borrowing 10 million USDe to buy 5,817 ETH at $1,719, closing an ETH long for a $396,000 profit, and rotating into leveraged HYPE and ZEC longs on HyperLiquid.

Terms & Concepts
  • Aave: A decentralized lending protocol for borrowing and lending crypto assets.
  • HyperLiquid: An onchain derivatives trading venue used for leveraged crypto positions.
  • 5x leveraged ETH long: A bet on Ether's price rising using five times borrowed exposure.