Two Aster wallets build GUA shorts with over $1.29 million unrealized profit

On-chain activity on Aster also showed a $9.58 million ESPORTS short with about $5.005 million in unrealized gains, alongside profitable SYN long positions.

Summary

Several smart wallets were trading volatile tokens on Aster, extending earlier signs of bearish positioning in GUA to other names on the platform. Two wallets, 0x2d4 and 0x961, were shown with more than $1.29 million in combined unrealized profit from short positions in GUA, while whale 0x89C…4A013 held a 1x short in ESPORTS worth $9.58 million with $5.005 million in unrealized profit. Addresses 0x2A3 and 0x134 were also sitting on unrealized gains from SYN long positions. Short trades profit when token prices fall, while unrealized profit refers to gains on positions that remain open.

Terms & Concepts
  • short positions: Bearish trades that profit if the price of an asset declines.
  • unrealized profit: Gains on an open position that have not been locked in by closing the trade.
  • long positions: Trades that benefit when the price of an asset rises.