According to @OnchainLens, a single whale deposited and sold 255 BTC on HyperLiquid for USD 21.77 million in USDC, source: @OnchainLens. Later, the same wallet opened BTC and ETH short positions on HyperLiquid with 10x leverage totaling USD 77.4 million in notional value, source: @OnchainLens. The open shorts consist of 876.27 BTC valued around USD 76 million and 372.78 ETH valued around USD 1 million, source: @OnchainLens; CoinMarketMan HyperTracker.

According to @lookonchain, Hyperliquid trader 0x152e is on a 9-trade winning streak. source: @lookonchain Total realized profits for 0x152e on Hyperliquid exceed 14M, as referenced by the linked trader dashboard. source: @lookonchain; source: Hyperliquid trader dashboard legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0x152e41f0b83e6cad4b5dc730c1d6279b7d67c9dc The account is currently short BTC and ETH with more than 1M in unrealized gains. source: @lookonchain; source: Hyperliquid trader dashboard legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0x152e41f0b83e6cad4b5dc730c1d6279b7d67c9dc Traders can monitor real-time position and PnL updates for 0x152e on the Hyperliquid dashboard to track changes in BTC and ETH exposure. source: Hyperliquid trader dashboard legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0x152e41f0b83e6cad4b5dc730c1d6279b7d67c9dc

According to Santiment, BTC briefly spiked to about $90,087 on Coinbase before retracing to roughly $86,580 at the time of the post (source: Santiment, X post, Dec 17, 2025). According to Santiment, rising positive BTC funding rates across exchanges indicate heavier leveraged long positioning, a setup that has historically preceded sharp liquidations, volatility spikes, and local tops or pullbacks (source: Santiment, X post; Santiment dashboard app.santiment.net/s/iUiEzzfd?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=x_btc_eth_total_aggregated_funding_rates_b_121725/&fpr=twitter). According to Santiment, ETH currently shows shorts outweighing longs, signaling weaker bullish conviction and comparatively lower immediate squeeze risk versus BTC (source: Santiment, X post; Santiment dashboard). According to Santiment, because crypto assets broadly track BTC, a cleaner path back toward $100K for BTC and an altcoin rebound requires BTC funding rates to normalize to neutral or turn negative (source: Santiment, X post). According to Santiment, traders can track aggregated BTC and ETH funding rates in real time via its dashboard to gauge leverage and liquidation risk (source: Santiment dashboard app.santiment.net/s/iUiEzzfd?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=x_btc_eth_total_aggregated_funding_rates_b_121725/&fpr=twitter).

According to @lookonchain, wallet 0xc2a3 with a 100 percent win rate closed all 2,186 BTC longs worth 256.56 million dollars for a profit of 1.4 million dollars, signaling full BTC long exits by this whale source: @lookonchain on X, Oct 29, 2025. According to @lookonchain, wallet 0x4e8d with a 69.23 percent win rate partially closed 419.48 BTC longs worth 47.68 million dollars at a realized loss of 327 thousand dollars source: @lookonchain on X, Oct 29, 2025. According to @lookonchain, Machi Big Brother added more longs on ETH and HYPE indicating renewed long-side exposure in these assets source: @lookonchain on X, Oct 29, 2025. According to @lookonchain, wallet 0xf625 who earned 8.3 million dollars from auto deleveraging during the Oct 11 crash added more ETH shorts increasing short-side pressure on ETH source: @lookonchain on X, Oct 29, 2025.

According to Lookonchain, wallet 0x5D2F is down over 8.6 million dollars on short positions in BTC and ETH as the market rebounded, source: Lookonchain on X, Sep 12, 2025. Lookonchain reports the whale deposited 8 million USDC to increase margin to avoid liquidation, source: Lookonchain on X; on-chain reference via Hypurrscan address 0x5D2F4460Ac3514AdA79f5D9838916E508Ab39Bb7 at hypurrscan.io/address/0x5D2F4460Ac3514AdA79f5D9838916E508Ab39Bb7. Current short exposure is 2,041 BTC approximately 236 million dollars notional and 500 ETH approximately 2.25 million dollars notional, source: Lookonchain on X.

According to @rovercrc, the top 10 ETH short positions are deep in the red, indicating leading bearish bets are currently losing money (source: @rovercrc, X, Aug 17, 2025). He adds never short a bull market, framing a momentum-driven warning against adding short exposure while ETH strength persists (source: @rovercrc, X, Aug 17, 2025). The post provides no position sizes, entry levels, or liquidation metrics, so traders should treat it as sentiment from a single source rather than comprehensive market data (source: @rovercrc, X, Aug 17, 2025).

According to @lookonchain, Abraxas Capital operates two accounts shorting ETH, BTC, SOL, HYPE, and SUI as a hedge against spot holdings. source: Lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025 According to @lookonchain, the combined unrealized loss on these hedge shorts exceeds $190M. source: Lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025 According to @lookonchain, the accounts hold 113,819 ETH in short positions worth about $483M, with the ETH short leg down more than $144M. source: Lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025; source: hyperdash.info trader dashboard According to @lookonchain, the position and PnL figures are drawn from the hyperdash.info trader dashboard referenced in the post. source: Lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025; source: hyperdash.info trader dashboard According to @lookonchain, traders can track these Abraxas-linked accounts on hyperdash.info to monitor changes in short size across BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, and SUI for execution and order-flow awareness. source: Lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025; source: hyperdash.info trader dashboard

According to Lookonchain, two Abraxas Capital accounts are shorting ETH, BTC, SOL, HYPE, and SUI with aggregate unrealized losses exceeding $190M as of August 10, 2025 (source: Lookonchain). Lookonchain reports the positions include 113,819 ETH shorts with approximately $483M notional, showing more than $144M in unrealized losses, making ETH the largest loss contributor in the basket (source: Lookonchain). Lookonchain did not disclose the trading venues, leverage, or liquidation levels for these shorts, indicating the figures reflect mark-to-market unrealized PnL rather than realized PnL (source: Lookonchain).