According to Lookonchain, a Roobet and Stake.com gambler saw all short positions partially liquidated after a ZEC price rise, pushing total realized losses above USD 3.28 million, source: Lookonchain. Current reported short exposure includes 1,289.73 BTC valued at USD 122.5 million with a stated liquidation price of USD 95,764, source: Lookonchain. The trader also holds a short of 23,434.34 ZEC valued at USD 16.75 million with a stated liquidation price of USD 757, source: Lookonchain. Additionally, a short of 5.6 million XRP valued at USD 12.5 million has a stated liquidation price of USD 2.42, source: Lookonchain. The tracked address is 0x7B7b908c076B9784487180dE92E7161c2982734E as listed on Hyperdash, source: Hyperdash.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, after last night’s drop a brief rebound ~19 hours ago saw wallet 0x7fe8...17ac6 open short positions in BTC, ETH, HYPE, and SOL with total position size of $74.09M and unrealized profit of $1.805M, led by ETH at $541K (source: @ai_9684xtpa). According to @ai_9684xtpa citing hyperbot.network’s trader page for 0x7fe8cfe481ec2f702692a9152e3f002f3e417ac6, the address earned $8.84M over the past month but had only 2 profitable trades out of 9 in the last five days (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network). According to @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network, the shorts were initiated on a rebound and currently show the largest unrealized profit in ETH, indicating the wallet’s ETH short contributed most to PnL during the down move (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, as the market rallied on bets that the US government shutdown would end, James Wynn stated the move is only the start of a broader decline, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1987737714612117582. The post adds that Wynn did not disclose a primary short address, and based on prices at his post time the estimated short entries are BTC around $105,894 and ETH around $3,625, while the specific tokens covered by the short remain unknown, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1987737714612117582.

According to the source, Michael Burry disclosed large bearish positions against several AI-favored equities via regulatory filings after warning of market bubbles, and Palantir’s CEO reacted negatively, flagging potential near-term volatility in AI-heavy tech stocks and related ETFs; source: the source. For crypto markets, IMF research finds rising co-movement between major cryptocurrencies and tech equities during risk-off episodes, suggesting downside in AI leaders could pressure BTC and ETH via correlated flows; source: IMF, Crypto Prices Move More in Sync With Tech Stocks, 2022. Before acting, traders should verify Scion Asset Management’s positions via the latest SEC EDGAR Form 13F and monitor options skew, implied volatility, and liquidity in PLTR and AI mega-cap proxies to gauge spillover risk; source: SEC EDGAR.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Binance Smart Money shows trader Hanmancheol short AIA with 94,093 tokens at a $7.46 entry, reflecting an unrealized loss of $620,000 and a return of -138.88% as reported, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Binance Smart Money. According to @ai_9684xtpa, a whale account on Hyperliquid holds a 10x leveraged ZEC short worth $1.87 million (3,000 ZEC) with an entry at $629.53 and a posted liquidation price of $789.71, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Hyperbot Network. These positions are publicly trackable and may update intraday; traders should confirm live metrics on the referenced dashboards before acting, source: Binance Smart Money; Hyperbot Network.

According to @CoinMarketCap, an unidentified trader on Hyperliquid generated roughly $3.1M in profits within about nine hours via two 20x leveraged short positions against BTC and XRP. Source: CoinMarketCap. This confirms BTC and XRP experienced intraday declines during the period sufficient for 20x shorts to realize large gains, underscoring notable high-leverage activity in those perp markets. Source: CoinMarketCap.

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet deposited $7 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened BTC and XRP short positions using 20x leverage (source: @OnchainLens; positions viewable at hyperbot.network/trader/0x7B7b908c076B9784487180dE92E7161c2982734E). According to @OnchainLens, the combined positions are currently valued at over $110 million, indicating a large directional short exposure in BTC and XRP on HyperLiquid (source: @OnchainLens; hyperbot.network/trader/0x7B7b908c076B9784487180dE92E7161c2982734E). According to @OnchainLens, the implied effective leverage is roughly 15.7x based on $110 million notional against $7 million collateral, which aligns with the reported 20x setup (calculation from figures reported by @OnchainLens; corroborated via hyperbot.network/trader/0x7B7b908c076B9784487180dE92E7161c2982734E).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, despite BTC falling, an address linked to Andrew Kang increased shorts to 362.49 BTC (~$39.97M) and 6,995.72 ETH (~$27.81M) while showing unrealized losses on the short book (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; hyperbot.network). The wallet closed a HYPE long for a $123K loss and trimmed an ENA long for a $1.615M profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; hyperbot.network). As of the latest update, the account holds $67.79M in shorts versus $2.92M in longs with total unrealized PnL of -$605K (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; hyperbot.network).

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet withdrew $4M USDC from Coinbase over the past two days and opened high-leverage short positions on ETH at 15x and ENA at 10x, indicating significant directional exposure in the derivatives market, source: @OnchainLens. The same account reports the positions are currently showing an unrealized loss of $1.44M, source: @OnchainLens. The wallet address is 0xDf752BB2BD06FDbEe1579CC0FFbF522dd1bFF460 as identified on-chain, source: Hypurrscan.

According to the source, a public social media post dated Oct 18, 2025 reported that a whale holding over $500 million in short positions now shows an unrealized profit and loss of $39 million, source: public social media post dated Oct 18, 2025. The post did not specify the asset, venue, or wallet involved, preventing independent verification or attribution to a specific futures market or trading account, source: public social media post dated Oct 18, 2025. Because the post provides no details on instrument, exchange, or liquidation thresholds, traders cannot assess immediate market impact from this claim alone and should treat it as unverified until corroborated by exchange open interest and liquidation data, source: public social media post dated Oct 18, 2025. No evidence of active liquidation pressure, order book imbalance, or funding rate dislocations was provided in the post, so any trading actions should wait for confirmatory metrics from reliable market data before execution, source: public social media post dated Oct 18, 2025.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, their client has significant capital and current short positions are being used specifically for hedging rather than a directional bearish bet, indicating a risk-management focus (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 14, 2025). If market liquidity becomes ample, the client will open larger short positions, implying execution will be timed for deeper-liquidity windows to facilitate size (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 14, 2025). Traders can use this as a signal to monitor order book depth and liquidity conditions to anticipate windows when larger hedging shorts may enter the market as described by the source (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 14, 2025).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, citing a thread by on-chain analyst @eyeonchains on X dated Oct 12, 2025, a single whale allegedly rotated over 35,000 BTC into ETH since August and opened more than $1.1 billion in BTC and ETH short positions ahead of the Oct 11 flash crash, realizing over $80 million in 24-hour profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 12, 2025; source: @eyeonchains on X, Oct 12, 2025). The attribution is based on on-chain breadcrumbs that the source says connect 570,000 ETH deposited into the Ethereum beacon chain deposit contract to funding linked with the ENS name ereignis.eth, with related addresses interacting two weeks prior to the crash; the ENS owner also controls garrettjin.eth, which the source ties to the X account @GarrettBullish, and notes the account is followed by the Hyperunit founder (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 12, 2025; source: @eyeonchains on X, Oct 12, 2025). The source further claims the entity still holds 46,295 BTC valued at about $5.19 billion at recent prices, while emphasizing the identity linkage stems from the analyst’s attribution rather than independent third-party verification (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 12, 2025; source: @eyeonchains on X, Oct 12, 2025). For traders, the reported timing of large BTC and ETH derivatives positioning and the BTC-to-ETH rotation provides context for monitoring whale flow, ETH staking deposits, and pre-volatility short buildup around major market moves (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Oct 12, 2025; source: @eyeonchains on X, Oct 12, 2025).

According to @rovercrc, an $11B Bitcoin whale opened $900M in short positions on BTC and ETH (source: @rovercrc on X, Oct 12, 2025). The post provides no venue, instrument type (perpetuals, futures, or options), timestamps, or transaction evidence, limiting independent verification from the information shared (source: @rovercrc on X). The report centers on sizable bearish positioning in BTC and ETH and constitutes headline risk that traders may monitor while awaiting corroborating data from primary venues or on-chain analytics (source: @rovercrc on X).

According to @lookonchain, an unidentified trader referred to as BitcoinOG shorted BTC and ETH ahead of the recent market crash and profited by more than $160 million, highlighting whale-scale short positioning before the sell-off, source: Lookonchain on X x.com/lookonchain/status/1976826746579329399. According to @lookonchain, the post publicly tagged @Trend_Research_ and @Jackyi_ld to inquire about the trader’s identity, indicating that the entity remains unknown at the time of posting, source: Lookonchain on X x.com/lookonchain/status/1976826746579329399. According to @lookonchain, no wallet addresses or exchange position details were disclosed in the post, so precise execution venues or timelines were not specified, source: Lookonchain on X x.com/lookonchain/status/1976826746579329399.

According to @lookonchain, a new wallet 0x54D7 was created about 2 hours ago, funded with 5.42M USDC, and deposited into Hyperliquid to open short positions in ETH, WLFI, and XPL. According to @lookonchain, current positions are 10,641 ETH short worth $51.2M, 396,711 WLFI short worth $116.8K, and 53,793 XPL short worth $29.3K. According to @lookonchain, these figures imply the ETH short notional alone is approximately 9.4 times the reported deposit, signaling sizable leverage on Hyperliquid. According to the Hyperliquid explorer cited by @lookonchain, the positions are visible at hypurrscan.io/address/0x54D7.

According to @lookonchain, a whale created new wallet 0x54D7 about 2 hours ago, deposited 5.42M USDC to Hyperliquid, and opened short positions, citing Hypurrscan data as the source. According to @lookonchain, the wallet is currently short 10,641 ETH (~$51.2M notional), 396,711 WLFI (~$116.8K), and 53,793 XPL (~$29.3K), with positions viewable on Hypurrscan as the source. According to @lookonchain, traders should monitor Hyperliquid funding, position size changes, and liquidation proximity for ETH, WLFI, and XPL given this whale activity, with Hypurrscan as the source for live updates.

According to @GreeksLive, the community is predominantly bearish ahead of the CPI release. Source: @GreeksLive, Community Daily Digest, Aug 12, 2025. Traders expect further downside toward the 118 and 115 key levels. Source: @GreeksLive, Community Daily Digest, Aug 12, 2025. Multiple traders are already positioned short into the event. Source: @GreeksLive, Community Daily Digest, Aug 12, 2025.

According to @EmberCN, around 1:30 a.m., ETH rallied to a whale’s liquidation level and forcibly liquidated a 10,080 ETH short position worth $40.76 million. According to @EmberCN, the whale began shorting on 7/28 with a 70,000 ETH position, which after multiple liquidations and self stop-loss reductions now stands at 12,500 ETH with the latest liquidation price set at $4,095.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a notable trader recently closed out large short positions on XRP and SOL, realizing a combined loss of $1.64 million as the crypto market rebounded. The trader still holds $105 million in BTC and ETH short positions. The BTC short is currently profitable due to an entry price of $116,736.3, while the ETH short is showing an unrealized loss of $1.094 million. These actions highlight significant shifts in major crypto short strategies and could signal near-term volatility for BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL trading pairs (source: @ai_9684xtpa).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a well-capitalized insider has initiated the rollover of four substantial short positions in the cryptocurrency market, with a combined value exceeding $300 million and current unrealized profits totaling $5.93 million. These large-scale moves indicate significant market confidence and could signal short-term bearish sentiment among major players. Active traders should closely monitor open interest and liquidation levels for potential volatility and price movement opportunities, as reported by @ai_9684xtpa.