According to @OnchainDataNerd, Loracle's short position on $OIL has yielded an unrealized profit of approximately $600,000 following a price reversal in the oil market. Previously, Loracle's 20x leveraged short position of $8.6 million at an average entry price of $92.4 faced significant unrealized losses as $OIL surged to $115. However, the price U-turn has temporarily favored the position, highlighting the volatility and risk associated with high-leverage trades.

According to Onchain Lens, a significant drop in crude oil prices has resulted in a whale holding a $CL (5x) short position achieving an unrealized profit of $573K. This highlights the impact of leveraged trading strategies in volatile markets, offering insight for traders on the potential gains from shorting commodities during downturns.

According to @lookonchain, whale investor 0x8Af7 suffered a $1.55M loss after his $7.8M short position on crude oil (xyz:CL) was liquidated due to rising oil prices. Despite the setback, the whale reopened a new $6.48M short position on crude oil, indicating continued bearish sentiment. Additionally, this whale holds the largest on-chain long position in xyz:XYZ100, valued at $38.52M.

According to @ThinkingUSD, Culper Research has announced a short position on Ethereum ($ETH) and ETH-linked securities such as $BMNR. The firm believes Ethereum's tokenomics have weakened following the December 2025 Fusaka upgrade. Additionally, it is noted that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is allegedly selling, and prominent ETH supporter Tom Lee continues to invest despite these concerns. Culper Research anticipates further downside for $ETH.

According to @OnchainDataNerd, Abraxas Capital has recently increased its short position on GOLD, now totaling approximately $5.14 million. Known for its expertise in delta neutral strategies, Abraxas Capital has also reported unrealized profits of $9.07 million across all short positions and significant funding fee gains of $39.73 million. This highlights the strategic acumen of the fund in leveraging market dynamics.

According to @OnchainLens, a whale identified as '255 BTC sold to Short' has initiated a new 40x short position on Bitcoin (BTC) involving 521.69 BTC, valued at $34.3 million. Despite a $4 million profit from a 5x short position on DASH, the whale's overall losses amount to $33.64 million, highlighting significant risk exposure.

According to @OnchainDataNerd, a trader recently began closing a short position on DASH, realizing a significant loss of $33.6M. Despite holding an unrealized profit of approximately $4M, the trader remains far from recovering initial losses. This highlights the high-risk nature of leveraged crypto trading.

According to @lookonchain, a trader operating under wallet 0x15a4 suffered a $1.3M loss after closing a 20x leveraged short position on 30,000 ETH on Hyperliquid. The trader, who initially deposited $5M USDC, withdrew the remaining funds after the liquidation and exited the platform.

According to @EmberCN, a high-leverage ETH short whale is up about USD 1.7 million after a 7–8 a.m. flash crash; the trader added to the short roughly 30 minutes before the post and now holds a 30,639 ETH short, about USD 98.51 million notional, with an average short entry at 3,271 and liquidation level at 3,296; source: EmberCN on X, January 19, 2026. The position’s key levels at 3,271 and 3,296 define immediate risk and PnL for this large short; levels and position details source: EmberCN on X, January 19, 2026.

According to @EmberCN, whale or institutional wallet pension-usdt.eth closed a 20,000 ETH short roughly two hours prior to the post after opening it in prior days, entering at an average of $3,136 and covering at $3,116 for about $0.4M profit; source: @EmberCN on X, Jan 8, 2026. The short position’s cited notional size was $63.63M; source: @EmberCN on X, Jan 8, 2026.

According to @EmberCN, wallet pension-usdt.eth deposited $30M USDC into Hyperliquid last night and initiated a 3x leveraged short on ETH, source: @EmberCN on X; Hyperdash trader profile. The account currently holds a 20,000 ETH short valued at $63.63M with an average entry of $3,136 and an unrealized loss of $0.9M, source: @EmberCN on X; Hyperdash trader profile. Over the past three months, the trader executed 70 trades with an 83% win rate and realized $20.95M in profit, employing both long and short strategies with an average holding period of 24 hours, source: @EmberCN on X; Hyperdash trader profile. The referenced address is 0x0ddf9bae2af4b874b96d287a5ad42eb47138a902, as shown on the Hyperdash trader page, source: Hyperdash trader profile.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a well-known $PIPPIN short nicknamed Mystery Small K Line is still holding the position with unrealized losses exceeding $2.843M, excluding hourly funding fees that are estimated in the millions, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388. On Jan 2, PIPPIN briefly dropped to $0.35 and rebounded to $0.4883 today, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388. The short campaign reportedly started on Nov 22, 2024 and has run for 45 days, with funding mostly negative since Nov 30, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388. The Binance derivatives live panel for this trader shows a cumulative loss of $4.945M and a one-month PnL curve trending down, source: binance.com/zh-CN/smart-money/profile/4736946588198249472?rankingType=PNL&timeRange=24h. Price action printed an intraday wick to $0.7661, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388. The short reportedly holds about 14.6M tokens with an average entry of $0.2913, avoided liquidation due to sufficient margin, and posted a sudden loss increase of $6.068M between 15:00–19:00, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388 and binance.com/zh-CN/smart-money/profile/4736946588198249472?rankingType=PNL&timeRange=24h. The trader stated on Binance Square that they will neither close nor add to the position, source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388. Key trading levels cited include $0.35 (recent low), $0.4883 (current rebound), and $0.7661 (wick high), source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2007721536766263388.

According to @OnchainLens, the wallet 0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814, labeled as the '255 BTC sold' whale, has opened a 10x leveraged short position on TRUMP as of Dec 31, 2025 (source: Onchain Lens on X, Dec 31, 2025). The alert includes a direct reference to the CoinMarketMan HyperTracker page for the same wallet, providing on-chain context for the position: app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814 (source: CoinMarketMan HyperTracker, cited by @OnchainLens). This constitutes a bearish directional bet against TRUMP via leverage, explicitly described as a short by @OnchainLens (source: Onchain Lens on X, Dec 31, 2025).

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet deposited 2.5 million USDC into HyperLiquid. Source: @OnchainLens According to @OnchainLens, the same wallet opened a short position on LIT using 3x leverage. Source: @OnchainLens According to the source, the trader address is 0xA9ADD5Cf5aEE9d209E2E5281Cff9a66921945b97, viewable on Hyperbot: https://hyperbot.network/trader/0xA9ADD5Cf5aEE9d209E2E5281Cff9a66921945b97. Source: hyperbot.network According to the source, based on a 2.5 million USDC collateral and 3x leverage, the position could represent up to roughly 7.5 million USDC in notional exposure if fully utilized. Source: @OnchainLens

According to @OnchainLens, the “255 BTC Sold” whale has opened a BTC short position using 10x leverage with a notional value of $36M and size of 409.58 BTC. Source: @OnchainLens on X. The wallet activity can be reviewed on CoinMarketMan Hypertracker, which lists the wallet address 0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814 and reflects the reported position details. Source: app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814.

According to Onchain Lens, wallet neoyokio.eth deposited $2,000,000 USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a ZEC short position with 2x leverage, as shown on the referenced tracker app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0xfb5146803b7dde661aab84915cc1435697caf896, source: Onchain Lens on X and app.coinmarketman.com. This confirms a sizable bearish exposure to ZEC on the HyperLiquid venue based on the reported short and leverage, source: Onchain Lens on X.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a whale who has shorted BTC four times since March 2025 trimmed 20 BTC and realized about 465,000 dollars profit in one update reported minutes ago; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. In a subsequent update, the same whale trimmed another 20 BTC and realized about 501,000 dollars, with the two executions reported minutes apart; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The latest snapshot shows 1,081.98 BTC remaining short at an average entry of 111,499.3 dollars with 26.83 million dollars in unrealized profit and over 9.425 million dollars collected from funding fees; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and hyperbot.network trader dashboard. An earlier snapshot cited 550.7 BTC still short valued at 48.6 million dollars with 12.8 million dollars in unrealized profit, 9.6 million dollars in funding fee gains, and total account profit above 55.51 million dollars; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. Year to date profit is now reported above 57.58 million dollars; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The whale has 1,300 BTC of limit buy orders layered between 67,244 and 67,844 dollars to take profit on the short and reverse long if filled; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and hyperbot.network.

According to Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet opened a BTC short with 20x leverage and fully closed the position with a realized loss of $3.2 million (source: Onchain Lens on X). The wallet address 0x4321BFc3B43D538Bc2B6dfbCF22A367719Aea936 and the closed position’s -$3.2M PnL are shown on CoinMarketMan Hypertracker (source: CoinMarketMan Hypertracker).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a BTC whale who has executed four consecutive BTC shorts since March 2025 trimmed another 20 BTC about 15 minutes ago, realizing $501,000 and bringing year-to-date realized profits above $57.58 million, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The trader still holds 1,081.98 BTC in short exposure with $26.83 million in unrealized profit, an average entry of $111,499.3, and cumulative funding fees exceeding $9.425 million, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The account has placed 1,300 BTC in limit buy orders between $67,244 and $67,844 to take profit on shorts and reverse to long if price reaches that zone, defining a clear execution range for this trader, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and hyperbot.network trader dashboard.

According to @bubblemaps (Dec 1, 2025), a trader who last month opened a $735M position against BTC has now borrowed $220M and transferred the funds to Binance, with the source asking “Round two coming?” (Source: @bubblemaps on X).