BlockBeats News, January 22 — According to HyperInsight monitoring, in the past hour, whale address (0x007d…) increased its short position by approximately 220 BTC, worth about $19.74 million. Currently, this address holds 374 BTC short positions with 40x leverage, totaling approximately $34 million, with an unrealized loss of about $1.9 million, and a liquidation price around $110,000. It has also set take-profit orders between $71,000 and $72,100.
Since the 20th, this address has deposited and sold about 171 BTC spot (worth approximately $15.4 million) into Hyperliquid to clear its position. Earlier today, after completing the sale, it opened a short position at around $88,000 per BTC, with an initial size reaching $13.8 million; this operation is an additional increase in its short position.
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