Bitcoin Whale Flips $140M Short to 5x Long, Holds 68.42 BTC and Places $14.65M Limit Buy at $111,000

BTC

BTC/USDT

$71,354.77

+3.55%

$71,354.77

+3.55%

(24s)

24h Volume

$17,366,629,629.18

24h H/L

$71,554.95 / $68,531.50

Change: $3,023.45 (4.41%)

Long/Short

65.5%

Long: 65.5%Short: 34.5%

Funding Rate

-0.0023%

Shorts pay

Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data

Bitcoin

Daily

$71,351.87

▲ 2.98%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels

Resistance 3$79,008.03

Resistance 2$75,548.63

Resistance 1$72,179.52

Price$71,351.87

Support 1$70,589.27

Support 2$67,300.00

Support 3$62,909.86

Pivot (PP):$70,598.27

Trend:Downtrend

RSI (14):35.3

COINOTAG News reported on October 16 that on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) identified a whale wallet that reversed a prior ~$140 million BTC short into a 5x long on Bitcoin. The address is now holding 68.42 BTC (approximately $7.62 million) with an entry price of $111,066.5, as reflected in on-chain transaction data.

The same wallet has also placed a limit buy order totaling $14.65 million within the $111,000–$111,053 band. These ledger-verified actions indicate a clear directional adjustment in market positioning and are directly observable on public blockchain records, per the cited on-chain analysis.

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