Ethereum Whales Make Big Moves in 24 Hours: 5x ETH Short Closed, 25x ETH Long Expanded, and 7,066 ETH Hoard
ETH/USDT
$39,049,302,904.94
$2,145.26 / $2,009.54
Change: $135.72 (6.75%)
-0.0018%
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COINOTAG News, citing Hyperinsight, reports 24 hours of on‑chain activity by top whales. The ‘1011 Insider Whale’ opened a 5x ETH short at $3,001, sized $15 million, and closed near $2,990 for ~ $55k gain.
Huang Lizheng, dubbed ‘Brotherhood Buddy,’ increased ETH exposure with 25x leverage, lifting the long to about $286 million; entry near $2,982 and liquidation around $2,886. He also holds $880k in HYPE (entry $34.41).
A contract whale who shifted to spot after losses added 1,000 ETH, now at 7,066 ETH (~$212.2 million) with roughly $4.78 million in USDC idle, signaling possible accumulation.
HyperLiquid activity shows HYPE flows: 2.6M unstaked (~$91M); 854,254 restaked in the same wallet; 1,745,746 moved to 29 new wallets; 609,100 HYPE sent to Flowdesk for OTC.
0x2dCA, a dormant ICO address, woke and transferred 5 ETH for testing, then 39,995 ETH (~$1.194B). The account originally bought 40,000 ETH in the ICO, yielding about 9,639x returns.