2026-01-09 08:25:12

On-chain data monitoring has revealed that a well-known whale address recently significantly reduced its long positions. According to on-chain tracking information, this address (0x94d) heavily closed positions around January 9, involving mainstream and hot cryptocurrencies such as SOL, ZEC, PUMP, HYPE, among others, with all HYPE long positions fully cleared.

As of press time, this address has closed approximately $4 million in positions. More notably, the whale's total holdings have fallen from a peak to about $352 million, and it continues to reduce its positions.

Interestingly, the operational logic of this address is very clear—starting in early December last year, it launched the account with $20 million and then continuously increased short positions in mainstream coins like BTC and ETH. This strategy is completely opposite to the direction of a certain leading listed tech company's continuous accumulation of BTC, which the market generally views as the "on-chain counterparty" to the latter. Based on the pace of reduction, this wave of position closing may suggest that market participants are adjusting their judgment of the subsequent trend.

SOL2,69%

ZEC2,82%

PUMP5,99%

HYPE2,13%

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ZKSherlock

· 21h ago

actually... this is just surveillance theater at scale, right? we're literally watching someone's portfolio movements on a public ledger and calling it "analysis." the irony of tracking a whale's "privacy" through immutable on-chain data while pretending we understand their intent... smh.

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GasWaster

· 01-10 04:34

Damn, another big whale is fleeing? This pace feels off, are the bears backing down?

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TxFailed

· 01-10 00:04

so this whale's literally doing the opposite of what big tech's doing and NOW they're panic-closing? lmao, in retrospect that's always how it goes - everyone's a genius until the bags get heavy. $400m liquidated and still bleeding... technically speaking that's the kind of edge case where you realize your "contrarian play" was just expensive copium.

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PoetryOnChain

· 01-09 08:55

Wow, is this huge whale scared? Just like that, $4 million is gone, seems like their outlook on the market has changed.

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ReverseTrendSister

· 01-09 08:54

This whale is bearish... From shorting to closing positions, it seems the big players are starting to get cold feet too.

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BoredApeResistance

· 01-09 08:43

Whale's liquidation this time is a bit interesting, feels like they are backing down? --- $352 million is still reducing positions, this pace is a bit frantic --- The opposing side is starting to loosen, we need to re-evaluate the trend later --- HYPE fully cleared? Is this a signal or something else? --- A reduction of $4 million is more aggressive than expected --- Why did the bears suddenly panic? Even the experts can't see clearly? --- Starting from $20 million to now $352 million, this account is indeed impressive --- On-chain opposing traders are starting to run, should the bulls be cautious?

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SocialAnxietyStaker

· 01-09 08:32

This whale just dumped 4 million in one go... Looks like the bears can't hold on anymore, is the market about to turn?

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