Multiple Armies Retreat vs. Air Force Carnival: $100,000 Becomes the Battleground for Intense Struggle
The battle between long and short positions of giant whales reveals the market's bull-bear transition from the perspective of address positions.Beijing time early this morning, BTC briefly surged to $107,000 before pulling back, while ETH fell below $2,400 at one point, and mainstream coins generally entered a correction mode. Regarding the future market direction, large whales have begun to "speak with their positions." Some have spent tens of millions of dollars to start their shorting journey, while others have long positions with profits nearing $30 million. Odaily Planet Daily will summarize the recent positions of large whales in this article for readers' reference.
Whale Jams Wynn: Long position profit once approached $30 million, currently retraced to around $18 million
On May 18, according to on-chain analyst @EmberCN, whale @JamesWynnReal used 40x leverage to go long on 3,788.7 BTC on Hyperliquid, with a position value of $391 million, an opening price of $103,083, and a liquidation price of $96,474. As BTC briefly broke through $105,000, James Wynn's long position profit exceeded $27.7 million, with a profit of $8.38 million from the BTC 40x long position and $20.26 million from the kPEPE 40x long position.
Latest data shows that whale @JamesWynnReal's BTC long position profit has retraced to $1.12 million; kPEPE long position profit has retraced to around $17 million; in addition, its XRP long position has a loss of about $2.42 million. On-chain data: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x5078c2fbea2b2ad61bc840bc023e35fce56bedb6
Long representative
ETH Shorting faction: 25x short, position value once exceeded $100 million
Yesterday, the dormant address 0xcddf shorted 41,851 ETH with 25x leverage, with a position value of $103 million, an opening price of $2,514, and a liquidation price of $2,525; subsequently, due to ETH's rise, it ultimately lost $2.46 million and closed the position; after closing the ETH short, it turned to use the remaining funds to go long on BTC: going long on 166 BTC at a price of $106,580 with 40x leverage, with a position value of $17.6 million, ultimately losing $175,000 in just 45 minutes. However, it later opened another 25x short on ETH, rolling over after profit, and the position has gradually increased to 4,136 ETH. Latest data shows that this address's 25x leveraged short position has decreased to around $9.8 million, with a current profit of about $180,000.
On-chain data: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xcddf90930aa49231d55538f8f2dac97a562e5f6b
Caught in the middle representative
ETH Shorting faction: 20x short, position once reached $70 million
Address 0x2258 previously shorted 28,248 ETH with 20x leverage, with a position value of $70 million, an opening price of $2,561, and a liquidation price of $2,694. Seven hours ago, it closed all short positions, and this address is now fully cleared.
On-chain information: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x225864ad63ba66272cd6be3e65476a2eba48c215
Position closed
SOL Shorting faction: 20x short, holding over 20,000 SOL
On May 16, according to OnChain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 1.7 million USDC into Hyperliquid to open a SOL short position with 20x leverage. Latest data shows that this address currently holds about 20,336 SOL, with a cumulative profit of about $197,400.
On-chain information: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x6b0411091ad1e73a225d24304bf9d4d98fa1b0e2
Shorting continues
Mainstream coin shorting faction: Previously profited over $15 million on Hyperliquid, shorting 5 tokens
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale who profited over $15 million on the Hyperliquid platform began to short ETH, BTC, AVAX, SOL, and USUAL heavily. This trader set 100 limit orders in the $2,460-$2,480 range, preparing to continue shorting ETH.
Latest data shows that all short positions of this address are profitable, among which the ETH 20x short position holds 3,034 ETH, with a profit of about $182,000; the BTC 20x short position holds 38 BTC, with a profit of about $84,000; the AVAX 20x short position holds about 50,000 AVAX, with a profit of about $38,000; the SOL 20x short position holds about 1,935 SOL, with a profit of about $9,000; the USUAL 5x short position holds about 185,000 USUAL, with a profit of about $2,000.
On-chain information: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x8Bff50AAd8b4E06c5E148eaEB9D7Aef69e26CDC3
20x short ETH, BTC, AVAX, SOL, 5x short USUAL
HYPE Shorting faction: 5x short, holding over 1.87 million HYPE
Previously, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale opened a 5x short position on 1.875 million HYPE on Hyperliquid; on the 17th, its loss reached as high as $12.06 million, and subsequently, it withdrew 3 million USDC from Binance as margin, with a liquidation price of $31.6. Latest data shows that this address currently has a loss of about $9.55 million.
On-chain information: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x20b141d3b74779d96b48b966807d719d5dfa08a6
Firmly bearish
In addition to the above-mentioned whales with long and short contracts, there are also whales who previously bottomed out in ETH's sharp decline, ultimately achieving millions in profits.
ETH Bottom-fishing Whale: Bought over 6,700 ETH at the bottom, profiting over $4.26 million
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale transferred 6,384.5 ETH to Binance in the past 4 hours, receiving 15.549 million USDT, with an average selling price of about $2,435. This whale withdrew 6,710 ETH from Binance about a month ago, at a price of $1,768. Roughly estimated, it has made a profit of over $4.26 million in this round of operations.
On-chain information: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xD20E007881ea62B5922B06D025c9dc1D41962953
Profits realized
Summary: The bears temporarily lead, but the bulls never give up
After a brief weekly close high, both BTC and ETH have experienced varying degrees of pullback, with the bears currently holding the advantage. Additionally, whales who previously bottomed out BTC and ETH have also chosen to take profits. However, industry figures and analysts, including James Wynn and Arthur Hayes, generally believe that the price of BTC is unlikely to fall below $100,000, and the bulls remain hopeful. In the short term, the bears may have the upper hand, but the bulls never give up.
