Popular Whale Activities Overview: "CZ's Countertrade" Turns From $21 Million Unrealized Loss to Gain, "Buddy" ETH Long Position Nets $2 Million Unrealized Gain
On December 4th, per monitoring from **HyperInsight** (https://t.me/HyperInsight), the crypto market has recently warmed up, with some bullish whales turning losses into gains or expanding profits. The "Suspected XPL Insider Trading" whale opened long positions today after over 10 days of inactivity. Key details follow:
### "Buddy" Huang Licheng
In the past 2 hours, Huang partially closed long positions in ETH, ZEC, and HYPE. After rolling over positions repeatedly in recent days, he reopened long positions again.
- Current main positions:
- ETH long: $29.46M (unrealized profit: $2.03M | +171%)
- HYPE long: $3.41M (unrealized profit: $0.14M | +43%)
### "CZ Contrarian"
His ETH long position has flipped from loss to gain (unrealized profit: $0.46M)—two days ago, it was $21M in the red.
- ETH: ~$168M position size | avg entry $3,201
- XRP long: $85.38M position size | avg entry $2.29 | unrealized loss: $3.63M (-42%)
- *Largest ETH and XRP long holder on Hyperliqu
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The SEC has issued a warning letter to ETF issuers targeting high-leverage products
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The letters, addressed to Direxion, ProShares, and Tidal, cite relevant provisions of the 1940 Investment Company Act.
That legislation caps a fund’s risk exposure at no more than 200% of the value-at-risk (VaR) of its “reference portfolio” — which consists of unleveraged underlying assets or benchmark indices.
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A whale has once again deposited 5000 ETH to Binance, around $15.52 million
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CZ: The founder of the prediction market predict.fun, invested and incubated by YZi Labs, previously worked at Binance
On December 4, Binance founder CZ took to social media to announce: “Welcome to predict.fun, a new prediction market built on the BNB Chain. When users place predictions, their funds won’t sit idle—they’ll generate yield.”
The founder of predict.fun worked at Binance a few years ago, and the project is incubated and invested in by YZi Labs.
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Digest: US News Overnight and This Morning
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1. November’s U.S. ADP Employment Change came in at -32,000, missing expectations of 10,000. After the data release, the probability of the Fed cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in December dipped slightly to 88.8%.
2. Sources say Trump aides and allies are discussing a personnel move: If Trump taps Haslett as the next Fed chair, current Treasury Secretary Besent could also serve as White House National Economic Council director concurrently.
3. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act is poised to pass.
4. Polymarket has officially re-entered the U.S. market and launched its U.S.-specific app.
5. The Franklin Solana Spot ETF is now listed for trading.
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Coinbase Partners with Major US Banks to Conduct Stablecoin and Cryptocurrency Pilot Project
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“Top banks see this as an opportunity,” Armstrong noted, though he declined to name the specific lenders involved. “Banks that push back against this trend will be left behind.”
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