"20M Whale Hunter" Trims HYPE and XPL Short Positions, Account Profits $550k

Jan. 15: Per Onchain Lens monitoring, as LIT’s price dipped below $2, a whale holding a 3x leveraged long position in the token now faces an unrealized loss of over $2.84 million.

Jan 15 – Per monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: @HyperInsight), the "Shanzhai Air Force Leader" wallet address made rapid adjustments to two of its short positions: - **HYPE**: The address took partial profits, reducing its HYPE short position by 4,599.65 HYPE (worth ~$114,200). After the cut, its remaining HYPE short position is valued at ~$7.9272 million, with a current floating profit of ~$1.1503 million. - **PUMP**: The address trimmed its losing PUMP short position, selling 39.31 million PUMP (worth ~$102,600). Post-operation, its remaining PUMP short position totals ~$5.1512 million, with a current floating loss of ~$10,390. ### Notes on American English alignment: 1. **Conciseness**: Used "Jan 15" (not "January 15") and abbreviations like "~$114k" (adjusted to full $114,200 for accuracy but kept concise structure). 2. **Natural phrasing**: "Wallet address" (more common in U.S. crypto discourse than just "address"); "trimmed its losing position" (casual yet pre

January 15th — Per data from HyperInsight and CoinGlass, PUMP saw a short-term drop of ~8.4%, last trading at $0.00264; FARTCOIN plummeted over 13%, last at $0.373. Over the past hour, ~99% of liquidation orders for both tokens on the Hyperliquid platform were long positions, accounting for 97.6% of PUMP’s total liquidations and 95.5% of FARTCOIN’s, respectively. The mass liquidations were primarily driven by whale address 0xbaa — the second-largest on-chain long holder for PUMP and the top long holder for FARTCOIN. Monitoring shows the address’s PUMP longs faced two consecutive large liquidations within 30 minutes, totaling ~$14.32M with a loss of ~$470k. Its next liquidation price for PUMP is around $0.00218. FARTCOIN longs from the address were also liquidated simultaneously, totaling ~$11.16M, with an expected next liquidation price of ~$0.348. As of now, the whale’s total holdings have dropped to ~$5.86M.

**Arthur Hayes on Bitcoin, USD Liquidity & 2026 Outlook (Jan 15)** In his latest post *Frowny Cloud*, Arthur Hayes shared the following analysis: - Bitcoin’s 2025 performance, while less stellar than gold, met expectations—it delivered on its core purpose. - Bitcoin’s 2025 underperformance was purely a liquidity story: it dropped alongside falling USD liquidity. Gold and the Nasdaq rallied against the tide due to stronger non-liquidity drivers: sovereign de-dollarization and AI quasi-nationalization. - If USD liquidity expands sharply in 2026 (as expected: Fed restarts money printing, commercial banks strategically lend to key industries, real estate re-leverages), Bitcoin’s rebound will be aggressive. - Current take: Trump will aggressively push credit expansion to “supercharge the economy” — a red-hot economy would boost the GOP’s November re-election chances. USD credit is poised to grow via three channels: ? Fed balance sheet expansion (money printing) ? Commerci

January 15: Per Hyperinsight analytics (via its Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight), the "Lightning Hand" whale wallet (0x50b30) currently holds a 557.5 BTC long position with 20x leverage. The average entry price is $96,981.9, and the position has an unrealized loss of $650,000.

**January 15th Crypto Whale Updates (per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor data)** 1. **BTC OG Insider Whale** Unrealized gains remain unchanged at $39 million overall. - Main holding: ETH long position ($27.8M gain, avg entry $3147, ~$670M position size) - Also holds BTC & SOL longs; total account position ~$837M - Now top holder of ETH/SOL longs on Hyperliquid (positions held >30 days) 2. **CZ Whale** Account flipped from profit to loss, but ETH long remains profitable: - ETH long: $5.3M unrealized gain, ~$190M position, avg entry $3190 - XRP long: $8M unrealized loss, ~$82M position - Total account size ~$280M; largest XRP long + 2nd-largest ETH long on Hyperliquid 3. **ZEC Largest Short** Continued spot buying to hedge FARTCOIN contract shorts (last night/this morning): - Total spot + contract hedging: ~$6.4M - Also closing WLFI short positions - Current total short position ~$174M; largest on-chain ETH short 4.