"Air Force Commander" opens a new $15 million SOL short position and rolls over long positions in multiple currencies, increasing the total position size to $300 million
Jan 23 — Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the whale behind yesterday’s $1.99B BTC short liquidation (address 0xd83, nicknamed “Air Force Commander”) has reactivated.
Overnight and this morning, the address rolled over short positions across BTC, ETH and other assets, and opened a 20x leveraged short on SOL: 123,000 SOL (valued at $15.86M).
Key updates:
- Total position size rose from $266M to $305M
- 24-hour paper profits expanded by ~$2.6M
Asset-specific position details:
- BTC Short: $145M → $150M; avg. price $91k; liquidation at $91.8k
- ETH Short: $96.1M → $106M; avg. price $3,067; liquidation at $3,061
- PEPE Short: $13.3M → $19.3M; avg. price $0.0049; liquidation at $0.0058
- SOL Short: $15.86M; avg. price $127.9; liquidation at $157
Background: The address previously rolled over aggressive short positions across multiple assets, with total positions once near $500M. It was simultaneously the largest on-chain short holder for BTC, ETH, PEPE, XRP and mo
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