Bitcoin Surges Above $71,000
February 5th: Per HTX market data, Bitcoin briefly dropped to $70,140 but has since rebounded above $71,000, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 6.83%.
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BTC Whale Holds Long Despite Over 5x Leveraged Loss, Faces $11.4M Liquidation Today
**Feb 5 — HyperInsight monitoring (via t.me/HyperInsight) reports:**
A BTC mainnet long address starting with 0x4b6 has faced continuous liquidation over the past 2 hours, totaling $11.46M. The largest single liquidation in this period hit $3.08M, ranking as the 2nd-largest single liquidation across the network in the last 6 hours.
The address opened its BTC long position on Jan 19 with a $1.7M principal; its current account balance is now under $100k.
- Its 40x-leveraged BTC long has had 158 BTC (~$11.22M) liquidated so far. Remaining position size: ~$3.98M. Floating loss: $490k (-492% loss rate). It’s just 0.54% away from the next liquidation price ($70,574).
- Its 25x-leveraged ETH long is nearly wiped out in this round of liquidation. Earlier floating losses reached -1134% — equivalent to over 11x the position’s principal.
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A whale once shorted $53 million worth of SOL at $143, and is now sitting on over $30 million in unrealized gains
As of February 5, per EmberCN data, with SOL falling to nearly $90, a whale that’s been shorting SOL since last November is sitting on a $30.35M profit.
Currently, the whale holds a $53M SOL short position with an average entry price of $143. Plus, the whale has small short positions in BTC and ETH, pushing total profits above $35M.
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A whale has sold XAUT and ETH, and bought over 680,000 UNI
On February 5, per Lookonchain monitoring, whale wallet 0x9671 sold 242 XAUT (about $1.19M) and 461 ETH (about $985K), then purchased 682,087 UNI (about $2.58M).
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CLAWSTR Meme Coin Market Cap Plunges 95% in One Day, Multiple Profit-taking Addresses 'Sell the Top'
On February 5, GMGN monitoring shows that Base ecosystem meme coin CLAWSTR plummeted 87% rapidly at 8 a.m. ET today. Its total decline has hit 95% from yesterday’s peak, with current market cap at around $900,000 and a 90% drop in the past 24 hours.
Data reveals multiple early buyers who previously locked in profits chose to exit at a loss during this sell-off. For example, trader address “0xdc5” accumulated a $175,000 position when the market cap rose to $13.5 million and had realized profits at one point. Eventually, after paper losses widened to 70%, they exited with a roughly $124,000 loss. Addresses like “0x090” and “0xca6” also either bought early or added positions during pullbacks, but ended up selling at a loss in this downturn.
This meme coin was co-launched by Nostr founder Derek Ross and Bitcoin ecosystem developer Alex Gleason as the community support token for Clawstr.com. It surged to a $19.9 million market cap yesterday.
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A Whale in a Certain Circle Recently "Bought the Dip" on a $500 Million Worth of Mainstream Coins
February 5th — Per EmberCN monitoring, the whale/institution that netted $98.95 million via Flashbots has added another 2,500 cbBTC (valued at $181 million) in the past 9 hours today.
Since the crypto market’s sharp drop on February 1st, its cumulative dip-buying volume totals $500 million:
? 4,000 cbBTC ($295 million) at an average price of $73,837
? 83,392 ETH ($204 million) at an average price of $2,450
As of now, its holdings stand at 173,000 ETH ($406 million) and 4,000 cbBTC ($295 million), with an unrealized loss of $94.64 million. The average cost basis is $2,667 for ETH and $73,837 for cbBTC.
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