Top Whale Watch: "BTC OG Insider Whale" Turns Loss into Gain After Holding Position for 20 Days, "ZEC Largest Short" Recently Loses $11.6 Million

Jan 4 — Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring, key crypto whale accounts on Hyperliquid have posted notable position shifts: the “BTC OG Insider Whale” turned profitable, the “Meme Army Frontman” boosted its LIT short to $10M, and the “ZEC Largest Short” trimmed unrealized gains sharply. Details below: ### **BTC OG Insider Whale** Turned profitable this morning, with **total unrealized gains of $1.5M**. - Core holding: ETH long (unrealized loss $59k, -0.05%; avg price $3,147; position size ~$640M). - Primary gain driver: SOL long (gain $1.8M; avg price $130). - Total account size: ~$799M → Top long holder for ETH, BTC, SOL on Hyperliquid. ### **CZ Counterparty** Total unrealized losses narrowed to **$12.43M**. - ETH long: ~$2.46M unrealized loss; position size ~$179M; avg price $3,190. - XRP long: ~$78.96M position size; $10.03M unrealized loss. - Status: Largest XRP long holder; 2nd-largest ETH long holder on Hyperliquid. ### **ZEC Largest Short** Closed ~10% of its MON short overnight/morning (current size ~$11.59M; avg price $0.0281; unrealized loss $340k). - Key shifts: ETH short’s unrealized gains dropped sharply; ZEC short’s unrealized losses widened → **weekly loss of $11.64M**. - Total short size: ~$174M → Top short holder for ETH, ZEC, MON on the platform. ### **Ultimate Short** Has not closed its BTC short to take profits recently. - BTC short: ~$45.5M position size; $10.25M unrealized gain. - Plan: Partial close at $76,200 via take-profit order. - Additional: 100x leveraged long on XYZ derivatives (~$5.02M position size). ### **Meme Army Frontman** Steadily increased LIT short position lately. - LIT short: ~$10.17M position size; avg price $2.70; unrealized gain $230k. - Today: Added to XPL/PUMP shorts → **total position size ~$37.67M**. - Status: Largest LIT short holder on Hyperliquid.