「Buddy」 Partially Closes ETH Long Position, Account Total PnL $1.57M

**January 8th** Per data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the "Shiba Inu Whale Wallet" has continued adding to its ZEC short position over the past hour—adding roughly 2,024 coins (valued at ~$920,000) so far, with the position still growing. After this latest addition, the total value of the address’s ZEC short position now stands at $1.51 million, with an average entry price of ~$480 and an unrealized gain of ~$94,000. Additionally, the address has ramped up its BTC and DOGE short positions since last night into this morning. Its current BTC short position is ~$8.2 million (average entry: $91,800), while the DOGE short position totals ~$1.62 million (average entry: $0.147). Coinbob tracking shows the address has held short positions on over 20 meme coins since November. Starting with an initial position size of ~$20 million, its total position has swelled to $56.5 million through ongoing additions and new shorts. Over the past year, the address has accumulated over $80 m

On January 8, OnchainLens data shows that as markets declined, whale address 0x10a suffered a sharp downturn: - Its 10x-leveraged long positions in FARTCOIN and PUMP faced partial liquidation; - Its BTC long position was fully liquidated, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.69 million. In just two days, the address’s account balance swung from a $5.8 million profit to a roughly $1.87 million loss. The whale still holds FARTCOIN and PUMP long positions, with an unrealized loss of about $747,000—very close to liquidation again.

**January 8th** Per data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the whale that switched to a BTC long position with a 3.5 billion BTC (note: likely a translation/typo error, as 3.5 billion BTC is not feasible) holding has closed all 3,846 of its BTC long positions (valued at ~$350 million) in the past 4 hours, suffering a total loss of ~$3.6 million. The whale had entered the long position with an entry around $93,300. After closing, it withdrew the remaining $31.7 million in margin from its account. This address also holds 30,060 stETH tokens (valued at ~$97 million) and has ~$370 million in assets deposited on the Aave platform. Over the past few days, it deposited a total of $35.5 million into Hyperliquid, then established the 3,846 BTC long position yesterday—at one point, the position size hit ~$350 million, making it the largest BTC long position on the platform. ### Key adjustments for American English/breaking news style: 1. **Conciseness**: Shortened repetitive phra

January 8th Rumors have circulated that the Venezuelan government may secretly hold up to $60 billion in Bitcoin, but Mauricio Di Bartolomeo—co-founder of crypto firm Ledn, a Venezuela-based Bitcoin miner with longstanding industry ties—says the claim is rooted in speculation and secondhand information, lacking credible on-chain evidence. The rumors center on three key claims: that Venezuela swapped large-scale gold sales for Bitcoin in 2018, that some oil revenue was settled in Bitcoin or crypto, and that the government used confiscated or stolen mining rigs to mine the token. Di Bartolomeo acknowledges Venezuela did receive crypto in some oil transactions and has seized mining rigs, but emphasized there’s no credible proof the ~$2.7 billion from its 2018 gold sale was converted to Bitcoin. Alex Saab—the key figure in that 2018 deal, now Venezuela’s Industry and National Production Minister—was detained by the U.S. from 2020 to late 2023, when he was released as part of a pri

Jan. 8 — GMGN monitoring reveals a trader purchased the meme coin "114514" after its market cap topped $46 million, executing 12 transactions totaling $49,300 to open a position. Yesterday, after the coin’s market cap dropped below $3 million, the trader closed the position to cut losses — only recovering $2,894.79. The result: a $46,200 loss, representing a 93.77% erosion of initial capital.