{"id":602543,"date":"2026-05-27T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=602543"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:26:59","slug":"ethereum-whale-bets-13m-on-eth-despite-33m-losses-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/ethereum-whale-bets-13m-on-eth-despite-33m-losses-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum whale bets $13M on ETH despite $33M losses &#8211; Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum [ETH] attracted renewed speculative attention after a trader expanded his 25x leveraged ETH long position to 6,325 ETH, valued near $13 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite facing unrealized losses of more than $33 million, the trader deposited an additional $287,913 USDC into HyperLiquid. This aggressive positioning highlighted growing conviction among derivatives traders, even as ETH continued to struggle below key resistance levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OnchainLens\/status\/2059429355672273120?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the move<\/a> also highlighted rising liquidation risk because extremely leveraged positions remained vulnerable during sharp volatility swings.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market participants increasingly monitored whether whale traders still expected a broader recovery structure from current levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the expanding position suggested confidence remained active despite Ethereum\u2019s prolonged consolidation phase and weakening higher timeframe structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bulls still dominate Binance positioning<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Binance top trader data continued reflecting strong bullish sentiment across perpetual markets despite Ethereum\u2019s recent weakness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At press time, long accounts represented 78.38% of total trader positioning, while short accounts remained near 21.62%, pushing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/TopTrader\/Binance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long\/Short Ratio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> toward 3.63.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The imbalance showed leveraged traders still heavily favored upside continuation instead of preparing for a broader correction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, crowded long positioning historically increased downside liquidation risks whenever volatility intensified around major resistance levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, persistent bullish positioning suggested institutional and high-frequency participants still anticipated recovery attempts toward higher resistance zones despite deteriorating short-term price structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602550\" style=\"width: 2091px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-602550\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2091\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953.png 2091w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-1024x246.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-1536x369.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-2048x492.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-063953-1200x288.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2091px) 100vw, 2091px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CoinGlass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Ethereum struggles below major resistance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum continued consolidating between the key $2,036 support and the $2,419 resistance zone throughout recent sessions.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price repeatedly defended the lower demand region while failing to establish stronger continuation above nearby recovery levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The daily chart reflected weakening structure after ETH rejected higher prices earlier this month near the upper resistance boundary.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, sellers still lacked enough strength to force a decisive breakdown below support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This range-bound structure increasingly reflected uncertainty across both spot and derivatives markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traders closely monitored whether ETH could reclaim the $2,419 resistance because such recovery would likely improve broader market sentiment.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otherwise, continued rejection below resistance could increase downside pressure toward the lower consolidation boundary again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directional Movement Index readings continued reflecting bearish control despite Ethereum\u2019s ongoing consolidation near support.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of writing, ADX climbed near 30 while the -DI indicator held around 25.58, remaining significantly above the +DI reading near 9.98.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The structure suggested bearish trend strength still dominated current price action even though ETH stabilized above critical support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602549\" style=\"width: 2114px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-602549\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41.png\" alt=\"Ethereum price action\" width=\"2114\" height=\"1157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41.png 2114w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-2048x1121.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ETHUSD_2026-05-27_09-23-41-1200x657.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2114px) 100vw, 2114px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Ethereum Funding Rates stay strongly positive<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At press time, Funding Rates remained firmly positive near 0.0162 as derivatives traders continued favoring long positioning across perpetual markets.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The metric climbed more than 55%, reflecting growing willingness among traders to pay premiums for maintaining bullish exposure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such conditions usually appeared when speculative confidence strengthened despite uncertain price structure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, persistently elevated Funding Rates also increased the probability of volatility-driven liquidations whenever price momentum weakened sharply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market participants increasingly evaluated whether bullish derivatives positioning aligned with Ethereum\u2019s relatively weak technical structure near resistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602547\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-602547\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-scaled.png\" alt=\"Ethereum Funding Rates\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-320x180.png 320w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ethereum-Funding-Rates-All-Exchanges-12-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CryptoQuant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conclude, Ethereum continued attracting aggressive leveraged confidence despite unstable market structure and persistent bearish trend signals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Binance traders still heavily favored long exposure, while Funding Rates reinforced speculative optimism across derivatives markets.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, ETH remained trapped below the critical $2,419 resistance while DMI readings still favored sellers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If buyers reclaimed higher resistance levels, Ethereum would likely strengthen recovery conditions further.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otherwise, excessive leverage could increase the probability of another liquidation-driven correction toward lower support zones.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Final Summary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum traders continued increasing long exposure despite weakening higher timeframe trend structure.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ETH defended key support, though bearish DMI pressure still dominated broader market direction.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum traders stayed aggressively bullish despite bearish trend signals and mounting leveraged liquidation 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