{"id":469892,"date":"2025-03-17T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=469892"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:24:08","slug":"bitcoin-whale-stirs-market-with-450m-short-position-on-hyperliquid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-whale-stirs-market-with-450m-short-position-on-hyperliquid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin whale stirs market with $450M short position on Hyperliquid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> whale on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/hyperliquid\/\">Hyperliquid<\/a> has stirred discussions over the weekend after placing a massive $450 million short position on the top crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the trader opened a highly leveraged short position in BTC perpetual futures that was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HODL15Capital\/status\/1901494917777514698\">initially valued<\/a> at over $300 million. The trade was executed with 40x leverage and a liquidation price of $85,290.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, <a href=\"https:\/\/hypurrscan.io\/address\/0xf3F496C9486BE5924a93D67e98298733Bb47057c\">data<\/a> from Hypurscan indicates that the trader currently holds a 5,022 BTC short position, worth around $420 million, with an unrealized profit of over $2 million. The liquidation price now sits above $86,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_469902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-469902\" style=\"width: 1560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-469902\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin Leverage\" width=\"1560\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-17-101553-1536x638.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1560px) 100vw, 1560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-469902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitcoin Whale Trader on Hyperliquid. (Source: Hypurrscan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyond Bitcoin, the trader also maintains a long, 5x leveraged position on 571,714 MELANIA tokens from US First Lady Melania Trumpy valued at $384,203.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, this isn't the first time this trader has drawn attention. Earlier this month, they made headlines after executing a 50x leveraged <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a> position, which <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/hyperliquid-hit-by-4-million-loss-after-whales-high-risk-trading-incident\/\">resulted in a $4 million loss for Hyperliquid. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The incident prompted the decentralized trading platform to reassess its risk management strategies by maintaining &#8220;healthier margin requirements and reducing the systemic impact of large positions with hypothetical market impact upon closing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Hunt down'<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1645\">The size of the short position sparked reactions across social media, with crypto trader CBB calling for a coordinated effort to counter the whale's position by driving Bitcoin's price higher.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1645\">A screenshot <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cbb0fe\/status\/1901293829715558513\">shared<\/a> by CBB hinted that <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tron\/\">Tron<\/a> founder <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/justin-sun\/\">Justin Sun<\/a> was among those attempting to force the trader into liquidation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1911\">However, despite a brief surge that pushed Bitcoin above $84,690 over the weekend, the strategy appeared to fail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1911\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Blokchchain analysis platform Lookonchain\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1901469533224968503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the BTC whale had quickly reinforced their position by adding $5 million in USDC in margin, which prevented their liquidation and strengthened the short trade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"2018\">Hours after, CBB <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cbb0fe\/status\/1901318796243050843\">admitted<\/a> defeat, stating that while the particular attempt failed, the broader contest was not over.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Bitcoin's price is trading above $84,000, which is up around 0.8% during the last 24 hours, according to <em>CryptoSlate's<\/em> data. If BTC continues its upward trajectory, the whale's position might suffer losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bitcoin whale on Hyperliquid has stirred discussions over the weekend after placing a massive $450 million short position on the top crypto. Over the weekend, the trader opened a highly leveraged short position in BTC perpetual futures that was initially valued at over $300 million. 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