Industry monitoring data shows that January 9th experienced significant market volatility. When BTC briefly dropped below the $90,000 mark, a widely watched whale address (0x94d) responded quickly — closing four long positions immediately afterward.
The actions of this address are quite interesting. Within one hour, it closed positions totaling $170 million. Its total holdings shrank from the original $352 million to $180 million.
Specifically, on the long side of BTC, the position was cut from $137 million to $31.27 million, with an average price around $90,100; ETH longs also fared poorly, retreating from $137 million to $100 million, with an average price of $3,092.
Even more interesting is the identity of this address. It only started building positions in December last year, with an initial account size of about $20 million. It then gradually increased holdings in mainstream coins like BTC and ETH. But note — it only opened short positions. This is completely opposite to strategies of listed companies that continuously buy large amounts of BTC, so the market nicknamed it "On-chain Opponent." This recent reduction in positions further confirms this role.
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UncleWhale
· 01-12 09:46
It's that whale causing trouble again. $170 million in one hour, and it just drops instantly. How cowardly is that?
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SmartContractPlumber
· 01-10 07:29
This whale's operational logic is quite clear, mainly setting up permission traps for the longs. But to be honest, for short-term hedging of such large positions, if risk control isn't detailed enough, it's easy to encounter issues like integer overflow... It depends on whether his contract deployment has been audited.
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LeekCutter
· 01-09 10:50
Damn, got dumped again, this whale really knows how to choose the timing
Bad news, this counterparty is operating again
$170 million was gone within an hour, this pace is incredible
Short sellers, is this wave a successful bottom-fishing? Or are they going to keep cutting us?
In just one month, starting from 20 million, they managed to reach 350 million, it's intense
This address probably has an insider, right?
Another short position, just waiting to laugh at our bulls
On January 9th, they directly trapped me, truly incredible
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TommyTeacher
· 01-09 10:50
It's that whale again, really always hitting the mark. I've had my eye on it for a long time.
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ImpermanentSage
· 01-09 10:48
This whale chickened out, running with 170 million. I thought it could bottom out.
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LightningPacketLoss
· 01-09 10:33
It's that 0x94d whale again, truly a market barometer.
This guy's counterparty is confirmed—selling 170 million in one hour, really daring to act.
BTC breaks 90,000 and then runs; looking at this reaction speed, faster than a robot. The question is, can we keep up?
Short positions built since December—this pace... I think retail investors must be so inexperienced to be able to hurt each other against such counterparties.
170 million USD, closing so aggressively, we need to think about how to proceed afterward.
Industry monitoring data shows that January 9th experienced significant market volatility. When BTC briefly dropped below the $90,000 mark, a widely watched whale address (0x94d) responded quickly — closing four long positions immediately afterward.
The actions of this address are quite interesting. Within one hour, it closed positions totaling $170 million. Its total holdings shrank from the original $352 million to $180 million.
Specifically, on the long side of BTC, the position was cut from $137 million to $31.27 million, with an average price around $90,100; ETH longs also fared poorly, retreating from $137 million to $100 million, with an average price of $3,092.
Even more interesting is the identity of this address. It only started building positions in December last year, with an initial account size of about $20 million. It then gradually increased holdings in mainstream coins like BTC and ETH. But note — it only opened short positions. This is completely opposite to strategies of listed companies that continuously buy large amounts of BTC, so the market nicknamed it "On-chain Opponent." This recent reduction in positions further confirms this role.