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Garrett Jin lifts ZEC long to 46,013 tokens ($19.3M) with $950K loss while retaining 1,268 BTC long position showing $14.86M drawdown.

Whale opens 54,986 SPCX long at $9.09M with 5x leverage plus 320.74 BTC short at $20.4M 25x showing $1.18M floating profit.

James Wynn closes BTC SOL shorts for $6.4K profit then opens max leverage longs on 6.05 BTC and 5.3 ETH as price sits at $61793 with MACD golden cross.

Whale closes $HYPE long at $2.047M loss then opens 682 BTC short at 40x with $680K floating loss as BTC trades at $63831.66.

Machi liquidated 7 times in 2 days, opens 25x long on 400 ETH with new liquidation price at $1,834 amid ETH price at $1,861.

ETH whale revives after 4 months to open 12,902 ETH long at 25x leverage worth $25.87M with $1,966.83 liquidation as price sits at $2,010.86.

Garrett Jin boosts BTC long to 1,268 BTC valued at $94M with $2.57M profit while holding ZEC short amid bearish 4h technicals.

Machi deposits $287,913 USDC into HyperLiquid boosting 6,325 ETH long to $13M with losses exceeding $33M as ETH trades at $2081 amid bearish 4h structure.

SPCX whale opens 5,151-token short worth $1.07M with 3x leverage and $250.41 liquidation, highlighting SPCX price prediction moves.

HYPE whale opens 180,000-token long at $7.78M with 10x leverage and $32.8 liquidation as price holds $43.31 above EMA50 support.

Loraclexyz flips $CBRS short from $1.3M loss to $584K gain amid volatile crypto markets, highlighting leveraged trading risks in 2026.

Suspected insider bets big on LDO with 5x leverage on 5.57M tokens worth $5.16M, following $2.27M APE gain, amid bullish LDO price prediction trends.

Whale 0xa87 bets big with 7,000 ETH long at 20x leverage worth $16.34M, following $1.9M BTC profit amid bearish ETH trends.

According to @OnchainLens on Jan 19, 2026 via X, a single whale realized $4.21M in losses after liquidating $ASTER and $ETH positions and closing an $AVNT long, source @OnchainLens. According to @OnchainLens, the loss breakdown was $3.74M on $ASTER, $250,010 on $ETH, and $223,429 on $AVNT, source @OnchainLens. According to @OnchainLens, the same wallet then opened a 25x $ETH long worth $11.18M that is currently showing a $138K unrealized loss, with wallet details referenced in the CoinMarketMan Hypertracker link shared by @OnchainLens, source @OnchainLens and CoinMarketMan Hypertracker.

According to Lookonchain, wallet 0xD835 opened a new 40x short on 323 BTC with $30M notional on Hyperliquid, signaling an aggressive high-leverage stance, source: Lookonchain. According to Lookonchain, the same trader’s ETH short currently shows over $1.83M in unrealized profit, source: Lookonchain. According to Lookonchain, three days earlier the trader deposited 3M USDC into Hyperliquid and used maximum leverage to short 18,261 ETH worth $60.32M and 1,845 XMR worth $1.27M, source: Lookonchain. According to Lookonchain, the ETH short liquidation price is $3,380, which defines the key risk threshold for the position, source: Lookonchain.

According to @BitMEXResearch, the @ethena_labs dashboard estimates $21.6 billion in ETH perpetual futures open interest. Source: @BitMEXResearch @BitMEXResearch notes the dashboard excludes a reported $13.4 billion from Websea and describes that Websea figure as probably nonsense. Source: @BitMEXResearch Traders tracking ETH derivatives should note that totals vary by data source and whether Websea is included. Source: @BitMEXResearch

According to @KobeissiLetter, Bitcoin (BTC) fell nearly $3,000 within about 45 minutes as approximately $70 million in leveraged long positions were liquidated, indicating a rapid leverage-driven drawdown within the session, source: @KobeissiLetter. For traders, the reported long-liquidation wave can amplify intraday downside momentum and raise short-term execution risk during volatility spikes, source: @KobeissiLetter.

According to @OnchainLens, a single whale deposited and sold 255 BTC on HyperLiquid for USD 21.77 million in USDC, source: @OnchainLens. Later, the same wallet opened BTC and ETH short positions on HyperLiquid with 10x leverage totaling USD 77.4 million in notional value, source: @OnchainLens. The open shorts consist of 876.27 BTC valued around USD 76 million and 372.78 ETH valued around USD 1 million, source: @OnchainLens; CoinMarketMan HyperTracker.

According to @lookonchain, a whale labeled Anti-CZ holds a 59,733 ETH long (~$168.7M) with liquidation levels at $2,807.02 and $2,729.19, source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2001823363958989063; https://legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0x9eec98D048D06D9CD75318FFfA3f3960e081daAb. He also holds a 565,557 HYPE long (~$12.5M) with liquidation at $22.1972, source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2001823363958989063; https://legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0xbadbb1de95b5f333623ebece7026932fa5039ee6. The trader’s profit reportedly fell from nearly $100M to $11.4M, indicating heightened liquidation risk if ETH or HYPE price tests these thresholds, source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2001823363958989063. Traders can monitor ETH near $2,807/$2,729 and HYPE near $22.1972 for potential forced unwinds of this account, source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2001823363958989063; https://legacy.hyperdash.com.