Top Whale Watchlist: "BTC OG Insider Whale" Longs BTC Below Average Price, "Meme Coin Short Army Leader" Increases BTC Short to $8.2M

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On Jan 8, data from the **Coinbob Popular Address Monitor** (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN) reveals key updates on crypto whale positions across platforms (notably Hyperliquid): ### 1. BTC OG Insider Whale Total unrealized gains *shrank* from $27M to $7.8M. - **Main holding**: ETH long position ($4.8M gain, +3.7%; avg. $3,147; ~$660M size) - **BTC long**: Now underwater (avg. $91,500; ~$170k unrealized loss) - **Total position**: ~$806M; currently the **#1 long position holder** for ETH/BTC/SOL on Hyperliquid. ### 2. CZ Opponent’s Position ETH long *flipped from profit to loss*: ~$1.08M unrealized loss; ~$181M size (avg. $3,190). - Also holds XRP long (~$84.4M size; ~$4.62M unrealized loss) — now the **largest XRP long** and **2nd-largest ETH long** on Hyperliquid (no rebalancing yet). ### 3. ZEC Largest Short Continued realizing **MON short profits** (~$1.4M total) overnight/this morning, while adding to WLFI short (~$700k; avg. $0.169). - **ETH short**: Flipped from loss to gain (~$2.95M unrealized gain; ~$146M size; avg. $3,239) - **Total short position**: ~$183M; now the **largest short holder** for ETH/ZEC/MON on the platform. ### 4. Shiba Inu Air Force Leader Added to BTC/DOGE shorts overnight/this morning: - BTC short: $8.2M (avg. $91,800) - DOGE short: ~$1.62M (avg. $0.147) - Remains the **largest LIT short** on Hyperliquid (~$14.4M size; avg. $2.7; ~$1.9M unrealized loss). ### 5. pension-usdt.eth 3x-leveraged ETH short: ~$800k unrealized loss; ~$63.5M size (avg. $3,136; liquidation price: $4,547). ### 6. Strategy Opponent Whale Kept adding to FARTCOIN short (~$360k size). - **Main position**: BTC short (~$146M size; avg. $91,300; ~$220k floating loss) — now the **largest BTC bear whale** on Hyperliquid. - **Total account size**: ~$285M. All positions are tracked on Hyperliquid unless noted otherwise.

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