「Silver Squeeze Air Force」 Shorts $45 Million Worth of Silver, Faces $4.46 Million in Unrealized Losses

On January 27th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the trader dubbed the "High-Frequency Shorting Pioneer" (address: 0x3bcae) closed an 85.44 BTC short position at 12:12 UTC, incurring a $26,000 loss. As of now, the account holds an unrealized loss of $78,000. This address operates a high-frequency multi-asset strategy with strict risk controls, and has accumulated total profits of $2.108 million since its launch.

On January 27, data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (link: https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN) and Coinglass shows that following short-term price surges in BTC and ETH at 4:00 PM and 11:00 PM yesterday, the "Air Force Commander" address (0xd83) faced another liquidation exceeding $100 million, totaling $120 million. The largest single liquidation amount was $38.8 million—marking the biggest single liquidation across the network in the past 24 hours. ### Key Liquidation Details by Position - **40x BTC short positions**: Liquidated ~277.5 BTC at 4:00 PM and ~346 BTC at 11:00 PM yesterday, totaling ~$55.74 million. Current position size: ~$61.42 million; liquidation price: $90,150. - **25x ETH short positions**: Liquidated ~10,600 ETH and ~13,300 ETH over the same period, totaling ~$69.95 million. Current position size: ~$47.90 million; liquidation price: $3,007. - **PEPE short positions**: Total liquidation: ~$7.37 million. Current position size: ~$4.04 million. ### Backgrou

On January 27th, decentralized exchange Ostium Labs announced the launch of Uranium perpetual contracts on its platform, further expanding the spot asset trading offerings on its Perp DEX.

As of January 27, per Farside’s data, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs snapped five straight days of outflows yesterday, recording a modest net inflow of $6.8 million. BlackRock’s BIT was the standout, with a net inflow of $15.9 million.

**January 27 –** A whale has closed a 37,224.87 xyz:SILVER (Silver Mapping Contract) short position, incurring a $305,000 loss, per monitoring from analytics firm HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight). The account currently holds a $2.21 million floating loss. It uses a multi-currency diversified holding strategy, with single transactions often reaching multi-million-dollar sizes and frequent recent rebalancing.

On January 27, Felix Protocol — the trading protocol within the Hyperliquid ecosystem — announced the launch of spot stock trading, supporting over 100 U.S. stocks and ETFs. By tapping into off-chain liquidity via permissionless trading, the platform delivers low slippage and efficient on-chain execution.