Two whales plan to short $42.2 million worth of HYPE.

Arthur Hayes published a post noting that his Maelstrom Fund is currently at "maximum risk exposure", with core bets on Bitcoin, Ether, Ethena, and Ether.fi. Hayes argues that whether U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent increases U.S. dollar liquidity rapidly or gradually, Bitcoin will keep rising, though market volatility will also spike. As such, he advises against using leverage unless one is a full-time trader. Hayes also pointed out that Bessent’s recent move to expand long-term U.S. Treasury repurchase operations could further boost U.S. dollar liquidity, lifting Bitcoin and other risk assets. He projects that if U.S. Treasury yields approach 5% again, the U.S. Treasury may further expand repurchase volumes or take other steps to increase U.S. dollar liquidity.

According to official announcements, Binance Alpha will be the first to list Teller (TELLER) on August 26. Eligible users can visit the Binance Alpha event page to claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points once trading opens, with specific airdrop details to be announced later.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, Bitcoin mining firm Metaplanet deposited 1,000 BTC into Coinbase Prime an hour ago, valued at roughly $79.77 million. Earlier, the company purchased 43,000 BTC at an average price of $96,191, totaling approximately $3.48 billion.

According to monitoring by @EmberCN, 10 minutes ago, Longling Capital transferred 65 million WLFI tokens to Binance, valued at approximately $3.79 million based on the price at that time.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, "Maji" (@machibigbrother) was once liquidated to the point where his account held less than $60,000. His account balance has since surged nearly 200 times, and he has opened long positions worth $113 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), including 23,350 ETH valued at $59 million and 668 BTC worth $54 million.

According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), BTC is currently trading at around $80,840, up roughly 4.3% over the past 24 hours. The whale address starting with 0x6046, which opened a large short position yesterday, is now approximately 2.5% away from its liquidation line, making it the largest address on Hyperliquid closest to liquidation at present. The whale shorted 559.4 BTC in batches last night, with an average entry price of $79,318.4. The current value of the short position stands at around $45.218 million, with an unrealized loss of about $851,000, translating to a -38.4% return. It is using 20x full leverage, with a current liquidation price of roughly $82,896.5. A further ~$2,057 (or 2.5%) rise in BTC from its current price would trigger liquidation. As of press time, the whale has not set public stop-loss, take-profit, or position-reduction orders, and still holds the full 559.4 BTC short position. This address is the first active account on Hyperliquid. Yesterday evening, it first received approximately 992,000 USDC from an address starting with 0x6b9e, and began shorting BTC roughly one and a half minutes after the deposit arrived. It later added around 1.6 million USDC as margin in two separate top-ups, accumulating a total of about $2.592 million in capital.