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Bitcoin Whale Hunt: $521 Million Target

Crypto Whale’s $521 Million Bitcoin Short Faces Liquidation Threat

  • A crypto whale has placed a $521 million short position on Bitcoin with 40x leverage.
  • If Bitcoin rises by 1.75% from $84,108 to $85,591, the position will be liquidated.
  • The whale initially opened the position when Bitcoin was at $83,485.
  • Pseudonymous trader Cbb0fe is attempting to raise Bitcoin’s price to force liquidation.
  • The whale has an unrealized loss of $630,000 due to Bitcoin’s recent price increase.

A crypto whale’s heavily leveraged short on Bitcoin faces potential liquidation if the cryptocurrency’s price rises slightly. The trader Cbb0fe is actively trying to push up the price to trigger this outcome. Currently, the whale’s position shows an unrealized loss of $630,000 as Bitcoin prices fluctuate.

Source (2.6)https://decrypt.co/310220/crypto-traders-hunting-521-million-bitcoin-whale?rand=52368
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