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HYPE’s Biggest Short Seller, Loracle, Unlocks $50.8 Million in Spot Today: Will It Dump, or Is It Forced to Cover Its Shorts?

The biggest short-seller of HYPE, “Trader Loracle,” will unlock 893,000 HYPE tokens—worth approximately $50.8 million—from its staked holdings in the next 7 hours. This represents the largest single unlock by this whale recently. Its total staked balance stands at roughly 2,009,000 HYPE, valued at approximately $120 million. Over the past month, this whale has already unlocked HYPE twice, totaling 1,115,000 tokens (valued at ~$63.51 million). According to traceable on-chain records, it sold 557,000 HYPE—worth approximately $33.35 million—on May 21, the same day HYPE first broke its all-time high.

Garret Jin increases BTC 5x long position to $92.38 million, currently facing an unrealized loss of $4.098 million

according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Garret Jin has increased his BTC 5x long position to 1268.33 coins, valued at $92.38 million, with an opening price of $76,117. He currently has an unrealized loss of $4.098 million; his ZEC short position currently has an unrealized profit of $5.82 million, and his overall account remains profitable. Garret Jin had previously opened BTC and ETH short positions worth over $1.1 billion just before the 1011 flash crash, generating profits exceeding $160 million; in December last year, he opened long positions for BTC, ETH, and SOL worth up to $700 million, which were later liquidated in a single day, resulting in a loss of $230 million.

BIT-linked whale opens $36.5M BTC long position

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale associated with BIT created a new account and deposited 5 million USDC, then opened a 20x leveraged long position of 500 BTC, with a position value of approximately $36.5 million.

After launching WORLD, James Wynn allegedly withdrew liquidity, earning approximately 3.2 SOL.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), James Wynn (@JamesWynnReal) recently launched the token WORLD, after which a suspected pool-rug pull was executed. The associated address profited approximately 3.2 SOL, worth roughly $260.

pension-usdt.eth closed its long ETH position, realizing a profit of $1.13 million and achieving 21 consecutive wins.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the swing-trading whale “pension-usdt.eth” — which had held ETH short positions at a loss for nearly two months — closed its position today, ultimately realizing a profit of $1.13 million and extending its winning streak to 21 consecutive trades. The whale currently still holds 1,000 BTC, valued at approximately $73 million, with an unrealized loss of roughly $4.98 million.

The largest ETH long position on Hyperliquid has an unrealized loss of $33.86 million, exceeding twice the initial margin.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, ETH’s price temporarily retreated to around $2,000. On Hyperliquid, the largest ETH long position—held by the “BIT-affiliated whale”—saw all four addresses under its control simultaneously incur unrealized losses, totaling $33.86 million. Based on its estimated entry capital of approximately $16.5 million, the current unrealized loss has already exceeded the position’s initial capital by more than double.

Largest liquidation across all platforms: This downturn triggered the liquidation of two whales’ positions totaling $47.2 million—losses far exceeding those of the “frequent liquidation visitor” Maji.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the market experienced a short-term decline, and “Ma Ji” (Licheng Huang), an account frequently appearing on liquidation lists during each major market downturn, saw another 3,520 ETH long positions liquidated—valued at $7.07 million—nearly wiping out the entire account.

14.981 million GUA tokens unlocked and subsequently sold off, causing the token price to plunge by as much as 75%

According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), 9 hours ago, 14.981 million GUA tokens were unlocked and transferred from the unlock contract; valued at approximately $15.18 million at the time of unlocking. Subsequently, all of these GUA tokens were sold on-chain, causing GUA’s price to plummet by 75%. These GUA tokens were ultimately swapped for 2,784 ETH—worth roughly $5.66 million—and deposited into three wallets.

Brother Machi’s ETH long position was liquidated again, with total losses exceeding $4 million in the past 30 days

according to crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684xtpa, Brother Machi was liquidated on 5,950 ETH long positions 20 minutes ago, with this liquidation resulting in a loss of approximately $555,000. The total losses from the entire round of ETH long trading amount to approximately $1.095 million.Ai Yi stated that this is Brother Machi’s second liquidation in 10 days, with the previous liquidation resulting in a loss of about $467,000. Data shows that his cumulative losses over the past 30 days have reached $4.009 million.

Value $8.67 million: 3 new wallets, possibly belonging to a whale, withdrew 4,303 ETH from Kraken

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 4 hours ago, 3 newly created wallets, possibly belonging to a whale, withdrew 4,303 ETH from Kraken, valued at $8.67 million.

ShapeShift’s “mysterious whale” bought 668 ETH within one hour, spending approximately $1.35 million.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the address dubbed the ShapeShift “mysterious whale” purchased 668 ETH in the past hour, spending approximately $1.35 million. The whale currently holds a total of 139,882 ETH, valued at roughly $281.73 million.

Whale Buys Another $1.35 Million in ETH in One Hour, Holdings Exceed $280 Million

according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the "ShapeShift mysterious whale" has purchased another 668 ETH, worth approximately $1.35 million, in the past hour.Currently, the whale holds a total of 139,882 ETH, valued at approximately $281.7 million, and may continue to increase its ETH holdings.

ETH Band Whale nemorino.eth Liquidates ETH Position, Incurs $480,000 Loss

According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the two-day ETH swing trade by the whale nemorino.eth concluded 8 hours ago, resulting in a loss of approximately $480,000. The average purchase price was around $2,117.46 per ETH, while the average selling price was approximately $2,056.86 per ETH—yielding a loss of roughly $60.60 per ETH.

a16z-affiliated entity buys another $15.03 million worth of HYPE, withdrawing over 250,000 tokens in the past 7 hours

: According to monitoring by crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684xtpa, after a five-day pause, an entity linked to a16z has resumed its large-scale accumulation of HYPE.Data shows that over the past 7 hours, this entity has withdrawn a total of 253,947.43 HYPE from multiple exchanges and market maker addresses, valued at approximately $15.03 million, with an average withdrawal price of around $59.2.Currently, HYPE has retraced about 10% from its all-time high, now trading at $58.13.

Suffering a $40.29 million loss, Trend Research transfers remaining 2.705 million UNI and 114,000 COMP to Binance to complete liquidation

According to monitoring by Yu Jin, Trend Research (0xfa9...EB58), a secondary investment firm under boss Jackyi_ld, transferred the remaining 2.705 million UNI and 114,000 COMP to Binance an hour ago. These tokens are valued at $8.71 million and $2.13 million, respectively. The firm has now fully liquidated its positions in UNI and COMP, realizing a loss of $40.29 million. Trend Research had purchased 5.41 million UNI at an average price of $9.5 and 228,700 COMP at an average price of $49.3 during last July's market rebound. It sold UNI at an average price of $3.3 and COMP at an average price of $19.4 in May this year.

Pump transferred another $8.32 million worth of SOL to Kraken, with cumulative fee sales revenue reaching $791 million

According to Odaily, crypto analyst Yujin @EmberCN reported that Pump transferred another 100,628 SOL, worth approximately $8.32 million, to Kraken one hour ago.Yujin noted that since Pump resumed transferring fee revenue to exchanges 10 days ago, it has been continuously conducting SOL transfer operations. Data shows that from the beginning of 2024 to the present, Pump has sold approximately 4.54 million SOL from fee revenue, with a total value of around $791 million, at an average selling price of approximately $174.

Avoided liquidation of 12,600 newly opened ETH short positions; Machi’s ETH long positions were partially liquidated again

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the whale Evaded (@ICanPlug) has opened a new 25x-leveraged short position on 12,600 ETH and continues holding a 30x-leveraged short position on BTC; its current unrealized profit exceeds $1.6 million. Meanwhile, Machi’s (@machibigbrother) 25x-leveraged long position on ETH has again suffered partial liquidation; it remains open but is now down over $33.39 million, nearing its next liquidation threshold.

A dormant whale deposited 3,466 ETH—worth approximately $7 million—into Kraken.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale address that had been dormant for two years has deposited 3,466 ETH—worth approximately $7 million—into Kraken.

The U.S. government transferred approximately $4.556 million of seized FTX/Alameda funds into Coinbase.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the U.S. government has transferred approximately $1.9 million worth of assets and 2.656 million DAI—seized from FTX/Alameda—to Coinbase. The transferred assets include UNI, RNDR, SAND, MASK, AXS, and APE.

Google security engineer arrested and charged with insider trading on Polymarket

Odaily News Court documents released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York reveal that Google security engineer Michele Spagnuolo has been arrested and charged with using material non-public information to place bets on Polymarket related to Google user search results. According to the court documents, Spagnuolo used internal Google tools to track the list of the most searched-for individuals in 2025 and transferred approximately 3.8 million USDC to a Polymarket address. His associated account, AlphaRaccoon, placed bets on D4vd becoming one of the most searched-for individuals in late November just hours after accessing the internal tools. The documents further allege that AlphaRaccoon transferred 5 million USDC.e from a Polymarket account to a wallet, and subsequently moved the funds through exchange services and privacy tools, with some of the funds ultimately ending up in an account at a payment processing institution in Italy. Spagnuolo is accused of profiting over $1.2 million from these transactions and currently faces charges of commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.