Major Crypto Whales Maintain ETH Longs, Short Positions Slightly Reduced

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Whale activity in trading indicates that ETH long positions remain untouched as of January 13, 2026, with the "BTC OG Insider Whale" holding $630 million in ETH, currently facing a 9% floating loss. The "Strategy Counterparty" has opened $141 million in new short positions. The "ZEC Largest Short Whale" has reduced its MON short positions and added UNI and WLFI. The "Altcoin Airforce Leader" has closed part of its LIT short positions and shifted to HYPE spot trading. Key support and resistance levels may be tested as whale positioning continues to shift.

BlockBeats News, January 13, according to... Coinbob Hot Address Monitoring It is shown that large ETH long whale accounts such as "BTC OG Insider Whale" still hold their long positions in major assets like ETH and have not rebalanced their portfolios for now. On the other hand, the "Strategy Counterparty" has significantly shifted toward short positions, opening new short positions amounting to approximately $141 million. Details are as follows:


"BTC OG Insider Whale": The account has an overall floating loss of $6.8 million. Its main position is long ETH, with a floating loss of $11.2 million (-9%), an average entry price of $3,147, and a position size of approximately $630 million. Currently, the main profit comes from its long SOL position, with a floating profit of $4.22 million (60%), an average entry price of $130, and a position size of approximately $70.8 million. The total position size of the account is currently about $790 million, making it the top long position holder for ETH and SOL on Hyperliquid.


"CZ's Short Position Board": Current ETH long position is floating at a loss of $5.7 million, with a total position size of approximately $176 million and an average price of $3,190. In addition, it holds a XRP long position with a total position size of about $79.54 million and a floating loss of $9.46 million. The total account position size is currently approximately $261 million, making it the largest XRP long position holder and the second-largest ETH long position holder on Hyperliquid.


"ZEC's Largest Short Seller": Again closed MON short positions and added short positions in UNI and WLFI. The current short position size in WLFI is approximately $2.02 million, with an average entry price of $0.169. Additionally, the short ETH position has a floating profit of $6.8 million, and the ZEC short position has a floating profit of $560,000. Currently, the total short position value in the account is approximately $171 million, making it the largest short position holder for both ETH and ZEC on the platform.


"Shanzhai Airforce Front": Partially closed LIT short positions last night and this morning, and reallocated the funds to buy HYPE spot tokens. The current short position size in LIT has decreased from $11 million to $8.9 million. This address remains the largest LIT short on Hyperliquid, with an average short price of $2.7. Additionally, its HYPE spot holdings amount to $8 million, and the total position size has dropped from $50 million to $47 million.


"pension-usdt.eth": No rebalancing has been done yet. The 3x leveraged long ETH position has a floating profit of $10,000. The current position size is $61.9 million, with an average entry price of $3,097 and a liquidation price of $1,611.


"Strategy Opponent Board": 487 profit-taking orders were densely placed in the SOL price range of approximately $136 to $138, totaling $4.86 million. This address significantly opened short positions in BTC, SOL, and ETH yesterday. The total short position size is currently $141 million, less than half of the previous long position size ($340 million). This morning, some of the profit-taking short positions in SOL have already been partially closed.

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