Major Crypto Whales Suffer Over $900M in Liquidations as ETH and BTC Drop

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Over the weekend, Bitcoin fell below $75,000 and Ethereum dropped under $2,400, causing major crypto whales to suffer over $900 million in liquidations. The "BTC OG Insider Whale" lost $270 million in two weeks after over $700 million in ETH and SOL positions were liquidated. The "CZ Counterparty Whale" lost $50.46 million in ETH and XRP, wiping out $260 million in long positions. Short-sellers like the "Ultimate Bear" and "Altcoin Bear Leader" both made solid gains, with the latter cutting short exposure from $40 million to $12.8 million. Traders are now watching key support and resistance levels as value investing in crypto faces renewed tests.

BlockBeats News, on February 2nd, according to... Coinbob Hot Address Monitoring Bitcoin dropped to $75,000 over the weekend, and ETH fell below $2,400. The "bullish" whale camp on-chain has been almost completely wiped out, suffering heavy losses; while the whales focused on shorting have been continuously taking profits, reaping substantial gains. The specific data is as follows:


"BTC OG Insider Whale": On-chain ETH and SOL largest long positions have been completely liquidated, with liquidation amount exceeding $700 million. The cumulative loss in the past two weeks is approximately $270 million, and the address has incurred cumulative losses of over $128 million since trading began in October.


"CZ Opponent Portfolio": Originally the second-largest ETH and largest XRP long position, its ETH and XRP long positions were liquidated consecutively over the weekend, resulting in losses of approximately $50.46 million. It had already been liquidated for $65.13 million last week, and now its $260 million long positions have been wiped out.


"Magic" Huang Li-cheng: Although an additional $390,000 in margin was added over the weekend, his long positions in HYPE and ETH were still liquidated, wiping out a position worth nearly $20 million. After briefly re-entering long positions in HYPE, he still incurred losses, and his account now holds less than $2,000.


"Ultimate Short Seller": BTC short positions have been significantly closed for profit-taking, generating approximately $9.68 million in profits over the weekend. The position size dropped from around $50 million to $14.4 million, with a current floating profit of $6.7 million (931%). Additionally, funding fee settlement gains amounted to roughly $10 million.


"Shanzhai Airforce Frontline": Taking large profits on multiple tokens, resulting in a significant reduction in short positions. The portfolio size has dropped from approximately $40 million to $12.8 million, with an overall floating profit of $7.7 million (147%). Currently, large short positions are still held in LIT, PUMP, and ASTER.


"Paul Wei": The current BTC long position is floating at a loss of about 16%, with the position accounting for approximately 30% of the total capital. Most of the capital remains in pending orders, and the BTC long and short pending order range has been adjusted to between $72,700 and $80,800.

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