BlockBeats report, March 20: According to Hyperinsight monitoring, over the past two days, Rune, co-founder of MakerDAO, associated address (0x30d3…) has established a short position in the S&P 500 mapping contract (SP500), increasing the position size to $4.66 million at an average price of $6,606; the position was opened yesterday.
At this point, the whale currently holds $13.6 million in long positions on crude oil (WTI and Brent crude) and $6.1 million in short positions on U.S. stock indices (Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500), for a total position size exceeding $20 million. Amid the ongoing escalation of geopolitical tensions, this strategy may aim to bet on a single macroeconomic thesis: that the economy will remain entrenched in a stagflationary cycle.