On-Chain Evening Review: Spot and Contract Whales Are Moving in Opposite Directions, Leading to Divergence in Long and Short Structures

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-14T12:16:37+00:00

On January 14th, Hyperinsight detected whale rebalancing activity: a whale withdrew 12,000 ETH, with a total long position of 80,980 ETH; a swing whale closed a position of 20,000 ETH, earning $4,728,000. At the same time, a short whale opened a $73.9 million short position and increased holdings in BTC, LTC, and HYPE, with an unrealized loss of $1.15 million.

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2026-01-14 12:16:37

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On January 14, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the hot whale movements with new position adjustments from 10:00 to 20:00 are as follows:
Bullish camp: A certain whale withdrew 12,000 ETH from CEX (approximately $39.98 million), holding a total of 80,980 ETH (about $269.46 million). The swing whale “pension-usdt.eth” closed a 20,000 ETH long position, ultimately earning a profit of $4.728 million.
Bearish camp: The whale that “previously sold 255 Bitcoin” opened a $73.9 million short position. The “2000 million swing hunter” increased positions in BTC, LTC, and HYPE shorts, with an unrealized loss of $1.15 million.

ETH2,4%

BTC3,25%

LTC1,6%

HYPE11,86%

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