Been watching the largest whales on Hyperliquid flip to aggressively long over the past couple months and it's actually tracking with price action pretty well. They went from net short to their most bullish positioning since early spring, right around when Bitcoin started climbing toward $80k. These biggest traders typically move first - their spot moves tend to lead by days or weeks, not follow.



What caught my attention is the funding setup underneath. We're sitting on 47 straight days of negative funding rates, which is wild - shorts keep bleeding money to maintain positions while longs collect. That's the exact technical setup that sparks short squeezes when spot price breaks higher. Current funding at -0.13% on a weekly basis just reinforces the pressure building.

With macro tailwinds (stocks at record highs, yields easing) and these largest whales holding heavy longs into a potential breakout, the next move could get messy fast. Either these positions print massive or they unwind just as hard. Price action around $81k will probably tell us which way this goes in the coming days.
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