On-chain Evening Review: Whales Adjust Positions Showing Defensive Stance, Short Positions Rise

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-22T12:27:29+00:00

On January 22,, HyperInsight detected whale rebalancing activities: in the bullish camp, one whale closed BTC and ETH long positions to break even, while another whale liquidated BTC longs to cut losses, with a weekly loss of $1.31 million; in the bearish camp, a certain strategy increased DASH short positions to become the largest short position, while a whale closed ETH longs with a profit of $216,800.

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2026-01-22 12:27:29

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On January 22, according to HyperInsight monitoring, the hot whale movements with new rebalancing from 10:00 to 20:00 are as follows:
Bullish camp: A certain whale closed its BTC and ETH long positions opened this morning at breakeven. The total position size previously was approximately $58.9 million.
“30 times long, repeatedly failing” — the whale liquidated and stopped loss on BTC longs, with a weekly loss of $1.31 million.
Bearish camp: “Strategy opponent” increased DASH short positions, shorting 107,986.36 DASH with 5x leverage. Currently, this is the largest DASH short on Hyperliquid.
“Lightning counter” whale closed ETH long positions, with a profit of $216,800.

BTC-1,14%

ETH-2,33%

DASH3,48%

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