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Whales liquidated while others buy the ETH dip

Leveraged traders on Hyperliquid are taking heavy losses, while on-chain data shows several large wallets accumulating ETH near $1,950.

Ether (ETH/USDT)
$1,831 −4.5% · 3 mo
$1,711$2,259$2,80718 Aug2 Oct 2615 NovThis story
Daily candles (UTC). Source: Binance.
$125.27MLarge wallet ETH buy, 63,540 ETH
$60.88MSecond large ETH buy, 31,484 ETH
$26.7MCombined losses on one whale's longs

Confirmed

  • On-chain data shows large wallets accumulating ETH near $1,950
  • Large wallets bought 63,540 ETH at an average of $1,972

Not yet known

  • Unconfirmed: who controls the large wallets buying ETH
  • Whether leveraged losses on Hyperliquid will grow
  • Whether the Bored Ape sale was made to fund leveraged trades

What we know

On-chain data shows one trader liquidated seven times in 10 hours for 172 BTC ($11.03M) and 2,984 ETH ($5.44M), and another whale's longs are down a combined $26.7M. In contrast, on-chain data shows wallets linked to Erik Voorhees spent $125.27M on 63,540 ETH at an average of $1,972, and 7 Siblings spent $60.88M on 31,484 ETH. One notable trader sold a Bored Ape for 7.3 ETH, a $204K loss, to fund leveraged trades.

Prediction market

Will Ethereum dip to $1,700 in November?

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What people are posting

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@lookonchain

“Trader 0xc05b got liquidated 7 times in the past 10 hours”

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@inversebrah

“Wallets linked to @ErikVoorhees spent $125.27M to buy 63,540 $ETH”

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By the Global Eye 24 desk, with AI assistance. Updated as the story develops. Spot an error? Write to corrections@globaleye24.com.