「Rug Pull Air Force Front-Running」 pre-halving pivot to defense, close out most short positions and add to HYPE hedge position
BlockBeats News, December 25th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the "Meme Coin Short Army Leader" has recently continued to adjust its short positions, shifting focus from shorting to defense. It has successively closed short positions in multiple coins such as ASTER, UNI, PUMP, and used the released margin to buy HYPE spot and open additional short positions for hedging, with the hedging position now increased to about $7.8 million.
In addition, this address has completely emptied its holdings in coins such as MON, ZEC, TRUMP within this week, and withdrew about $2 million 24 hours ago. Currently, its total holdings are around $23.08 million, apart from the HYPE hedge portfolio, mainly holding ETH shorts (about $4.94 million), ASTER shorts (about $3.78 million), and UNI shorts (about $3.04 million).
This address has recently been primarily focused on shorting, having completely closed 10 short positions since this month, adept at capturing meme coin volatility opportunities. Data shows that it has realized profits of about $7.1 million in the past 30 days, with a cumulative historical profit of $82.85 million.

BlockBeats News, December 25th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring data, during the Christmas holiday, most whales have not shown any new movements. The "BTC OG Insider Whale" has maintained a liquidation of over 40 million USD for a week. The "CZ Contrarian" whale has been longing ETH and XRP with a total liquidation approaching 30 million USD. Specific information is as follows:
"BTC OG Insider Whale": After increasing ETH and SOL long positions and flattening them on the 18th, there have been no further position adjustments. The overall account still maintains a liquidation of around 48.2 million USD. Currently, its main holding is an ETH long position with a liquidation of 41.21 million USD (-34%), an average price of 3147 USD, and a position size of approximately 603 million USD. It also holds BTC and SOL long positions with a liquidation, and the total position size is approximately 723 million USD, making it the top ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"CZ Contrarian": The current ETH long position has a liquidation of around 13.8 million USD (-122%), with a position size of about 168 million USD, an average price of 2947 USD, a liquidation price of 2669 USD, and a floating profit of 75,000 USD. In addition, it also holds an XRP long position with a position size of approximately 724.1 million USD and a liquidation of 16.59 million USD (-229%). There have been no position adjustments in the past week, and the total liquidation of the account is 30.42 million USD, making it the largest XRP long and the second largest ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"pension-usdt.eth": Currently holds a 3x leveraged ETH long position with a position size of approximately 88.32 million USD, an average price of 2967 USD, a liquidation price of 1662 USD, a liquidation of 700,000 USD, and is now the third largest ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"Ultimate Bear": Continues to cash out BTC short positions, with the current BTC short position size approximately 43.86 million USD, a floating profit of 12.02 million USD (548%), a liquidation price of 10.2 thousand USD, and a cumulative closing size of about 57 million USD this month. Stop-loss orders are currently set at 67.2 to 76.2 thousand USD.
"Paul Wei": The current BTC long position has a floating loss of about 2.9%, accounting for 12% of the total funds, with most of the funds still in pending orders. The BTC long-short order trigger range has been adjusted to 85.6 to 89.2 thousand USD. A profit of 3100 USD has been recorded since November 16.
“Copycat Air Force Frontman”: This address has recently focused on shorting, holding short positions in about 13 different coins including HYPE, ASTER, UNI, and ETH, with a total position size of around $23.05 million. Today, it continues to close multiple positions including XRP and PUMP, having recently closed out 8 different coins. In less than two months, it has realized a profit of $83.14 million through shorting multiple coins. It is currently still the largest on-chain ASTER short whale, with an average position price of $1.19, enjoying an unrealized gain of $2.72 million (366%).
Christmas Whale Watchlist: Top 3 ETH Holdings All Long in Loss, "BTC OG Insider Whale" Account Shows $49 Million Unrealized Loss
BlockBeats News, December 25th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring data, during the Christmas holiday, most whales have not shown any new movements. The "BTC OG Insider Whale" has maintained a liquidation of over 40 million USD for a week. The "CZ Contrarian" whale has been longing ETH and XRP with a total liquidation approaching 30 million USD. Specific information is as follows:
"BTC OG Insider Whale": After increasing ETH and SOL long positions and flattening them on the 18th, there have been no further position adjustments. The overall account still maintains a liquidation of around 48.2 million USD. Currently, its main holding is an ETH long position with a liquidation of 41.21 million USD (-34%), an average price of 3147 USD, and a position size of approximately 603 million USD. It also holds BTC and SOL long positions with a liquidation, and the total position size is approximately 723 million USD, making it the top ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"CZ Contrarian": The current ETH long position has a liquidation of around 13.8 million USD (-122%), with a position size of about 168 million USD, an average price of 2947 USD, a liquidation price of 2669 USD, and a floating profit of 75,000 USD. In addition, it also holds an XRP long position with a position size of approximately 724.1 million USD and a liquidation of 16.59 million USD (-229%). There have been no position adjustments in the past week, and the total liquidation of the account is 30.42 million USD, making it the largest XRP long and the second largest ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"pension-usdt.eth": Currently holds a 3x leveraged ETH long position with a position size of approximately 88.32 million USD, an average price of 2967 USD, a liquidation price of 1662 USD, a liquidation of 700,000 USD, and is now the third largest ETH long on Hyperliquid.
"Ultimate Bear": Continues to cash out BTC short positions, with the current BTC short position size approximately 43.86 million USD, a floating profit of 12.02 million USD (548%), a liquidation price of 10.2 thousand USD, and a cumulative closing size of about 57 million USD this month. Stop-loss orders are currently set at 67.2 to 76.2 thousand USD.
"Paul Wei": The current BTC long position has a floating loss of about 2.9%, accounting for 12% of the total funds, with most of the funds still in pending orders. The BTC long-short order trigger range has been adjusted to 85.6 to 89.2 thousand USD. A profit of 3100 USD has been recorded since November 16.
“Copycat Air Force Frontman”: This address has recently focused on shorting, holding short positions in about 13 different coins including HYPE, ASTER, UNI, and ETH, with a total position size of around $23.05 million. Today, it continues to close multiple positions including XRP and PUMP, having recently closed out 8 different coins. In less than two months, it has realized a profit of $83.14 million through shorting multiple coins. It is currently still the largest on-chain ASTER short whale, with an average position price of $1.19, enjoying an unrealized gain of $2.72 million (366%).