THE WIRE · № 73938
Smart trader 0x2371, with a 100% win rate and $9.26M in total profit, is trading again! After the market dropped, he opened a 20x long on 12,000 $ETH ($29.88M) and is now sitting on an unrealized profit of $626K.
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
A high-win-rate trader opening a large 20x ETH long after a drop signals confidence in near-term ETH recovery, though it is one position.
Notable trader's ETH long hints at post-drop recovery bet
ETH price action and broader crypto sentiment
20x leverage could liquidate on further ETH decline
FULL DISPATCH
Smart trader 0x2371, with a 100% win rate and $9.26M in total profit, is trading again! After the market dropped, he opened a 20x long on 12,000 $ETH ($29.88M) and is now sitting on an unrealized profit of $626K. https://t.co/owY51Vvajx https://t.co/9oC45iiTy9
02 THE STORY SO FAR
THE RECORD, IN ORDER.
STANDALONE ITEM — NOT YET FOLDED INTO A DEVELOPING STORY.
03 WHO'S INVOLVED
ENTITIES ON FILE.
04 RECEIPTS
THE SOURCE RECORD.
1 SOURCES CONFIRMED05 PROPAGATION
WHAT THIS TOUCHES.
A gambler (or possibly a hacker) sold 262.78 $ETH for 643K $USDC and deposited it into Hyperliquid, then opened a 40x short on 305.51 $BTC ($25.4M) 40 minutes ago. Liquidation price: $84,086.032026-10-09 13:09 UTC
Oct 9 Update: Bitcoin ETFs: 1D NetFlow: -3,412 $BTC(-$282.91M)🔴 7D NetFlow: -6,747 $BTC(-$559.35M)🔴 Ethereum ETFs: 1D NetFlow: -38,576 $ETH(-$96.2M)🔴 7D NetFlow: -206,680 $ETH(-$515.41M)🔴2026-10-09 13:47 UTC
💤 💤 💤 💤 A dormant address containing 12,746 $ETH (31,737,809 USD) has just been activated after 10.2 years (worth 154,850 USD in 2016)!2026-10-10 00:53 UTC
3 wallets (possibly belonging to the same whale) deposited 2,903 $ETH ($7.22M) into Coinbase after over 9 years of inactivity. When these wallets received the $ETH 9 years ago, the price was only $9.9. They are now sitting on a $7.19M profit, with a 250x return.2026-10-10 01:51 UTC
AguilaTrades(@AguilaTrades) got liquidated 10 minutes ago! AguilaTrades got wrecked on both sides! He lost $331K going long on $BTC, then flipped to short and got liquidated.2026-10-09 09:14 UTC
AguilaTrades(@AguilaTrades) returned to trading after more than 6 months of inactivity, only to get liquidated and lose $545K in just one day. Poor guy!2026-10-09 12:17 UTC
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