THE WIRE · № 73945
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: $84,086.03
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
A single 40x leveraged short of $25.4M signals large speculative positioning that can amplify downside if it triggers cascading liquidations.
Whale-sized 40x short adds near-term BTC downside pressure
BTC price approaching $84,086 liquidation level
Short squeeze could reverse and spike BTC higher
FULL DISPATCH
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: $84,086.03 https://t.co/2eFb2a3oDQ https://t.co/L3sCvr2FHQ https://t.co/2tzZisR6Hc
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.
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
Poor guy! 4 months ago, he bought 80 $BTC ($5.2M) at a low price of ~$65,000 and was sitting on a $1.38M profit. But a week ago, he bought a Ledger device from reseller CryptoBillis and deposited all 80 $BTC into it. Now he's lost everything.2026-10-09 15:46 UTC
A Year On, Bitcoin Languishes a Third Below its All-Time High. What’s Next For The Cryptocurrency?2026-10-09 15:49 UTC
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 1,656 $BTC (136,881,262 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown new wallet2026-10-09 17:49 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
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