ChainCatcher reports that, according to Coinglass data, the whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform are currently valued at $3.01 billion. Long positions amount to $1.504 billion, accounting for 49.98% of the holdings, while short positions total $1.505 billion, making up 50.02%. The long positions have a profit and loss of -$150 million, and the short positions have a profit and loss of $246 million.
Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0…41 opened a 15x full position long on ETH at a price of $2,010.39, currently unrealized P&L is -$3.4497 million.
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