On-Chain Evening Review: Whales Frequently Rebalance, Reconfiguring Risk Exposure to Mainstream and Altcoins

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-12T12:30:08+00:00

On January 12th, Hyperinsight detected whale activity in the market. The bullish camp reduced their BTC long positions and closed positions for profit, while the bearish camp increased their holdings of various altcoins and opened short positions on BTC. Currently, the account is performing well.

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2026-01-12 12:30:08

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On January 12, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the following are the movements of popular whales with new position adjustments from 10:00 to 20:00 today:
Bullish camp:

“Lightning Reversal” whale continues to reduce BTC long positions, still holding 16.96 BTC with 20x leverage.
“Strategy Opponent” long positions are closed at breakeven after retracement, with the position size temporarily reduced by approximately $80 million.
“Two Wins in a Row” whale closed 140 BTC long positions, making a profit of $207,000.

Bearish camp:

“200 Million Wave Hunter” increased short positions on BNB, HYPE, DOGE, XPL, and PUMP, a basket of altcoins, currently with an unrealized profit of $7.43 million.
“30 Times Longs Fail Repeatedly” whale reversed to open short positions on BTC and quickly rolled over, with a position size exceeding $9.15 million.

BTC1,03%

BNB-0,18%

HYPE-3,36%

DOGE0,18%

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