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<p>The $10 billion Hyperunit Whale, known for massive Bitcoin (BTC) trades, has begun to close their short positions after days of heavy bearish activity.</p>
<p>According to new data from Arkham Intelligence, the trader has closed out around $15 million worth of shorts, which has brought their open positions down to $478 million.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p>ARKHAM ALERT: $10B HYPERUNIT WHALE HAS STARTED CLOSING SHORTS<br><br>The $10B Hyperunit whale is currently reducing his shorts. He has currently closed out $15 Million of his shorts, leaving $478M of shorts currently open.<br><br>He is currently in unrealized profit of $11.8 Million on this… <a href="https://t.co/Sx59mAq0SL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/Sx59mAq0SL</a></p>— Arkham (@arkham) <a href="https://twitter.com/arkham/status/1978130766899888584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 14, 2025</a>
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<p>This was shortly after the whale earlier this week had expanded their shorts to $485 million, and earned roughly $22 million in unrealized profits.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p>THE $10B HYPERUNIT WHALE IS NOW SHORTING $485M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a><br><br>The $10B Hyperunit whale who made $200M shorting the market on Friday has now increased his shorts by $150M. <br><br>He is now short a total of $485M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> and is up $22M in unrealized PnL on this position.<br><br>Address:… <a href="https://t.co/GBHBr6D8ia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/GBHBr6D8ia</a></p>— Arkham (@arkham) <a href="https://twitter.com/arkham/status/1978102911247720822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 14, 2025</a>
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<p>According to on-chain data, the wallet linked to the whale with the tag “0xb317”, still holds $5.5 billions in crypto assets. The whale, who is now called “Trump Insider Whale” by online traders, has become a key talking point after earning nearly $200 million shorting Bitcoin during last week’s crash.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>At the same time, this also aligns with large Bitcoin deposits by BlackRock into Coinbase Prime that suggest that institutions may be fueling bearish sentiment. According to Lookonchain, BlackRock made a transfer of 704 BTC worth about $77.67 million, alongside 93,158 ETH worth $364 million, to Coinbase Prime.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p>BlackRock just deposited 93,158 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ETH</a>($364M) and 704 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a>($77.67M) to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoinbasePrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#CoinbasePrime</a>.<a href="https://t.co/qmuDIrP9my" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/qmuDIrP9my</a> <a href="https://t.co/SWeksmFNLS" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/SWeksmFNLS</a></p>— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1978065695649697911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 14, 2025</a>
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<p>This comes as Bitcoin’s price fell over 2% in the past 24 hours and currently trades for $114k, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinMarketCap</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to that, futures trading volume has jumped by 3.19% to $129.48 billion, while open interest dropped by 0.94% to $74.26 billion, according to <a href="https://www.coinglass.com/currencies/BTC/futures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Coinglass</a>. This in short, suggests that the market is under pressure, with traders closing positions amid high volatility.</p>
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Hyperunit Whale Closes Bitcoin Shorts, But $478M Still Open

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