WhaleOct 16, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC#BTC

Hyperliquid whale buys $4.08M BTC, now short $10.17M at 40x leverage

Wallet 0xec4a…cf62 just filled a $4.08M BTC buy at 81,633.6.

Wallet 0xec4a6f59960fb55a7fa49262e2628687b322cf62 just filled an aggressive buy order worth $4.08M on Hyperliquid's BTC-PERP, at an average price of $81,633.6.

Position after the trade

Side: SHORT
Size: $10.17M
Leverage: 40x
Average entry: 81,457.9
Liquidation price: 98,682.5

Wallet margin balance: $1.09M.

Context: BTC is down 0.92% in 24 hours, funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.38B.

See this wallet's trade history on Hyperliquid Explorer: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/explorer/address/0xec4a6f59960fb55a7fa49262e2628687b322cf62

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Hyperliquid whale buys $4.08M BTC, now short $10.17M at 40x leverage

Position after the trade

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