2025-12-08 06:23:23

After that flash crash near 1011 on Ethereum, a mysterious whale opened a short position. Now, their long position holdings have surpassed $170 million. During the recent pullback, this individual added another 30,000 ETH to their long position, showing a clear determination to keep increasing their stake.

Position changes of this magnitude in the market often trigger chain reactions. While retail investors can't fully replicate the moves of big players, this kind of information can at least help us gauge the expectations of major capital. That being said, copy trading should be approached with caution—after all, these whales may have hedging strategies or access to insider information, and what we see is only the tip of the iceberg.

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StealthMoon

· 2025-12-10 21:33

$170 million? Is this guy crazy? Dare to go all-in really. --- Wait, after the flash crash, still dare to chase 30,000 coins. Is this true faith or is there a black box? --- The tip of the iceberg, well said. Let's just stop blindly following and just observe. --- Both long and short positions have been opened, huh? This guy's strategy is really complicated. --- Adding so aggressively, could it be that a bottom signal has appeared? --- I just want to know what this guy's cost basis is. Can he sleep at night? --- Regarding the main force's movements, believing half of it is enough. --- How strong must one be to withstand the $170 million flash crash? If it were me, I'd have a heart attack.

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LuckyBearDrawer

· 2025-12-10 18:37

$170 million in long positions. This guy must either be a true believer or really wealthy. I bet on the second. --- Adding 30,000 more coins? This pace looks a bit intense, but let’s not think about copying strategies. They might be hedging ten times, and we probably can’t understand it. --- Whenever these big players move, they often influence retail traders, but if you follow along, you’re just a tool to be exploited. --- The mysterious big player has nothing to do with me. I’ll wait for the news to land before taking action. --- $170 million? Uh, I might never earn that amount in my lifetime haha. --- Adding 30,000 coins directly boosts the market. The technical aspect doesn’t say much; we’ll just see if they add more later. --- What we see is truly just the tip of the iceberg. Honestly, we’re just being played. --- Big players increasing long positions—are they genuinely bullish or just doing reverse arbitrage? I’ve thought about this all day and still can’t figure it out.

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InfraVibes

· 2025-12-08 09:58

$170 million in longs—Is this guy really crazy or just that bullish? --- Adding another 30,000? At this pace... that's some serious confidence. --- Just following position data? Wake up, they might have already hedged. --- Mysterious whale doubles down after a flash crash—now that logic I kind of get. --- Tip of the iceberg is right; we actually know nothing. --- $170 million—this account is really all-in. --- Watching others add to their positions is tempting, but when you actually follow, that's when you get liquidated. --- This guy probably has ten times more information than we do.

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SocialAnxietyStaker

· 2025-12-08 06:53

$170 million? This guy is really ruthless. I just wonder, where does he get so much capital? Should we just follow the whales when they increase their positions? Honestly, they might be hedging, so why should we follow blindly? This flash crash was indeed bizarre. Feels like someone was testing the market. Adding another 30,000 coins—he must be really bullish on ETH. I just bought the dip with 1. We need to change the mentality of following the whales. We can't afford to play their game.

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Ramen_Until_Rich

· 2025-12-08 06:52

A $170 million long position? Dude, that's insane. My little retail funds aren't even enough for their spare change. --- Adding 30,000 more coins? Are they really bullish or just playing mind games? --- The real worry is that they have hedges and we don't. By the time we jump in, we're just their bagholders. --- Just watch these whale moves for reference. Don't actually think you're the main player, haha. --- Who bought the dip during that 1011 flash crash? How are they doing now? --- Opening shorts and then adding longs—doesn't that logic seem a bit off... --- Increasing their position means what? It means they still have money, unlike us. --- That insider info comment is spot on. We really can't see through it.

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TokenTaxonomist

· 2025-12-08 06:45

lemme pull up my spreadsheet real quick... $170m eth long is statistically significant but tbh this "mysterious whale" narrative is just survivorship bias. they probably have hedges we can't see, per my analysis the on-chain phylogenetics here don't tell the whole story ngl

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BlockchainDecoder

· 2025-12-08 06:27

From a technical perspective, this type of large holder accumulation pattern is worth noting, but we need to strip away the emotional factors—a $170 million position is essentially an opaque black box. Data shows that these types of whale accounts often hold hedged positions at the same time, so blindly following them is equivalent to betting on sentiment.

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