Crypto whale who nailed the October crash opens $55M BTC and ETH longs

HyperUnit, the whale that made $200 million from the US-China tariff crash last month, is now betting on a rebound in Bitcoin and Ether, opening $55 million in long positions.
The crypto whale that made $200 million from the US-China tariff-led crypto crash last month is now betting $55 million that Bitcoin and Ethereum will rise again.
Crypto analytics platform Arkham was one of the first to identify the whale’s new long positions in an X post on Monday, which comprises a $37 million Bitcoin long position and an $18 million Ether long position on the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid.
Referred to as the “Hyperunit whale,” the trader recently became famous for making $200 million by successfully predicting the US-China tariff market crash on Oct. 10.
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