Crypto Whales Active After FED Decision: BTC, SHIB, HYPE Moves

Following the FED decision and FED Chairman Jerome Powell's statements, Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins experienced declines in the last 24 hours, though BTC remained above $76,000, with whale activity intensifying across multiple assets, according to blockchain analytics data.

Bitcoin Whale Liquidation

A major whale transferred 220 Bitcoin worth $16.72 million to Binance, according to blockchain analytics firm OnchainLens. The whale had purchased 370 BTC from Binance three years ago and sold all holdings, realizing a total profit of $34.24 million.

Ethereum Long Position on Hyperliquid

An anonymous whale opened a long position on Hyperliquid (HYPE) involving 80,000 Ethereum (ETH) worth $182 million, according to on-chain data. The whale currently holds ETH long positions in two wallets, each containing 40,000 ETH, with an average entry price of $2,265.

SHIB Whale Continues Profit-Taking

According to Lookonchain, a leading OG whale sold another 800 billion SHIB, generating a profit of $4.9 million. The whale initially invested $13,760 to acquire 103.33 quadrillion SHIB. At peak valuation, holdings reached $8.9 billion.

Over the past few years, the whale has sold 4.06 quadrillion SHIB for $37.6 million in profits. After these sales, the whale currently holds 99.27 quadrillion SHIB valued at $625.41 million, representing 16.84% of the total supply. The whale's total profit now exceeds $660 million, representing a 48,000x return on initial investment.

WIF Long Position

According to Lookonchain data, an investor who previously profited from long positions on APE has opened a long position on WIF. The investor holds 7.13 million WIF tokens worth $1.3 million with a 5x leveraged long position. The investor has placed a limit order to accumulate more WIF at $0.17 and take profit at $0.49.

HYPE Whale Shifts to Short

According to OnchainLens data, HYPE whale Loracle.hl started selling after acquiring 556,825 HYPE tokens worth $22 million. The whale simultaneously opened a short position in HYPE with 5x leverage.

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