{"id":548876,"date":"2026-07-20T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=548876"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:26:42","slug":"bitcoin-whale-dumps-122-million-40x-long-before-liquidation-can-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-whale-dumps-122-million-40x-long-before-liquidation-can-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin whale dumps $122 million 40x long right before liquidation can strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A public Hyperliquid wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2078693972994854997\">valued<\/a> at about $107 million on July 19 fully exited its 40x Bitcoin long on July 20 after briefly expanding to 1,897 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Lookonchain had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2078693972994854997\">reported<\/a> a 1,660 BTC position with a listed liquidation price near $63,123. <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperliquid.gitbook.io\/hyperliquid-docs\/for-developers\/api\/info-endpoint\">Hyperliquid's public account data<\/a> show the wallet added another 235 BTC early on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>The wallet then sold 903.48 BTC at an average price near $64,666, leaving 994 BTC. BTC. It closed the remainder at 06:33 UTC at an average price of about $63,931, generating $63.56 million in closed trades and\u00a0fully exiting the position.<\/p>\n<p>Across both phases, the wallet sold about $122 million of BTC at a combined average near $64,281. Nine minutes before the last sale, the position still carried a listed liquidation price near $61,605 while Hyperliquid's BTC mark was about $64,149. The final trades filled no lower than $63,876.<\/p>\n<p>A post-sale check showed the wallet was empty, wiping out its $61,605 liquidation level before Bitcoin ever reached it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-548887\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef.png\" alt=\"Timeline showing a 40x Bitcoin whale position rising from 1,660 BTC to 1,897.74 BTC, then closing in two stages to zero before its recorded exit trades reached the listed liquidation level.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef.png 864w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef-142x300.png 142w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef-486x1024.png 486w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef-768x1619.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/exec-4b035e39-190a-408c-b579-bf99173553ef-729x1536.png 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exit removed one visible leveraged position without establishing a price floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/why-viral-public-whale-liquidations-are-becoming-a-real-trading-signal-on-hyperliquid\/\">Public Hyperliquid liquidation levels<\/a> often act as account-specific market markers, but they are not fixed support levels or forecasts. In this case, the marker ceased to apply when the wallet closed.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/why-viral-public-whale-liquidations-are-becoming-a-real-trading-signal-on-hyperliquid\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Why viral public whale liquidations are becoming a real trading signal on Hyperliquid<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Open interest remains large, but comparable venues declined<\/h2>\n<p>Substantial derivatives exposure remained elsewhere. Early Monday, Hyperliquid showed about 38,750 BTC of open interest and positive hourly funding near 0.00071%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/BTC\">CoinGlass<\/a> reported about $47.46 billion in aggregate Bitcoin open interest, with $34.06 billion in futures volume versus $2.35 billion in spot volume.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoins-etf-comeback-is-relying-on-a-79b-futures-market-betting-the-rebound-holds\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin price is being held up by $79B in futures market bets that could unwind fast<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Over the comparable 23-hour window, Binance BTCUSDT open interest fell 0.67% in BTC terms, while Bybit's linear BTCUSDT open interest declined 4.64%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin market data<\/a> showed BTC trading near $64,200, down 0.4% over 24 hours. CryptoSlate's latest market analysis also found that <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-sellers-are-tiring-but-weak-demand-leaves-an-18-fall-to-52900-in-play\/\">weak spot demand and unconfirmed ETF demand<\/a> had left the recovery unfinished.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-etfs-lose-over-424m-wiping-out-last-weeks-gains-as-recovery-fails-first-test\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin ETFs lose over $424M, wiping out last week\u2019s gains as recovery fails first test<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The exit, therefore, points to concentrated de-risking rather than a market-wide expansion of leverage. The $61,605 marker no longer applies as a psychological or strategic target.<\/p>\n<p>If Bitcoin weakens, liquidation pressure would have to come from positions that remain open across venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hyperliquid account closed 1,897.74 BTC before its recorded exit trades reached the listed $61,605 marker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":548995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80281,60840,77472,39,77968,6849],"tags":[81074,81073,76769,77833,76718],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin whale dumps $122 million 40x long right before liquidation can strike<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bitcoin derivatives trader 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