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Did a Single Trump Tweet Unleash One of Crypto’s Most Sophisticated Market Attacks?


by Vignesh Karunanidhi
for CoinEdition
  • On-chain investigator Eye traces $735 million Bitcoin short to Garrett Jin identity.
  • Whale sold over $4.23B in BTC for ETH through Hyperliquid platform trades.
  • Former BitForex CEO denies personal ownership, claims client fund management.

On-chain investigator Eye has published analysis claiming to identify the mysterious Hyperliquid whale holding over 100,000 BTC. The entity sold more than $4.23 billion in Bitcoin to acquire Ethereum and placed a $735 million BTC short order on the platform.

During August and September, the whale sold over 35,000 BTC for ETH using both spot and perpetual markets via Hyperliquid/Hyperunit. The transactions involved multiple Bitcoin wallet addresses.

Eye analyzed the address that opened the $735 million Bitcoin short position, tracing fee payments through several wallet addresses. The investigation tracked funds flowing through Bi…

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Did a Single Trump Tweet Unleash One of Crypto’s Most Sophisticated Market Attacks?


by Vignesh Karunanidhi
for CoinEdition
  • On-chain investigator Eye traces $735 million Bitcoin short to Garrett Jin identity.
  • Whale sold over $4.23B in BTC for ETH through Hyperliquid platform trades.
  • Former BitForex CEO denies personal ownership, claims client fund management.

On-chain investigator Eye has published analysis claiming to identify the mysterious Hyperliquid whale holding over 100,000 BTC. The entity sold more than $4.23 billion in Bitcoin to acquire Ethereum and placed a $735 million BTC short order on the platform.

During August and September, the whale sold over 35,000 BTC for ETH using both spot and perpetual markets via Hyperliquid/Hyperunit. The transactions involved multiple Bitcoin wallet addresses.

Eye analyzed the address that opened the $735 million Bitcoin short position, tracing fee payments through several wallet addresses. The investigation tracked funds flowing through Bi…

Read The Full Article Did a Single Trump Tweet Unleash One of Crypto’s Most Sophisticated Market Attacks? On Coin Edition.

Read the article at CoinEdition

Read More

White House Debates Potential Pardon for Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

White House Debates Potential Pardon for Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

White House discussions about pardoning former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao have i...
Crypto Community Blames Binance, Wintermute, Trump for the 10/11 Market Crash

Crypto Community Blames Binance, Wintermute, Trump for the 10/11 Market Crash

The largest-ever 10/11 crypto market crash, as some call it, erased over $500 billion...