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In the past hour, nearly $6 million in SPCX contract liquidations occurred across the entire network, exceeding the figures for BTC and ETH during the same period.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, Coinglass data showed that nearly $6 million in SPCX futures contracts were liquidated across the entire network in the past hour, including $4.24 million in SPCX trading pairs and $1.6 million in XYZ:SPCX trading pairs. It's worth noting that while US tech stocks experienced a "Black Tuesday," the Bitcoin and crypto markets remained relatively stable, with only $4.86 million in BTC liquidations and $4.35 million in ETH liquidations during the same period.
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A whale opened a $31.08 million short position in BTC with 40x leverage on Hyperliquid.
According to Foresight News , Onchain Lens monitoring revealed that a whale address starting with 0x77ee opened a 40x short short position in BTC on Hyperliquid, totaling $31.08 million. This position comprises 493 BTC (worth $31.08 million), with an entry price of $63,240.9 and a liquidation price of $73,962.2, resulting in unrealized profit of $112,400 (ROE of 14.47%). This wallet currently holds 92% of its positions in short across 15 accounts, with a total exposure of $79.79 million.
Data: A whale deposited 4 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a long position of 500 BTC.
According to Mars Finance, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored that before the US stock market opened, a whale transferred 4 million USDC to Hyperliquid to open a long position of 500 BTC at an average price of $62,911, with a position size of approximately $31.48 million and a leverage ratio of approximately 8x, indicating a high risk of liquidation. This address also holds 12,027 ETH in the spot market, purchased in March at an average price of $2,068, currently showing a floating loss of approximately $3.6 million.