「Rug Pull Air Force Front-Running」 pre-halving pivot to defense, close out most short positions and add to HYPE hedge position
BlockBeats News, December 25th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the "Meme Coin Short Army Leader" has recently continued to adjust its short positions, shifting focus from shorting to defense. It has successively closed short positions in multiple coins such as ASTER, UNI, PUMP, and used the released margin to buy HYPE spot and open additional short positions for hedging, with the hedging position now increased to about $7.8 million.
In addition, this address has completely emptied its holdings in coins such as MON, ZEC, TRUMP within this week, and withdrew about $2 million 24 hours ago. Currently, its total holdings are around $23.08 million, apart from the HYPE hedge portfolio, mainly holding ETH shorts (about $4.94 million), ASTER shorts (about $3.78 million), and UNI shorts (about $3.04 million).
This address has recently been primarily focused on shorting, having completely closed 10 short positions since this month, adept at capturing meme coin volatility opportunities. Data shows that it has realized profits of about $7.1 million in the past 30 days, with a cumulative historical profit of $82.85 million.
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