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One Trader Made Millions Betting $200M on BTC Just Before Trump's Crypto Reserve News
At one point the trader was just $50 away from being liquidated.
What to know:
- A trader opened a $200 million BTC long position prior to Donald Trump's announcement of a strategic crypto reserve's assets on Sunday.
- The position teetered on the brink of liquidation only for BTC to rise by more than 11% after the announcement was made.
- The trader realized around $6.8 million in profit after closing the position.
A trader on decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid used 50x leverage to open a $200 million long position on bitcoin (BTC) on Sunday, netting a gain of around $6.8 million after U.S. President Donald Trump spurred a market-wide rally by announcing the nation's crypto reserve.
The trader used $4 million worth of collateral to place a trade that at one point was just a $50 swing away from being liquidated. The entry was at $85,908 with liquidation price of $84,752.
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BTC instead rose by more than 11% from $85,000 to $97,255 after a reference to the reserve was made on social media platform Truth Social. However, the trader perhaps backed the wrong horse as ADA and XRP experienced gains of 47% and 18% respectively.
Trump caught many by surprise with his announcement due to the inclusion of XRP, SOL and ADA. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsely said that they thought the U.S. reserve would only include bitcoin, whilst those connected to Ripple and Cardano took victory laps on social media.
Some skeptical social media users have questioned whether the trader had insider knowledge of the reserve, although it's unclear whether the position was a hedge or if the trader thought BTC had bottomed following correction from $109,000 to as low as $78,000 in the weeks since Trump's inauguration.
The trader has now closed his long position, realizing around $6.8 million in profit.
Oliver Knight
Oliver Knight is the co-leader of CoinDesk data tokens and data team. Before joining CoinDesk in 2022 Oliver spent three years as the chief reporter at Coin Rivet. He first started investing in bitcoin in 2013 and spent a period of his career working at a market making firm in the UK. He does not currently have any crypto holdings.
