WhaleOct 19, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC#BTC

Hyperliquid whale buys $5.17M BTC, closing a short

Wallet 0xd9cf…552f just filled a $5.17M BTC buy at 82,491.8.

Wallet 0xd9cfa17e0e013984ec0d234da17132bce209552f just filled an aggressive buy order worth $5.17M on Hyperliquid's BTC-PERP, at an average price of $82,491.8.

After this trade the wallet no longer holds a BTC position, so it was a take-profit or a cut.

Context: BTC is up 0.52% in 24 hours, funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.30B.

See this wallet's trade history on Hyperliquid Explorer: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/explorer/address/0xd9cfa17e0e013984ec0d234da17132bce209552f

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Hyperliquid whale buys $5.17M BTC, closing a short

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