Whale Portfolios Reshuffled Between Majors and Altcoins as BTC Longs Cut and Short Baskets Expand

Whale accounts actively rebalanced positions between major cryptocurrencies and altcoins from 10:00 to 20:00 on January 12, Hyperinsight data cited by BlockBeats show. On the long side, the "闪电反手" whale continued reducing BTC long exposure while maintaining 16.96 BTC with 20x leverage, the "Strategy 对手盘" account exited longs at breakeven after a pullback cutting position size by roughly $80 million in a short window, and the "两战全胜" whale closed 140 BTC in long positions with a profit of $207,000. On the short side, the "2000 万波段猎手" whale added a basket of shorts in BNB, HYPE, DOGE, XPL and PUMP for an unrealized gain of $7.43 million, while the "30 次做多屡败屡战" whale flipped from long to short on BTC and rapidly rolled positions to reach more than $9.15 million in open interest.