Whale of a Time: Bitcoin’s $255M Long Position Shakes the Market! 🐋💰

Key points:

  • In a dance of digits, Bitcoin pirouettes, yearning to escape its tight trading confines as shorts meet their watery grave.

  • Behold! An enigmatic whale emerges, flaunting a colossal leveraged long BTC position, sending ripples through the market.

  • Such dramatic performances have graced the stage of May and June, leaving spectators gasping.

On this fateful day, June 20, Bitcoin (BTC) devoured ask liquidity as a mysterious trader unveiled a gargantuan leveraged long BTC position.

With a flourish, data from CryptoMoon Markets Pro and TradingView revealed BTC/USD slicing through resistance like a hot knife through butter, reaching $106,500, a delightful 1.7% increase on the day.

This audacious move triggered a cascade of short liquidations — a spectacle that had been anticipated by the wise sages of the trading realm.

CoinGlass, the oracle of liquidity, showed a replenishment of funds higher up the exchange order books, as if the market were a well-fed beast.

Now, the spotlight shines on the sustainability of this upward surge. Traders, with bated breath, noted the sudden emergence of an unknown entity going long on BTC with a staggering $255 million position and 20X leverage.

SOMEONE JUST WENT ALL-IN ON $BTC 👀

$255,000,000 LONG

20x leverage at $104K

HE KNOWS SOMETHING!

— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) June 20, 2025

🐋 BREAKING: A Whale has just opened $241 million $BTC long position with 20x leverage.

— Mr. WHALE (@MrWhaleREAL) June 20, 2025

While the motives of this whale remain shrouded in mystery, similar trades have significantly influenced the market’s trajectory in recent weeks, like a maestro conducting a symphony of chaos.

One trader, Hyperliquid’s James Wynn, has made headlines with his large leveraged positions, many of which ended in a dramatic loss — a true tragedy of the trading stage.

BTC price seeks definitive range breakout

A break from the narrow trading range is the missing ingredient for traders to decide whether to add or reduce their exposure, like a chef waiting for the perfect moment to season their dish.

“There are a lot of positions that have been built up on both sides in this range and it’s clear where the liquidity lies,” mused popular trader Daan Crypto Trades in an X post.

“Currently in no place to take a trade on this but I will be looking out for a range high or low sweep and monitor the reaction from that point. Higher timeframe $100K & $110K remain key for June.”

Fellow trader Crypto Tony echoed the sentiment that $104,500 needed to hold into the weekly close to secure the short-term bull case, as if the market were a delicate house of cards.

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2025-06-20 12:50