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Billion-Dollar Nasdaq Short Whale Sets Up Golden Long Position Ahead of Showdown, Profiting on Both Sides Amid Risk-Off Sentiment
BlockBeats News, March 2nd, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring, the whale with address starting with 0x069 currently holds two positions: a 10x leveraged short position on Nasdaq 100 (XYZ100) with a position size of $9.81 million and an average price of $25,020; a 5x leveraged long position on Gold (GOLD) with a position size of $5.5 million and an average price of $4,861, totaling a $15.3 million position size.
On December 15, 2025, the whale took an early layout position of nearly tens of millions of dollars in the Nasdaq 100 short position, which was originally intended to bet on the end of the U.S. stock interest rate hike cycle and an overvalued estimation. This position had previously fallen into a floating loss.
Two months later, on February 6th, the first round of U.S.-Iran talks in Muscat began. The address bottomed out in anticipation of peace and with the gold price dropping below $4,900 per ounce. This layout preceded the escalation of the situation by about 20 days.
On February 28th, the missiles landed. News of U.S.-Israel joint airstrikes emerged, boosting market risk aversion sentiment. Both of its positions simultaneously profited: the Nasdaq 100 short position turned losses into gains, while the Gold long position's paper profit briefly expanded to $500,000, with a return rate of 34%.
The current position, which was initially unidirectionally shorting the U.S. stock market, has shifted to a typical macro hedge strategy. However, if war reverts to peace, there is a high probability of a double-sided loss in its position.
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