Ethereum Whale Pulls $58 Million ETH From Binance After Controversial $100 Million Short Bet
Source Beincrypto
A wallet linked to Trend Research withdrew 27,000 Ethereum (ETH) worth $58 million from Binance, hours after borrowing the same amount through Aave to open a leveraged short.
The rapid reversal from a bullish call to a leveraged short to an apparent unwind has drawn scrutiny from on-chain analysts tracking the wallet’s movements.
Why it matters:
- The sequence raises questions about whether institutional firms front-run their own public calls with opposing trades
- Aave-to-exchange pipelines show how DeFi lending protocols now serve as leverage engines for directional bets
- ETH traders monitoring whale flows may reprice risk around the $2,150 level based on the position’s apparent close
The details:
- The wallet supplied $100 million USDC to Aave V3, borrowed 27,000 ETH at $55.72 million, and sent it to Binance, per Onchain Lens
- Lookonchain confirmed the same 27,000 ETH was withdrawn from Binance, now valued at $57.97 million
- Jack Yi’s bullish ETH call came just 3 days before the short
- ETH traded at $2,153 at the time of the withdrawal
The big picture:
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