# Lavish’s $10 Billion Bitcoin Short Claim Lacks Positioning Details By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/53123 Published: 2026-11-10T13:38:04.000Z Updated: 2026-11-10T13:38:04.000Z Section: Investing > At 7:49 a.m. ET (12:49 UTC) Tuesday, tracked Hyperliquid whale accounts showed about $1.21 billion in Bitcoin shorts and $868.24 million in longs. James Lavish claimed Bitcoin (BTC) had more than $10 billion in cumulative leveraged shorts up to $83,000. His post did not specify which positions were counted or how the total was calculated. At 7:49 a.m. ET (12:49 UTC) Tuesday, a tracked sample of Hyperliquid whale accounts showed about $1.21 billion in Bitcoin shorts and $868.24 million in longs. The sample covers tracked accounts and does not verify a broader market-wide total. Short sellers buy Bitcoin to close their positions, and forced liquidations can add further buying. Lavish’s estimate does not show that the positions face liquidation or that a squeeze is underway. TokenPost previously covered a [Nov. 8 snapshot of Hyperliquid Bitcoin short positions](), published Nov. 9, and about $215 million in [Bitcoin short liquidations over one hour on Nov. 5](). Those observations cover different dates and measures, and do not verify the scope of Lavish’s estimate. ## Links in this article - [Nov. 8 snapshot of Hyperliquid Bitcoin short positions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/52428) - [Bitcoin short liquidations over one hour on Nov. 5](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/49448)