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AguilaTrades Closes 700-BTC Short, Builds $33.55 Million Long

Within about an hour, the account closed its short of about 700 Bitcoin (BTC) and reversed into a long. It then held about 500 BTC long at 40x cross margin.

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AguilaTrades moved from a short in Bitcoin to a leveraged long in roughly an hour, leaving the account with a position valued at $33.55 million early Saturday.

The account closed a short of about 700 BTC and opened a long. At 12:26 a.m. ET Saturday (05:26 UTC), it held about 500 BTC long under 40x cross margin.

The snapshot listed an average entry price of $66,835.60 and a mark price of $67,092. It put the liquidation price at $60,031.60 and unrealized profit at about $195,300.

AguilaTrades was still holding a 40x Bitcoin short on Wednesday, Nov. 11, when its position was described as close to liquidation. The latest snapshot shows the account had since reversed direction.

Enna Lee

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Enna Lee reports on investing and digital-asset markets for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.

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