{"id":89814,"date":"2026-05-05T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89814"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:01:40","slug":"bitcoin-trader-closes-short-at-nearly-2-million-loss-ahead-of-btcs-push-to-81000-rally-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89814","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Trader Closes Short At Nearly $2 Million Loss Ahead Of BTC&#8217;s Push To $81,000\u2014 Rally Here To Stay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A trader with a track record of successful bearish calls exited a large <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) short late Monday as the leading cryptocurrency climbed to\u00a0$81,000.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traders Exits Before Shorts Get Wrecked<\/h2>\n<p>The trader closed a 700 BTC position valued at $56.68 million at the time of reporting, incurring a $1.94 million loss after holding for nearly 70 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This single move erased $1.71 million in profits from their eleven prior successful BTC shorts.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trader 0x004e closed a 700 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a>($56.68M) short 1 hour ago, taking a $1.94M loss.<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning his previous 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> shorts for a total profit of $1.71M, this single trade wiped out all his gains.<\/p>\n<p>Wallet:<br \/>0x004edcd40360e293e4cf260d2ebdf8c7076c1bb8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95uod8jw9W\">pic.twitter.com\/95uod8jw9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2051523142145962157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, the closure came hours before Bitcoin recaptured $81,000 for the first time since Jan. 31, perhaps in an effort to limit losses and avoid liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s spike caught short position traders &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52273523\/bitcoin-trader-closes-short-at-nearly-2-million-loss-ahead-of-btcs-push-to-81000-rally-here?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" trader closes short at nearly million loss ahead of btc push to rally here stay>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trader with a track record of successful bearish calls exited a large Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) short late Monday as the leading cryptocurrency climbed to\u00a0$81,000. Traders Exits Before Shorts Get Wrecked The trader closed a 700 BTC position valued at $56.68 million at the time of reporting, incurring a $1.94 million loss after holding for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-89814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}