PANews reported on August 3rd that according to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ember, [the whale with a 75% win rate in four ETH battles] increased his short position by another 10,000 ETH 3 hours ago and now holds a short position of 50,000 ETH (US$170 million), with a floating profit of US$12.25 million.
This whale initiated a short position of 20,000 ETH at $3,843 on July 28th. After successfully betting on the right direction and generating a profit, they began rolling their position: adding another 20,000 ETH to their short position yesterday morning and another 10,000 ETH this morning. Their current position is 15x short of 50,000 ETH, valued at $170 million, with an opening price of $3,634 and a liquidation price of $3,634.


BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more
