An address starting with 0xec4 increased a 30x leveraged short position in a Nasdaq-100 mapped contract (XYZ100) about one hour before U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East-related remarks, according to on-chain monitoring data. According to Odaily, the address currently holds 600 contracts, with an opening price of 29,108.44 and a liquidation price of 32,119.96, showing an unrealized profit of about $161,000.
The same address also holds a 20x leveraged long position in Brent crude oil (BRENTOIL), with an opening price of 71.8645 and a liquidation price of 37.26, and an unrealized profit of about $322,000.
Odaily reported that the combined unrealized profit across the two positions is about $510,000.
After Trump’s latest comments on the Middle East situation, oil futures briefly rose about 5%, the report said.
Separately, HyperInsight said the address previously achieved a 100% win rate in Polymarket’s prediction market on whether Trump would strike Iran, with cumulative profits exceeding $420,000.
PRECIOUS METALS | Whale Address Opens Leveraged Nasdaq-100 Short and Brent Oil Long Ahead of Trump Remarks, Data Show
2026-07-08 09:34:49
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