The Biggest On-Chain Oil Bear Just Got Even Bigger🥶.
Looks like someone is doubling down on the idea that oil still has room to fall.
the address 0x17c3C8FdBcB7D1B240CE08965E09B1fC91CBa868 has been slowly grabbing more short exposure, and the position is now pretty massive. On Hyperliquid, the trader currently holds around 292,980 CL contracts short, worth roughly $24.6 million.
That makes this wallet the largest on-chain short against crude oil right now.
So the bet is clear: the trader is leaning heavily bearish on oil prices. No hedging vibes here -- just a straight conviction play that the market could head lower from current levels.
But there’s a line in the sand. The liquidation level sits around $110.01. If crude oil pushes up to that zone, the position risks getting forcefully closed. Until then, though, this whale is sitting on one of the most aggressive commodity shorts visible on-chain. And further considering how volatile oil has been lately… this trade could get very dramatic, very fast.
#cl #crudeoil
