Bitcoin Whale Goes Big — $255M Longs Opened Before Trump–China Summit

Bitcoin and Ethereum rose after US President Donald Trump confirmed a meeting with China’s leader during the APEC summit on October ￰0￱ on reports, Bitcoin climbed nearly 4% while Ethereum gained about 5% and traded around $4,030. The whole market added roughly $100 billion in value in a short window, according to market ￰1￱ Reading: $3M In Stolen XRP Tracked — But Victim May Never See It Again: Investigator Insider Whale Bets And Mixed Positions Reports have disclosed that an insider whale opened $255 million in long positions across Bitcoin and ￰2￱ the same time, the same trader put on a $76 million short on Bitcoin with 10x ￰3￱ moves look like a bet on swings in price rather than a single directional ￰4￱ note the trader has a history of large, well-timed trades, including a prior $730 million short that paid ￰5￱ is no clear public ID for this whale, and the motives are being examined by ￰6￱ Bitcoin whale is ￰7￱ just opened a $76,195,977 $BTC short position with 10x ￰8￱ he know something? ￰9￱ — Ted (@TedPillows) October 19, 2025 Political Shift Sends Prices Higher Based on reports, comments by US President Donald Trump helped calm ￰10￱ reportedly said “it will all be fine” when speaking about China’s economy, and the tone toward Beijing softened after a week where he had announced a 100% tariff on Chinese ￰11￱ tariff claim had sparked a big sell-off across traditional and crypto markets just days ￰12￱ players reacted quickly to the latest signals of a thaw, viewing the upcoming meeting as a chance for reduced tension. 🚨BREAKING AN INSIDER WITH A 100% WIN RATE JUST OPENED $BTC AND $ETH LONGS WORTH $255 MILLION HE DEFINITELY KNOWS SOMETHING 👀 ￰13￱ — Wimar.

X (@DefiWimar) October 19, 2025 On-Chain Activity And Institutional Moves According to on-chain data and exchange records, large-scale activity continued across spot ￰14￱ was reported to have picked up about $1.5 billion worth of Ether, a move that market participants say shows faith in Ethereum’s long-term outlook. Meanwhile, El Salvador quietly added eight BTC to its reserves, bringing its total holdings to 6,355.18 ￰15￱ Flows Show Withdrawals Based on exchange records, major centralized platforms recorded a net outflow of roughly 21,000 BTC over the past ￰16￱ Pro and Binance were named among those with the biggest withdrawals, showing about 15,000 BTC and 12,000 BTC moved off exchanges, ￰17￱ interpret such flows in different ways: some see accumulation into private wallets, others see funds repositioned by large ￰18￱ Reading: Biggest Shiba Inu Burn In Months — And It Came From A Coinbase Account The Implications Of This Moving Forward Reports indicate that the market is reacting to both political signals and positions being adjusted by big ￰19￱ the rhetoric between the US and China continues to show friendly signals, prices may push higher and retest monthly ￰20￱ the presence of a sizeable short position alongside large long positions suggests that volatility will stay.

Presently, data points are being watched closely and traders are establishing balances between advancing positions and ￰21￱ image from Gemini, chart from TradingView