Anti-CZ whale racks up more than $21M in unrealized gains after shorting $ASTER

On-chain whale trader named by the crypto community “Anti-CZ” has amassed more than $21 million in unrealized profit from shorting ASTER, according to a Tuesday report from market tracker ￰0￱ decentralized exchange (DEX) token surged after Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) publicly revealed he had purchased it 48 hours ￰1￱ pseudonymous trader, identified by the address 0x9eec, placed a massive short position on ASTER through the decentralized derivatives exchange ￰2￱ bet came just minutes after CZ posted about buying roughly 2 million ASTER tokens on Sunday, which caused the DEX token’s price to climb by about 20%. Lookonchain first flagged the trades after CZ made his announcement, noting that the whale held ASTER tokens worth $52.8 million at the time, at a liquidation price near $2.091.

The trader reportedly operates two separate wallets, both with active leveraged shorts on ASTER, DOGE, ETH, XRP, and kPEPE, according to Hyperliquid’s dashboard data reviewed by ￰3￱ two wallets now show over $21 million in profit combined from ASTER alone, and nearly $100 million in total unrealized gains in all open ￰4￱ $36M in ASTER shorts, profits top $15.8M According to Hyperscan updates, the first wallet holds a $36.07 million short position against ASTER at 3x leverage, opened at an average entry price of $1.2083. With the current market price sliding to $0.8371, the position is up $15.84 million, a 131.7% ￰5￱ the price falls, the Anti-CZ Whale who added to his $ASTER shorts after CZ's buy post is now sitting on over $21M in unrealized profit across 2 wallets.

He's also shorting $DOGE , $ETH , $XRP , and $PEPE , all in ￰6￱ total profit on #Hyperliquid is now close to $100M!… ￰7￱ — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) November 4, 2025 A second, smaller ASTER short sits in another wallet, showing a $12.84 million position at an average entry of $1.1625, with $4.95 million in unrealized profit, or 115.7% ￰8￱ liquidation level for this trade is $2.2324, again well above current prices, which means the whale is looking at minimal liquidation risk unless the token goes on an unforeseen ￰9￱ whale’s Hyperliquid portfolio also shows massive profits on other meme coins and altcoin ￰10￱ DOGE short leverage bets are worth $25.2 million, executed at 5x leverage with an entry price of $0.2075, now up over $7 million, as the price trades near $0.1618.

Similarly, a $11.8 million short on kPEPE at 5x leverage has returned over $5.09 million, or a 215.7% unrealized gain, with liquidation sitting far above at $0.0353. CZ’s post causes price surge, ASTER tanks post hype As reported by Cryptopolitan late Sunday, ASTER’s volatility began after CZ’s endorsement on X, announcing he had purchased 2 million ￰11￱ post caused traders to pile in and add to their bullish positions, pushing the token to a peak of $1.30. When the hype and chatter on social media cooled down, ASTER dropped nearly 30% within a day, erasing the entire “CZ pump” and sliding back into bearish territory below $1. “Hyperliquid fans have been bashing CZ for shilling Aster right on X,” one community member said, noting how quickly the rally turned to losses.

“If you jumped on $ASTER the second CZ shilled it, congrats, you’re officially in the ￰12￱ ain’t shade at anyone.” On the daily chart, ASTER slipped below the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement level at $0.94, a threshold that could provide signals if a correction might deepen into a full reversal. “The focus isn’t on chasing upside for now, because bulls are fighting to preserve structure,” said crypto trader Ardi Altcoin in a Telegram update . “Dropping down below $0.85-$0.90 would hand control entirely to bears and change the short-term trend to decisively bearish.” ASTER bulls would need to reclaim the 61.8% Fibonacci level at $1.01 to map a road back above to levels higher than $1.3 again, Ardi ￰13￱ seen where it ￰14￱ in Cryptopolitan Research and reach crypto’s sharpest investors and builders.