PANews reported on October 16 that according to monitoring by on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the mysterious whale that shorted BTC for $140 million has liquidated its positions and taken profits, earning $2.683 million.

• After holding the position for 27 hours, he closed all his positions at around 1 a.m. at $110,430.93 and made a profit of $2.607 million.
• At around 4 a.m., he reopened a short position of 310 BTC and liquidated the position 2 hours later to make a profit of $75,000.

The current account balance is US$36.25 million and has not been withdrawn yet. The cumulative profit for the week is US$4.24 million.