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What we’ve cooked up for you today…

  • 🐳 What does this whale know?

  • 🎭 Some much needed hopium

  • 😨 Uncertainty

  • 💰 And more…

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WHAT DOES THIS WHALE KNOW? 🐳

BREAKING: Crypto whale who nailed the October crash opens $55M BTC and ETH longs

The trader who perfectly called last month’s crypto crash just flipped bullish, and he’s backing it with $55 million.

HyperUnit, the whale who pocketed $200 million shorting Bitcoin during the US–China tariff selloff, is now long both BTC and ETH.

Arkham reports HyperUnit opened $37 million in Bitcoin longs and $18 million in Ethereum longs on Hyperliquid.

It’s his fourth major directional bet in less than two months.

And this isn’t a newcomer guessing at charts.

HyperUnit has been around since 2018, reportedly buying $850 million in Bitcoin during the bear market. That stack is now worth over $10 billion. When he moves, the market pays attention.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin sits at $107,000, still down more than 15% from its all-time high.

And Ethereum sits 27% lower. Right now, fear dominates, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index at just 27 out of 100.

But signs of a bottom may be starting to appear

Data from Santiment shows 209,000 fewer BTC on exchanges compared to six months ago. That points to tightening supply.

“Despite Bitcoin's market value dropping 14% since its all-time high back on October 6th, an encouraging sign is the fact that BTC is generally staying off of exchanges… Overall, when a coin's supply is not moving to exchanges, the risk of further sell-offs are limited.”

Santiment Research

Even Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley believes the recent correction is being driven by old whales cashing out after life-changing gains, not panic selling:

“They’ve got 100-1000x more wealth. They want to make sure it stays that way. They expect it will go higher but can also have periods of volatility. They’ve got life to live / it can be emotionally taxing to see $100M or 1/3 of their wealth gone in a bear market, even if temporary.”

Hunter Horsley

If HyperUnit’s right again, this might be the bottom everyone’s been waiting for. 🐳

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SOME MUCH NEEDED HOPIUM 🎭

With crypto in the red today, Raoul Pal - founder of Global Macro Investor - just dropped a thread full of some much needed hopium.

His message in a nutshell?

Liquidity is inevitable, play the long game.

Here’s what he tweeted today as to why crypto has been choppy lately:

Translation: the market’s not broken - liquidity’s just been paused.

But that pause is soon to be ending.

Raoul shared new Global Macro Investor data showing that the biggest liquidity wave is still ahead.

Why? Because of how the debt cycle shifted after COVID.

When governments extended debt maturities to five years, they effectively pushed the next major liquidity flood into 2026.

That’s where his “Everything Code” thesis kicks in - the process where massive debt gets monetized, forcing liquidity back into the system.

In plain English:

Money printers everywhere are warming up.

The only thing missing has been timing.

But as the government reopens and spending resumes, that pent-up liquidity starts to flow again. Which sets the stage for the next big leg up in both crypto and equities.

If Raoul’s right, the real flood hasn’t even started yet. 🌊

UNCERTAINTY 😨

Digital asset funds saw outflows totalling $360 million last week.

As a result, year-to-date inflows have now dropped to $48.99 billion.

Let’s break it down.

Bitcoin ETFs were the only major digital asset products to experience outflows last week, totalling $946 million.

Whilst Solana saw inflows of $421.1 million, it’s second largest on record.

Ethereum also saw inflows of $57.6 million last week.

From a regional perspective, the U.S. led with outflows of $439 million.

Germany, Switzerland, and Canada saw inflows of $32.0 million, $30.8 million, and $8.5 million respectively.

Despite the interest rate cut, investors interpreted Jerome Powell’s comments on a December cut as “not a foregone conclusion.”

This hawkish tone, combined with the government shutdown has left markets in a state of uncertainty.

And remember

Markets absolutely hate uncertainty.

CRACKING CRYPTO 🥜

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy kickstarts November with $45M Bitcoin buy. Strategy bought another $45 million worth of Bitcoin, but the pace of investments remains slow compared to September.

Custodia ruling a 'speed bump' not a roadblock for crypto banks, says TD Cowen. A ruling last week declaring that Custodia is not entitled to a master account is not the end of the road, said a TD Cowen analyst.

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