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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Aug 30, 2026
WhaleRoom's daily read on what tracked whales did across BTC, ETH, SOL and the spot ETFs over the last 24 hours — built entirely from proprietary position data.
Bitcoin traded at $78.2K today, showing a 24h change of +0.51%. Whales are positioned net short on Bitcoin, with 44.6% of them currently long. The long vs short count stands at 11 long positions to 16 short positions.
The biggest 24h whale move was a $292K short build, while the largest trim was $3.91M long. The ETH accumulation index is at 43/100, and the SOL accumulation index is at 40/100.
Today's BTC spot ETF net flow was -$201.9M, while ETH spot ETF net flow was $102.1M.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.