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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 1, 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 price was $78.6K today, up 1.20% in the last 24h. Whale positioning shows 42.7% of whales are long, but the whale net for BTC is short. The long vs short count is 11 long to 18 short, with 41.5% of whales currently long being profitable.
The biggest 24h whale move was an $11.78M short build, while the biggest trim was $67.2K short. The ETH accumulation index stands at 48/100, and the SOL accumulation index is also 48/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was -$201.9M today, while ETH spot ETF net flow was $102.1M. The overall takeaway shows a short bias among whales despite Bitcoin's price increase.