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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 5, 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 $79.7K today, down 1.97% in the last 24 hours. Whales are net short on Bitcoin, with 40.1% holding long positions. The long vs short count today shows 10 long positions against 19 short positions, and 28.5% of whales holding long positions are profitable.
The biggest 24h whale move was a $24.17M short build, while the biggest trim was $968K short. The ETH accumulation index is 53/100 and the SOL accumulation index is also 53/100 today.
BTC spot ETF net flow was $730.8M today, and ETH spot ETF net flow was $141.4M.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.