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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 8, 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 $79.1K today, down -1.57% over the past 24h. Whale positioning shows 33.6% of whales are long, but the overall whale net for Bitcoin is short. The long vs short count today is 10 long and 19 short.
The biggest 24h whale move was a $5.16M short build, while the biggest trim was $7.14M short. The ETH accumulation index stands at 53/100, and the SOL accumulation index is also 53/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was $174.6M today, and ETH spot ETF net flow was $25.9M.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.