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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 17, 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 stood at $76.2K today, up 0.75% in the last 24h. Whales are net short on BTC, with 31.6% of them holding long positions. The current long vs short count is 10 long to 18 short, and 28.9% of whales holding long positions are profitable.
The largest whale move today was an $11.43M build in a long position, while the biggest trim was $5.71M from a short position. The ETH accumulation index is at 55/100, and the SOL accumulation index is at 65/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was -$450.4M today, and ETH spot ETF net flow was -$142.3M.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.