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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 22, 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 $86.6K today, up 6.70% in the last 24h. Whales are net short on BTC, with 34.8% of them long. The long vs short count today stands at 10 long positions to 21 short positions.
The biggest whale move today was a $45.1M short build, while the largest trim was $2.34M long. The ETH accumulation index is 28/100 and the SOL accumulation index is 33/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was $433M today, and ETH spot ETF net flow was $143.7M. Profitable whales long currently sit at 40.1%.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.