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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 26, 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 $84.1K today, down -0.37% in the last 24 hours. Whales are positioned short on Bitcoin, with 31.4% of them holding long positions. The long vs short count shows 11 long positions against 19 short positions, and 34.8% of whales in long positions are profitable.
The largest whale move today was a $4.2M LONG build, while the biggest trim was $2.66M SHORT. The ETH accumulation index stands at 43/100 and the SOL accumulation index is at 33/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was $190.7M today, with ETH spot ETF net flow at $66.1M. This indicates continued institutional interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs.