Contract Trading Whale AguilaTrades Liquidates Short Position with a "Lightspeed" Exit, Losing $1.866 Million in 12 Minutes
BlockBeats News, August 11th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), as Ethereum surged to $4300 after the US stock market opened, a 26187 ETH short order from the contract trading whale AguilaTrades was triggered, followed by a "lightning-speed" liquidation 12 minutes later, resulting in a loss of $1.866 million.
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