Bitcoin Under Pressure: Whale Increases Short Bet on Trump-Linked Speculation

• Bitcoin whale could be liquidated after high-risk bets.
• Speculation links the whale's movements to information from Trump.
• Traders coordinate efforts to influence BTC price.

Bitcoin whales are creating an imminent risk of a sell-off in the cryptocurrency market due to a massive $500 million short position. The risky move has fueled rumors that investors may have access to insider information related to U.S. President Donald Trump, intensifying the debate over the influence of inside information on cryptocurrency prices.

According to market expert Gordon, this whale bet against Bitcoin with 40x leverage, pushing its potential liquidation to a critical point of $86.593. “There appears to be a group of whales trying to inflate the price of BTC to achieve this liquidation,” Gordon commented in a post on social media platform X. This behavior suggests coordinated action among traders, a rare phenomenon but one that has been observed before in the cryptocurrency space.

The whale now has a bitcoin short position of over $500M and funding fees of nearly $500k 😳 pic.twitter.com/x0VZpAwpma

— Gordon (@AltcoinGordon) March 18, 2025

Further fuel for speculation came from a source known as Ash Crypto, who suggested that this whale could be acting on non-public information about Trump. “The Trump insider whale who opened a $525 million bitcoin short at 40x is being publicly hunted on ‘X’ by a group of people who are trying to liquidate him for $86.600,” Ash Crypto wrote.

UPDATE:

40X SHORT WHALE HAS CLOSED
HIS ENTIRE $525M BITCOIN SHORT
POSITION.

HE MADE NEARLY $9M IN PROFITS. pic.twitter.com/hBbfuacUDb

— Ash Crypto (@Ashcryptoreal) March 18, 2025

These rumors raise serious questions about whether political developments could directly influence cryptocurrency markets. Furthermore, the recent news that the US may be considering a strategic Bitcoin reserve only adds more speculation to the market.

In the midst of this drama, a new figure emerged, liquidity provider CBB, who issued a public call to action via a post on X: “If you’re willing to hunt this guy with size, DM him, build a team right now and get some good size.” Shortly after, CBB posted a cryptic statement: “The hunt is on,” indicating that efforts were underway to influence the price of Bitcoin and force a liquidation.

At the time of publication, the price of BTC was quoted at US$82.731,86, up 1% in the last 24 hours.