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Trader Profits $49M Shorting Crypto, Then Loses $24M on Ether in 12 Seconds

Trader Profits $49M Shorting Crypto, Then Loses $24M on Ether in 12 Seconds

The wallet behind the trade

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Dompet di sebalik dagangan

The address pension-usdt.eth had been a quiet accumulator of short positions for weeks. On-chain data shows the trader had built a sizable bearish bet against ether, riding a downturn that padded the wallet with roughly $49 million in realized profit.

Translation:

Alamat pension-usdt.eth telah menjadi pengumpul senyap posisi jual pendek selama berminggu-minggu. Data on-chain menunjukkan pedagang tersebut telah membina pertaruhan menurun yang besar terhadap ether, menunggang kemerosotan yang menambahkan kira-kira $49 juta keuntungan direalisasikan ke dalam dompet.

Third paragraph:

Then the market turned. Ether began climbing, and the short started bleeding. Within 12 seconds, the position was gone.

Translation:

Kemudian pasaran berubah. Ether mula meningkat, dan posisi jual pendek mula mengalami kerugian. Dalam 12 saat, posisi itu hilang.

Fourth:

How the unwind happened

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Bagaimana pembubaran berlaku

(unwind can be "pembubaran" or "penutupan posisi". We'll use "pembubaran" but it might be "pembubaran posisi". Actually "unwind" in trading means closing a position. We can say "penutupan" but "unwind" is often "pembubaran" in Malay finance. Let's use "pembubaran" but it's okay.

Liquidations don't happen in a vacuum. When pension-usdt.eth's margin was exhausted, the exchange's engine began selling off the collateral to cover the loss. That selling pressure pushed ether's price up further, which in turn forced other leveraged shorts to capitulate.

Translation:

Likuidasi tidak berlaku dalam vakum. Apabila margin pension-usdt.eth habis, enjin pertukaran mula menjual cagaran untuk menampung kerugian. Tekanan jualan itu mendorong harga ether lebih tinggi, yang seterusnya memaksa posisi jual pendek berleveraj lain untuk menyerah kalah.

Fifth:

Five separate liquidation orders hit in rapid succession. Each one added fuel to the rally, and by the time the dust settled, the wallet had lost $24 million — roughly half of what it had made on the way down.

Translation:

Lima pesanan likuidasi berasingan berlaku berturut-turut dengan pantas. Setiap satu menambah bahan api kepada kenaikan, dan apabila keadaan reda, dompet itu telah kehilangan $24 juta — kira-kira separuh daripada apa yang diperoleh semasa pasaran menurun.

Sixth:

What the episode says about market risk

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Apa yang episod ini katakan tentang risiko pasaran

The trade is a reminder that even the most profitable directional bets can evaporate quickly when leverage is involved. A 50,000 ETH short is a massive position, and the speed of the unwind — 12 seconds — underscores how fragile large positions can be when the market moves against them.

Translation:

Dagangan ini mengingatkan kita bahawa walaupun pertaruhan arah yang paling menguntungkan boleh lenyap dengan cepat apabila leveraj terlibat. Posisi jual pendek 50,000 ETH adalah posisi yang besar, dan kelajuan pembubaran —