{"id":24017,"date":"2026-03-18T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/whale-watcher-the-trader-called-jason-who-keeps-shorting-bitcoin-on-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:40:29","slug":"whale-watcher-the-trader-called-jason-who-keeps-shorting-bitcoin-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/whale-watcher-the-trader-called-jason-who-keeps-shorting-bitcoin-on-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale watcher: the trader called Jason who keeps shorting Bitcoin on time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">A pseudonymous whale called Jason has built a 2,281 BTC short on Binance, now in multi\u2011million profit, extending a pattern of eerily well\u2011timed macro trades.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_9dd2de79f971235b2e15f3349e3d874c\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On-chain sleuths say Jason holds a 2,281 BTC short on Binance at a $74,238 entry, sitting on roughly $4.2 million in unrealized profit with BTC near $72,467.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>The trader\u2019s history includes perfectly timed shorts during prior market crashes and a reported $58.89 million loss, underscoring a high\u2011conviction, high\u2011risk strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Today\u2019s bet lands as Bitcoin slides on Iran-linked Strait of Hormuz tensions and hotter\u2011than\u2011expected U.S. PPI, with analysts split on whether Jason is signal or noise.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>A pseudonymous trader known online as Jason (@Jason60704294) is once again drawing scrutiny from on-chain analysts after data published Wednesday by blockchain sleuth @ai_9684xtpa revealed that Jason currently holds a short position of 2,281.09 BTC on Binance, with a nominal value of approximately $169 million and an opening average entry price of $74,238. With Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $72,467 at the time of monitoring \u2014 roughly 2.38% below Jason\u2019s entry point \u2014 the position carries an unrealized floating profit of approximately $4.155 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whale bc1qfs bought another 217.73 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$BTC<\/a>($16.04M) 1 hour ago. <\/p>\n<p>In the past week, he has bought a total of 2,155.62 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$BTC<\/a>($154.27M).<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PPHDECfKKA\">https:\/\/t.co\/PPHDECfKKA<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ntyvrWAArg\">pic.twitter.com\/ntyvrWAArg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2033930066137436650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The trade is not an isolated event. It is the latest chapter in a documented pattern that has made Jason one of the most closely tracked retail-sized whale accounts in crypto markets. According to on-chain analysis aggregated by Blockchain.news, Jason had just days earlier closed a long position with a profit of $14.668 million before pivoting sharply to the short side, opening an initial position of 28.48 BTC at an estimated entry price of around $74,210. Wednesday\u2019s data confirms that position has since been substantially scaled up to over 2,281 BTC \u2014 a markedly more aggressive commitment.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-track-record-that-raises-questions\">A Track Record That Raises Questions<\/h1>\n<p>Jason\u2019s history adds considerable weight to the current trade. In August 2025, the trader opened short positions on BTC at $120,948 and on ETH at $4,712, positions that \u2014 if held \u2014 would have generated substantial returns as both assets declined sharply in subsequent months. Earlier, the trader had reportedly exited positions recording a $58.89 million loss, underscoring that the strategy carries real risk despite its headline-grabbing wins.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The timing of today\u2019s short aligns with a broader market deterioration. Bitcoin has been under sustained pressure since late February, when U.S.-Israel military strikes on Iran triggered a Strait of Hormuz crisis that has since disrupted approximately 15% of global oil supply. Wednesday\u2019s release of U.S. February PPI data \u2014 coming in at 0.7% month-on-month against a 0.3% forecast \u2014 compounded the risk-off sentiment, further dimming expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts that had previously underpinned crypto\u2019s bull case.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting the platform context. Jason\u2019s current position is held on Binance, not on Hyperliquid, making real-time on-chain tracking of the exact account more difficult, as Odaily reported. The figures cited are derived from analyst monitoring of wallet behaviour and social media timestamps rather than direct smart contract reads. Nonetheless, the data is broadly consistent with Jason\u2019s established trading fingerprint: high-conviction, concentrated directional bets placed at key technical inflection points.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.odaily.news\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Whether Wednesday\u2019s short is prescient once again, or whether it becomes a cautionary tale in an eventual Bitcoin rebound, remains to be seen. What is clear is that a growing cohort of on-chain analysts are watching every move \u2014 and that in a market defined by opacity, Jason has become something of an unlikely signal in the noise.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pseudonymous whale called Jason has built a 2,281 BTC short on Binance, now in multi\u2011million profit, extending a pattern of eerily well\u2011timed macro trades. 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