
Abraxas Capital opens $100M Ethereum short
- Abraxas Capital opened a $100.06 million short position on Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH).
- The firm also withdrew 73,872 ETH worth about $173.17 million from Binance.
- Its total short exposure across four cryptocurrencies reached about $783 million.
Abraxas Capital opened a $100.06 million short position on Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) through Hyperliquid, according to Lookonchain.
The firm withdrew 73,872 ETH worth about $173.17 million from Binance over four days.
The Ethereum position has a liquidation price of $3,946.19, according to Hyperscan data.
Abraxas also holds short positions in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), Hyperliquid (CRYPTO:HYPE) and Solana (CRYPTO:SOL).
Those positions were worth $95.31 million, $84.19 million and $23.97 million, respectively.
All four positions use 5x leverage, bringing Abraxas’ total short exposure to about $783 million.
The reason for the Binance withdrawals remains unclear, with the report saying they may support liquidity or risk management.
At the time of reporting, Ethereum price was $2,445.77.