Key Notes
- The largest whales on Hyperliquid are going short as Bitcoin consolidates around $96,000.
- Bitcoin’s social dominance signals severe retail panic and FUD.
- The broader crypto market is seeing pressure from both macro and micro factors.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) fall below the crucial $100,000 mark last week triggered a wave of short positions from massive whales on Hyperliquid.
The largest Hyperliquid whales, with over $50 million in digital assets, have been heavily betting on a further crypto market correction, according to data from Coinglass.
Hyperliquid’s “Leviathans” dominating the market with short positions | Source: Coinglass
Data shows that the so-called Hyperliquid “Leviathans” – referring to a mythical sea monster to illustrate their size – currently have $3.44 billion in open positions, comprising $1.15 billion in longs and $2.29 billion in shorts, on the perpetual exchange.
These whales, with a size of over $50 million, are the only traders betting heavily on a deeper crypto market fall.
According to Coinglass data, the traders’ sentiment rises as their sizes decline; the most bullish traders are the so-called “shrimps,” which have a wallet size of up to $250.
Bitcoin’s Social Dominance Shows Panic
Following Bitcoin’s fall below $95,000 on Friday, Nov. 14, the sense of fear, uncertainty, and doubt among the crypto community skyrocketed.
According to an X post by Santiment, the Bitcoin social dominance spiked to four-month highs, a level last seen in mid-July.
📈 Though not a guaranteed crypto bottom signal, probabilities of a market reversal greatly increases when social dominance for Bitcoin surges. During Friday’s dip below $95K, discussion rates hit a 4-month high, signaling severe retail panic & FUD.
🔗 https://t.co/uzhzZ7WgFs pic.twitter.com/qn8HFmy3jv
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) November 16, 2025
The surge in Bitcoin’s social dominance was followed by retail panic and FUD, which consequently triggered a price correction, from $120,000 to $112,000 within two weeks, for the leading asset.
Currently, Bitcoin is seeing similar sentiment, and Santiment is hinting at “probabilities of a market reversal.”
One of the reasons behind the market-wide correction is the massive outflows from Bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds in the US. Coinspeaker reported that spot BTC ETFs recorded a net outflow of $1.8 billion last week.
According to a Barron’s report, investors are shifting away from riskier assets, such as cryptocurrencies, due to concerns about shaky economies and high valuations in tech and AI stocks.
However, this cannot be a guaranteed bottom signal for the crypto market. When large whales go against the broader market and the crowd wanders in uncertainty, history suggests something big might be brewing.
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Wahid has been analyzing and reporting on the latest trends in the decentralized ecosystem since 2019. He has over 4,000 articles to his name and his work has been featured on some of the leading outlets including Yahoo Finance, Investing.com, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga. Other than reporting, Wahid likes to connect the dots between DeFi and macro on his newsletter, On-chain Monk.
