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Trend Research Exits Entire Ethereum Position, Realizes $747 Million Loss

The firm exited to avert forced liquidations triggered by its leveraged Aave strategy.

Overview

  • On-chain trackers reported the final transfer of 0.148 ETH to Binance, completing a total move of 651,757 ETH at an average price near $2,055 worth about $1.34 billion.
  • Lookonchain estimates the realized loss at roughly $747 million, and earlier reported profits of about $315 million were effectively erased.
  • Trend Research built the exposure through recursive borrowing on Aave, using stablecoin loans against ETH collateral to repeatedly buy more ETH.
  • Despite the concentrated selling, Ethereum’s price stabilized above $2,000 as the market absorbed the flow.
  • Positioning across the market remains split, with a new 20x short on 30,000 ETH opened on Hyperliquid and BitMine adding about $81 million in ETH last week.