A whale that had been using a leveraged loop strategy to go long on Ether and Bitcoin has started taking profit, according to on-chain monitoring cited by BlockBeats on Aug. 21. Tracker ai_9684xtpa said the address, 0x268…47643, withdrew 79,226.49 ETH from Binance between July and August 2026 at an average price of $1,776.83, with the total position valued at about $140 million. Since Aug. 19, the wallet has deposited 10,887.15 ETH, worth about $24.16 million, back to trading platforms. Based on the monitored figures, selling that portion would lock in an estimated profit of $4.817 million. The address still has sizable collateral on chain: 47,889 wstETH and 1,200 WBTC remain pledged, while 83.67 million USDS has been borrowed. The account’s health factor was reported at 2.26.
A whale that had been running a leveraged loop long on ETH and BTC is now taking profit, based on tracking from ai_9684xtpa that BlockBeats cited on Aug. 21.
The watched address, 0x268…47643, pulled 79,226.49 ETH off Binance between July and August 2026. That position was worth roughly $140 million, and the average entry price came in at $1,776.83.
Since Aug. 19, the address has sent a total of 10,887.15 ETH to trading platforms. About $24.16 million. And if that amount was sold, the monitored data points to an estimated profit of $4.817 million.
The address still has 47,889 wstETH and 1,200 WBTC posted as collateral, has borrowed 83.67 million USDS, and carries a health factor of 2.26.
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