Whale "pension-usdt.eth" Faces $3.3M Loss on Bitcoin Long Position After Israel-Iran Conflict

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Gate News bot message, following Israel’s attack on Iran, the cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp decline. The whale address “pension-usdt.eth,” who had opened a $BTC (3x) long position totaling 1,000 $BTC valued at $67.39M, is currently facing a floating loss exceeding $3.3M.

According to Onchain Lens on February 27, 2026, the whale initially had a floating profit of over $500K on this leveraged Bitcoin position before the market downturn.

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