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BlockBeats News, on April 15, well-known trader Killa (@KillaXBT) announced yesterday that he has shorted Bitcoin at $74,688, with a stop-loss set at $80,000, which will be invalidated if the weekly closing price is above this level. Killa later stated that this would be his last BTC swing short position of this cycle, and he does not expect any drastic changes in the timing of the cycle. As a BTC-focused quantitative trader, Killa had predicted the peak of this bull market in May 2025 and has over 180,000 followers on Platform X.

Affected by the news, futures of the three major U.S. stock indexes all turned lower. Spot gold fell below $4,800 per ounce, and the intraday decline in spot silver expanded to 1%. Brent crude oil rose by 1.5% during the day to $96.23 per barrel.

BlockBeats News, April 15th, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, after BTC slightly fell below $74,000, a whale with address starting with 0x687 opened a 40x leveraged long position on BTC, with the position size increasing to $14.82 million, an average price of around $73,929, and a liquidation price of $63,666. At the same time, the address also took high-leverage long positions on six other coins including ETH, TAO, and AAVE, aiming to amplify profits from the upward price movement. The total position of the account currently amounts to $24.5 million, with a small floating profit of approximately $27,000. Address: 0x687feda45b6847763f5bf5c01a2f6c1a3d727f5c