$5M Gone: Machi’s 40x Book Hits The Week’s Woodchipper

Machi Big Brother, a famous digital art collector, musician & crypto trader, has just made the headlines again. The multi-millionaire who constantly goes long on major-cap crypto currencies with aggressive leverage has opened $151 million worth of leveraged crypto plays against his $6 million holdings on Hyperliquid.

The seasoned trader was expecting to capitalize on the September 15, 2026 vote on the CLARITY Act, but everything didn’t go as smoothly. With both Bitcoin (BTC) & Ethereum (ETH) pointing to the same direction, there’s no short-selling positions to offset any unexpected shortcomings, and that’s exactly what happened.

A day before, Machi Big Brother had rebuilt a massive 40x long on Bitcoin’s (BTC) price for about $44 million, Arkham Intelligence data says. With Bitcoin’s market value plummeting by 1.61% since yesterday, the current $75K level has pushed Machi Big Brother towards trimming the 40x price play, then manually closing out the position.

The 25x play on Ethereum’s (ETH) price is the last one left. Entering at $2.47K, now the tide has shifted towards $2.39K and the long position is already down $983.16K, according to the precise real-time data from Arkham Intelligence. The weekly stats have been brutal: showing $7 million on-balance a week ago, the account’s now down to sub-$1M.

With the live tape now purely on Ethereum (ETH), long traders like Machi Big Brother will be monitoring Ether’s (ETH) ability to hold the $2,400 support line. If the post-CLARITY vote continues to rattle the markets, a plunge below $2,400 could set off a domino effect on ETH price liquidations with sensitive liquidity clusters between $2,350 to $2,390.

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