Crypto Trader Turns $125K into $43 Million, Walks Away with $7 Million Profit After Market Dip!

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August 19, 2025

Gambar Crypto Trader Turns $125K into $43 Million, Walks Away with $7 Million Profit After Market Dip!

Jakarta, Pintu News – As reported by Cointelegraph, a cryptocurrency investor managed to turn his initial capital of $125,000 (IDR 2 billion) into a multi-billion dollar profit by trading Ethereum on decentralized exchanges, although the “whales” started to realize profits after the recent price rally.

Trader Turns $125,000 into $43 Million

According to reports, the savvy trader turned his investment into more than $43 million (IDR 698 billion) at its peak in just four months, before the latest market downturn affected his long Ethereum (ETH) position.

Despite the market correction, the trader closed out his entire position on Monday, securing a net profit of $6.86 million (IDR111 billion), which equates to a return of 55 times his initial capital, according to data from blockchain platform Lookonchain.

A trader turned $125K into $29.6M in only 4 months by going long on $ETH, a 236x return – truly legendary!

4 months ago, he deposited only $125K into #Hyperliquid and began going long on $ETH via 2 accounts.

He then masterfully compounded his profits, rolling every dollar of… pic.twitter.com/fbN6OKoRel
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 17, 2025

After placing an initial capital of $125,000 on Hyperliquid’s decentralized exchange, the trader “masterfully grew his profits, reinvesting every dollar of profit into his long ETH position to build a massive $303 million position,” Lookonchain wrote in a post on X on Sunday.

The transaction patterns of whales, or large investors, are often monitored by traders to assess the short-term momentum of the cryptocurrency in question, as these investors are able to hold amounts of capital that can influence market movements.

Whale Movement and ETF Flow

Towards the end of last week, spot Ether ETFs (exchange-traded funds) in the US recorded outflows of $59 million on Friday, snapping an eight-day streak of positive inflows, according to data from Farside Investors.

After Friday’s ETF outflows, more and more Ethereum whales started to realize their profits, preparing for a possible correction during the remaining August holiday period.

On Monday (18/8), a wallet labeled “0x806”, one of the 100 largest Ether traders monitored by Nansen, sold over $9.7 million worth of Ethereum – the second largest Ether sale transaction in the last 24 hours, according to Nansen data.

Another wallet of the top 100 Ethereum traders, “0x34f,” sold $1.29 million worth of Ether, and other whales also offloaded millions of dollars from the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin and Ethereum Remain Vulnerable to Fluctuations

According to Ryan Lee, chief analyst at the Bitget exchange,

“Ethereum’s strong rise prompted some investors to take profits, which may limit the short-term upward momentum and pave the way for a consolidation phase instead.”

Lee added that Bitcoin and Ethereum remain vulnerable to sharp fluctuations due to changes in sentiment, given the high open interest that reflects the amount of leverage in the market today.

Investors are advised to remain cautious of hawkish signals from the US Federal Reserve or possible delays in interest rate cut expectations, which are still the main drivers of the crypto market.

Based on the latest forecast from CME Group FedWatch, the market now predicts an 82% probability that the Fed will keep rates on hold at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 17.

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