CZ often says he doesn’t trade crypto himself. That’s because he doesn’t have to.
Merit Peak and Sigma Chain, both owned by CZ, have been documented moving billions of dollars of his personal capital. These firms operated as market makers with access regular users never had.
They reportedly had privileged access to non-public data inside Binance. That created a built-in informational advantage.
With that edge, they allegedly:
➡️ Engaged in large-scale wash trading
➡️ Actively traded against Binance users
➡️ Contributed to liquidations through aggressive positioning
➡️ Helped inflate reported trading volume
This isn’t about CZ placing spot trades. It’s about the exchange owner controlling opaque market-making entities that profit from activity on his own platform.
BTC long-concentration is declining, with whales leaning short, while bearish momentum remains steady. According to the Liquidation Map, price is approaching a major long liquidation cluster between 67k–65k.
ETH and SOL remain relatively weak, with whales continuing to build short exposure.
Blave AI identifies SONIC and KERNEL as tokens seeing short-term whale participation, while APR, B3, and RIF are experiencing strong selling pressure.BTC remains in long-concentration, with whales reducing long exposure, while retail traders are starting to build long positions. Bearish momentum remains elevated, and price continues to range at the bottom.
According to the Liquidation Map, major liquidation clusters are concentrated around 65k on the downside and above 69k on the upside.
ETH shows a more dispersed holder structure, while SOL remains in long-concentration. Overall trend continues to track BTC.
Blave AI identifies PIPPIN, WAXP, and ON as relatively strong tokens today.
Tokens with elevated negative funding rates include $RIVER , LINEA, and 0G. Continued monitoring is advised.
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