Created a new wallet and opened $10.2 million in 5x leveraged crude oil short positions in the past 2 hours

Gate News reports that on March 9, on-chain monitoring showed that a new wallet address, 0xab96, opened 90,000 xyz:CL 5x leveraged short positions within the past two hours, totaling $10.2 million, with a liquidation price of $130.45. This activity occurred amid a continued rise in oil prices.

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