Whale Opens $2.42M 7x Short on AAVE at $151 After Community Disputes and Price Swings

A whale address (0x3c7...) opened a 7x leveraged short position on AAVE worth $2.42 million on Dec. 24, with an average entry price of $151 and a liquidation price of $173, Hyperinsight via BlockBeats reports. The position, now the largest AAVE short on Hyperliquid, shows a 17% unrealized profit following sharp price swings amid whale selling and intensifying Aave community disputes. The same address has placed an additional limit short order of about $780,000 at $154 that remains unfilled, with take-profit set at $136 and stop-loss at $196.