The Shadow Trader Who Outsmarted a Billionaire

Few dare to counter a giant like James Wynn (0x5078C2fBeA2b2aD61bc840Bc023E35Fce56BeDb6) — but trader 0x225864AD63BA66272cD6bE3E65476A2EBA48c215 did just that, and walked away $5.6 million richer in just three days.

It all began on May 24. While James Wynn went all-in long on $BTC , 0x2258 made the bold move of shorting both BTC and ETH. That contrarian play paid off. On May 25, as James liquidated his BTC longs, 0x2258 closed his short positions — banking $1.36 million in profit.

Then, the tables turned again.

James switched sides and opened a massive BTC short position. Right then, 0x2258 flipped long on BTC and $ETH . The very next day, James closed out his short — and 0x2258 followed by closing his longs, pocketing another $2.54 million.

But the story doesn’t end there.

On May 26, James Wynn went long BTC again. In a now-familiar rhythm, 0x2258 took the opposite trade — shorting BTC and ETH. That move is currently sitting on an unrealized profit of $1.7 million.

In just three days, trader 0x225864AD63BA66272cD6bE3E65476A2EBA48c215 has become a quiet legend — turning careful observation and inverse trading into $5.6M of cold, hard profit.

Sometimes, the smartest move is not to follow the whale — but to swim in the opposite direction.