Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ember’s monitoring, the whale who had shorted ETH at $1,800 several times recently has bought back ETH to repay and close his position in the past half hour. On May 1, the whale shorted 10,000 ETH at an average price of $1,791; after holding the position for a week, he bought back ETH at an average price of $1,834 to repay and close his short position, resulting in a loss of $430,000.