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Why 'unrealized loss' whales aren't the same as insolvent whales

A wallet showing a large paper loss on a token position (cost basis versus current price) isn't in trouble unless it's leveraged or needs to close the position — plenty of large holders run multi-year theses through deep drawdowns without forced selling. Unrealized P&L is a data point, not a prediction of behavior.

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