According to ME News, on February 26th (UTC+8), Route 2 FI (@Route2FI) monitoring revealed that a whale is holding a total of $24 million worth of long ARC positions on Perp DEX Lighter, adding $360,000 per hour via TWAP (time-weighted buy), continuously injecting funds to drive the bullish trend. This whale has already profited $5 million. Analysis indicates that this whale's behavior is similar to the JellyJelly price manipulation incident on Hyperliquid. In March 2025, a whale trader on Hyperliquid simultaneously shorted the JellyJelly perpetual contract with large sums while manipulating the spot price through other accounts and on-chain manipulation, causing the short trader to be liquidated. Hyperliquid's liquidity pool (HLP) suffered losses after settlement, and the Hyperliquid team urgently delisted the contract through a governance vote and forced settlement at an extremely low price. The annualized funding rate for ARC contracts on Lighter has surged to 2100%, equivalent to a daily funding fee gain of approximately 5.7% for short sellers. This is expected to attract more short sellers, intensifying the battle between bulls and bears. (Source: ME)