The "whale that shorted ASTER after CZ posted his ASTER holdings" is currently facing a floating loss of up to $21.5 million due to his long position.

The "whale who shorted 50.62 million ASTER tokens after CZ posted his ASTER holdings" is currently facing a paper loss of $21.5 million. He shorted ASTER at $1.20 after CZ posted his trades, and when ASTER later rebounded to $0.84, he had a paper profit of over $16 million. However, he closed his position only a few days ago after a rebound, so he ultimately only made a profit of less than $1 million.