Meta's financing carries potential equity dilution and return-on-investment pressure; a whale shorted $6.8 million after the news.

BlockBeats news, October 27 - Meta announced the launch of approximately $35 billion public offering, including $22.5 billion of common stock and $12.5 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock, to raise funds for AI infrastructure expansion. The company also plans to introduce an ATM offering arrangement of approximately $60 billion in the future.

The large-scale financing has brought potential equity dilution and the return on AI investment to the forefront of the market. According to TradingBeats monitoring, since the announcement, a whale has net increased 4,213.37 META short positions, net selling approximately $2.6597 million. Its short position has increased to 10,818.06 contracts, currently valued at approximately $6.8517 million, with an average entry price of $635.47, temporarily floating profit of approximately $22,800 (0x49e9).

During the same period, META's largest long position again averaged down its position cost, buying 10,000 contracts at approximately $6.3531 million, increasing the long position to 40,000 contracts, with the overall average entry price reduced from $680.95 to $669.54. Currently, this position is valued at approximately $25.3332 million, still floating loss of approximately $1.4485 million (0x1367).

As of press time, META perpetual contracts are temporarily reported at $633.33, down approximately 1.06% in 24 hours, with a trading volume of approximately $98.63 million and open interest nominal value of approximately $103 million.