A Trader Made $42 Million in 10 Months, Then a HYPE Short Wiped It out in 18 Days

Hyperliquid has surged to a new all-time high of $73.7 as institutional inflows, aggressive token buybacks, and mounting losses among leveraged short sellers fuel one of the strongest rallies in the crypto market. According to data from crypto.news, Hyperliquid (HYPE)…

Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes has publicly challenged investor Kyle Samani to a $100,000 charitable wager that Hyperliquid’s HYPE token will outperform any other current top-ten cryptocurrency through the end of 2026. A Public Dare With Charity on the Line Hayes laid down the gauntlet in a post addressed directly to Samani, proposing “a gentleman’s charitable […]

A trader lost $42M in perp profits in 18 days shorting HYPE. Here’s what’s fueling Hyperliquid’s record-breaking price surge. It took Loracle nearly 10 months to build $42.2 million in perpetuals trading profits. Then, in just 18 days, a single short position wiped all of it out.  On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain flagged the dramatic reversal, […] The post HYPE Hits New All-Time High as Trader Turns $42M Profits Into Loss appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

A senior European Central Bank official has warned that stablecoins carry the same fragilities that once destabilized money market funds, cautioning that their rapid rise could threaten financial stability and quietly entrench the US dollar at the euro’s expense. Related Reading: Which Cryptos Are Best Positioned To Follow The Same Trajectory As Hyperliquid (HYPE)? The […]

XLM surged past $0.27 early June 1—yielding brief 24-hour gains of 14%—before a market-wide sell-off trimmed its daily gains to 5%. Alongside Hyperliquid and TRON, XLM was one of the few top 20 digital assets to post gains on a day the aggregate market fell 1.4%. XLM Defies Market Sell-off On June 1, XLM surged […]

The post Bitcoin Supply At Loss Jumps To 8.33M BTC As 580k Coins Bought Above $72.9k Turn Underwater appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin’s latest pullback has not simply erased dollar gains. It has flipped a large block of recent buyers into an immediate loss position, creating a fresh overhang that market participants cannot ignore. According to the Glassnode update, supply held at a loss jumped to 8.33 million BTC once the price contracted to $72,900. That is up from 7.75 million BTC when the market stood at $76,600. The delta between the two loss tallies implies roughly 580,000 BTC was accumulated inside the $72,900–$76,600 window. Now that the price has slipped below the lower end of that range, the entire cohort sits underwater. For holders who entered during what they likely considered a local bid, the reversal changes the calculus. They are no longer waiting for a profit. They are deciding when to cut the loss. Why the $72.9k–$76.6k Cluster Matters Cohorts that form aro

The post A Trader Made $42 Million in 10 Months, Then a HYPE Short Wiped It out in 18 Days appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways Onchain tracker Lookonchain says loracle.hl erased $42.2 million in gains via a HYPE short over just 18 days. The trader is now down a further $5.19 million as HYPE pushed to a record near $70 on May 31. The blowup has once again brought out the risk of fading a token whose own buyback fund keeps absorbing supply. A 10-Month Win Streak Undone in Under Three Weeks The collapse was flagged by Lookonchain, a blockchain analytics account that tracks large traders. According to its data, loracle.hl took roughly 10 months to accumulate $42.2 million in profit trading perpetual futures, the leveraged derivatives that let traders bet on price without holding the underlying asset. That patient track record evaporated in just 18 days once the trader opened a sizable short against HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid perpetuals exchange. As HYPE kept g

The post BTC, ETH prices drop even as futures show growing taste for risk. XLM, HYPE gain: Crypto Markets Today appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. June kicked off in the red for crypto markets as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire and peace talks failed to translate into reduced tensions in the region. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) fell 2% since midnight UTC, with bitcoin BTC$73,038.00 and ether (ETH) both losing about 1%. At $72,700, bitcoin is currently negative for a sixth time in seven days, following a 3.5% slide last month, usually a period with positive returns. It averages a 7.4% rise in May, according to Coinglass data. A record 10 days of net withdrawals from spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $2.97 billion leave the investment vehicles. The CoinDesk DeFi Select Index led the day’s decliners, dropping 2.6% since midnight, with all six members lower. Ondo Finance’s ONDO token fell 2.8%, and has now lost 17% since founder Nathan Allman died unexpectedly last week. Hyp