According to @ai_9684xtpa, Aster has enabled up to 300x leverage to long or short HYPE at the community’s request, indicating aggressive leveraged access for this token (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Sep 22, 2025). At 300x, even sub-1% adverse price moves can trigger liquidation without additional margin buffers, highlighting extreme risk for retail participants (source: Binance Academy, Leverage and Margin basics; CFTC Customer Advisory on leverage risk). Traders should monitor HYPE funding rates, open interest, and order book depth; elevated funding with rising open interest and thin liquidity can precede liquidation cascades and heightened slippage (source: Binance Academy, Perpetual Futures Funding Rates; CME Group education on Open Interest). Risk controls such as isolated margin, smaller position sizes, and hard stop-losses are prudent, as regulators warn leverage can cause rapid, total loss of funds (source: CFTC Customer Advisory on Virtual Currency Trading Risk).