According to Lookonchain, wallet 0x5D2F is down over 8.6 million dollars on short positions in BTC and ETH as the market rebounded, source: Lookonchain on X, Sep 12, 2025. Lookonchain reports the whale deposited 8 million USDC to increase margin to avoid liquidation, source: Lookonchain on X; on-chain reference via Hypurrscan address 0x5D2F4460Ac3514AdA79f5D9838916E508Ab39Bb7 at hypurrscan.io/address/0x5D2F4460Ac3514AdA79f5D9838916E508Ab39Bb7. Current short exposure is 2,041 BTC approximately 236 million dollars notional and 500 ETH approximately 2.25 million dollars notional, source: Lookonchain on X.

According to @lookonchain, BTC rebounded above $116,000 as address 0xa523 sold 152 ETH (~$679,000) to add margin and closed part of his BTC short positions at a loss, to avoid liquidation (source: @lookonchain on X). According to @lookonchain, this trader has lost over $43.4 million in the past month and now ranks as the biggest loser on Hyperliquid, surpassing @AguilaTrades, @qwatio, and @JamesWynnReal (source: @lookonchain on X; trader data referenced via Hyperdash).

According to @lookonchain, wallet 0x6636 went long roughly seven hours earlier with 540 BTC at 40x ($60M), 114,984 SOL at 20x ($24.86M), and 868,196 SUI at 10x ($3M). Source: Lookonchain on X, Sep 10, 2025; Hypurrscan address 0x66362B929C1a9AaF14c51aaB9B455ad7fb8268c4. Total reported long notional equals approximately $87.86M across BTC, SOL, and SUI. Source: Lookonchain on X, Sep 10, 2025. Exposure is concentrated in BTC (~68.3% of total), followed by SOL (~28.3%) and SUI (~3.4%) based on the reported notionals. Source: Lookonchain on X, Sep 10, 2025. Leveraged longs are highly sensitive to price moves and can be rapidly liquidated if markets reverse, a known characteristic of crypto leverage. Source: Binance Academy, What Is Leverage in Crypto.

According to @CoinbaseIntExch, Coinbase International Exchange has raised the maximum leverage on its perpetual futures to 50x, up from the prior 20x cap. Source: Coinbase International Exchange on X, Sep 3, 2025. At 50x leverage, initial margin is approximately 2 percent of notional exposure by the definition of leverage, so a 2 percent adverse price move can fully consume initial margin before fees and maintenance margin, increasing liquidation sensitivity. Sources: Investopedia leverage and margin basics, CME Group futures margin overview. Traders should review the venue’s margin tiers, maintenance margin and liquidation procedures before using 50x and adjust position sizing and stop loss rules accordingly. Source: Coinbase International Exchange platform disclosures.

According to @EmberCN, on Aug 27 the trader @Techno_Revenant allegedly profited $38.77M from XPL liquidation activity and then continued to build 1x XPL long exposure via 15+ addresses on Hyperliquid (source: @EmberCN, Sep 3, 2025). According to @EmberCN, over 70% of XPL long positions on Hyperliquid are attributed to this trader (source: @EmberCN, Sep 3, 2025). According to @EmberCN, the XPL long now totals 38.17M XPL valued around $26M and has shifted from roughly $10M unrealized profit to an unrealized loss amid the recent pullback (source: @EmberCN, Sep 3, 2025). According to @EmberCN, this outsized positioning concentration may make Hyperliquid’s XPL market highly sensitive to that participant’s actions, so traders should monitor open interest concentration, funding rates, and potential liquidation levels on Hyperliquid XPL (source: @EmberCN, Sep 3, 2025).

According to @rovercrc, approximately 8,000,000,000 US dollars in ETH short positions could be liquidated if Ethereum sets new all-time highs, source: @rovercrc on X dated Sep 3, 2025. ETH’s previous all-time high was about 4,867 US dollars on Nov 10, 2021, which many traders use as a reference level for potential stop and liquidation clustering, source: CoinMarketCap market data. Short squeezes in crypto derivatives can accelerate when price breaks key highs because margin calls and forced buybacks close short positions, source: Binance Academy derivatives education. To validate the size and location of any potential liquidation pool, traders typically monitor exchange-wide short open interest and liquidation heatmaps from data providers, source: Coinglass and Laevitas. The claim in the post is not accompanied by underlying data and should be cross-checked against real-time open interest, funding, and leverage metrics before trading, source: @rovercrc on X and Binance Academy risk management guidance.

According to @OnchainLens, James Wynn has opened a 25x leveraged long position on ETH, indicating active high-leverage exposure by this account. Source: @OnchainLens (X post, Sep 2, 2025). At 25x leverage, an adverse price move of roughly 4% can exhaust margin and trigger liquidation under common perpetual futures mechanics, underscoring elevated risk for traders tracking this signal. Source: Binance Futures educational materials on leverage and liquidation.

According to @EmberCN, trader @Techno_Revenant realized approximately $38.77 million in profit from XPL liquidations on Hyperliquid, identifying the account behind the gain; source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 29, 2025. The reported payout indicates a major liquidation event in Hyperliquid’s XPL market, signaling elevated short-term volatility and liquidity risk for XPL perpetual positions; source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 29, 2025. Under Hyperliquid’s documented liquidation mechanics, severe price dislocations can widen spreads and transfer sizable value to liquidators during cascade events, warranting tighter risk controls; source: Hyperliquid documentation.

According to @EricCryptoman, $BAZED is adding 1000x futures and multiple new features while the token sits near a $3.5M market cap. Source: @EricCryptoman on X, Aug 28, 2025. High-leverage products can materially increase liquidation risk and short-term price swings in crypto markets, which traders should factor into position sizing and risk controls. Source: U.S. CFTC Customer Advisory on virtual currency trading (2018) and Binance Academy, What Is Leverage in Crypto. Before taking exposure, verify the actual futures rollout timeline, contract specifications, margin parameters, and platform risk controls to assess liquidity depth and execution risk. Source: U.S. CFTC education on leverage and margin and Customer Advisory (2018).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a trader running a 25x ETH long lost $72,000 overnight after ETH spiked to $4,664 and then retreated this morning, with account equity now at $58,000, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 28, 2025. The trader was forced to trim positions in batches to avoid liquidation but still holds a $1.79 million notional 25x ETH long, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 28, 2025. Due to limited margin, the trader is rolling positions, leaving an extremely narrow liquidation buffer, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 28, 2025.

According to Lookonchain, whales shorting XPL on Hyperliquid deposited large amounts of USDC to avoid liquidation amid alleged manipulation, posted on Aug 27, 2025 (Lookonchain). According to Lookonchain, address 0x142a deposited 44M USDC and address 0x0Aa9 deposited 29M USDC, totaling 73M USDC in added margin (Lookonchain). According to Lookonchain, this activity signals sizable short exposure in XPL on Hyperliquid and active liquidation risk management by large traders (Lookonchain).

According to @EmberCN, four aggressive crypto derivatives traders who repeatedly pyramided with floating profits via rolling positions have round-tripped from large gains to zero or even principal losses after the latest move, highlighting the drawdown risk of this approach, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 26, 2025. The pattern reported is the same style of rolling unrealized PnL to scale up, the same process of achieving huge gains through compounding, and the same outcome of giving back all profits, which is directly relevant for leverage risk assessment on perpetual futures, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 26, 2025. For execution, the case indicates traders should prioritize partial profit-taking and de-leveraging into volatility instead of continuously compounding with unrealized gains to mitigate tail-risk of equity wipeouts, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 26, 2025. The post discloses sponsorship by Bitget, providing context for derivatives participants reviewing platform risk disclosures and leverage settings, source: @EmberCN on X, Aug 26, 2025.

According to @rovercrc, ETH is not overheated because perpetual funding rates have not spiked as they did at the 2021 all-time high. According to @rovercrc, the lack of a funding-rate surge implies less aggressive long leverage versus prior peaks, lowering blow-off liquidation risk and providing room for trend continuation if spot demand improves. According to @rovercrc, traders should monitor any acceleration in funding rates as a signal that leverage risk is rising toward 2021-style conditions.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a trader compounded $125,000 into $42.987 million in four months, then suffered an 84% drawdown, banked $6.865 million, and ultimately exited with $770,000 after a three-day 98% loss (source: @ai_9684xtpa, Aug 19, 2025). According to @ai_9684xtpa, the blow-up was linked to rolling positions, no stop-loss/take-profit, and high leverage—showing how overexposure in crypto derivatives can erase gains rapidly (source: @ai_9684xtpa, Aug 19, 2025). According to @ai_9684xtpa, this case illustrates that unchecked compounding and leverage without predefined risk limits can lead to near-total equity loss within days in volatile markets (source: @ai_9684xtpa, Aug 19, 2025).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, ETH briefly fell below $4,400, pushing a 25x ETH long held by the trader nicknamed 麻吉老哥 to a $6.036M unrealized loss (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 18, 2025). The same update adds that BTC and HYPE longs show a combined $295K unrealized loss, while a PUMP long remains in profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 18, 2025). The post highlights acute intraday volatility in ETH impacting highly leveraged positions across majors and memecoins, a key factor for short-term risk monitoring (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Aug 18, 2025).

According to @rovercrc, a crypto whale opened high-leverage long positions of 22,500 ETH at 25x and 150 BTC at 40x, with the post citing roughly 100 million dollars in ETH and 17.5 million dollars in BTC notional size on Aug 15, 2025 (source: @rovercrc). High leverage reduces margin buffers and raises liquidation risk during intraday swings in derivatives markets, which can amplify short-term volatility for BTC and ETH futures (source: Binance Futures education). Traders tracking this flow can monitor funding rates and open interest to assess positioning pressure on leveraged longs in BTC and ETH perpetual swaps (source: Binance Futures metrics glossary).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Big Candle Capital (BCC) suffered a single-day asset drawdown of 24.495 million dollars, with the 7-day PnL curve peaking at 20.675 million dollars on August 13 before flipping negative the following day, and the account was previously reported to have earned 114 million dollars over 30 days (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, August 15, 2025). Based on these reported PnL swings and what the author described as a market plunge, the episode highlights elevated leverage and concentration risk for short-term crypto traders during sharp sell-offs (source: @ai_9684xtpa).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a sudden wick caused short-term misalignment between order book prices and Mark Price across multiple Binance pairs on Aug 14, 2025 (source: https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1955975289097609603). The author suggested the desync may have been driven by a surge of orders in a short time, amplifying volatility risk for derivatives traders (source: https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1955975289097609603). Such dislocations are trading-relevant because Binance liquidations are determined by Mark Price rather than Last Price, meaning temporary Mark Price spikes or dips can directly increase liquidation probability during extreme moves (source: https://www.binance.com/en/support/faq/what-is-mark-price-and-last-price-in-futures-trading-360033525031).

According to @lookonchain, trader AguilaTrades closed his BTC and ETH long positions and realized a profit of over 11 million dollars. Source: @lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025, x.com/lookonchain/status/1954397068841075165 The post states he avoided losses and liquidation by exiting the longs. Source: @lookonchain on X, Aug 10, 2025, x.com/lookonchain/status/1954397068841075165

According to @rovercrc, a whale deposited 9.5M USDC into Hyperliquid to avoid liquidation on a 66.4M ETH short that is showing an unrealized loss of 19.9M as of Aug 10, 2025, signaling elevated position stress and potential knock-on effects if ETH rises further; source: X/@rovercrc, Aug 10, 2025. On perpetual venues like Hyperliquid, adding collateral reduces liquidation risk by improving margin ratios and pushing the liquidation price farther from spot, which can extend a losing short’s runway; source: Hyperliquid documentation on risk and liquidations. If ETH accelerates higher, forced buybacks from short liquidations can create upward pressure and amplify volatility, a well-documented mechanic of perp markets; source: Binance Futures liquidation and ADL documentation. Traders can monitor ETH funding rates and open interest to gauge crowding and squeeze risk, as persistently positive funding with rising price often reflects long dominance into stressed shorts; sources: Binance Futures funding rate explainer and Deribit education on open interest.