Hyperliquid Whale James Wynn Fully Liquidated After $16.8B in Trading Volume

James Wynn, the dealer whose dangerous strikes on Hyperliquid captivated crypto watchers this month, has been totally liquidated.

He ended a risky month with simply $23 left in his account, in keeping with HyperDash knowledge.

Wynn constructed his fame and following by inserting huge, leveraged on-chain trades throughout bitcoin

, PEPE , and different tokens.

His downfall started with a $1.25 billion lengthy place on BTC that unraveled as costs dropped beneath $105,000 amid rising geopolitical uncertainty. That commerce alone value him greater than $37 million after charges.

The dealer briefly pivoted to memecoins like PEPE, the place one lengthy place initially gained over 10%, earlier than market swings liquidated him once more.

Over the course of the month, Wynn cycled via property together with ETH, SUI, TRUMP, and even FARTCOIN. His trades at one level noticed him obtain an unrealized acquire of $85 million.

An account related to Wynn on X commented on the liquidation and dismissed the losses. “I’ll run it back, I always do. And I’ll enjoy doing it. I like playing the game,” the account wrote on X. “I took a large and calculated bet at making billions.”