Hyperliquid opened the doors to ‘Democratized’ Crypto Whale Hunting: Analyst

Monitoring the crypto whale to the Hyperliquid Blockchain enables entrepreneurs to target whales with known leveraged positions in a “democratized” attempt to liquid them, according to the leader of 10x research.
Hyperliquid, a blockchain network Expert in trading, entrepreneurs allowed public Find out What kind of positions does a whale hold, and since these positions have been —Leverages, the market can assess the extermination levels unless an additional margin is added, Markus Thielen said on a March 17 Report.
Source: 10x research
“This transparency opens the door for coordinated efforts, in which groups of merchants may intentionally target these stop levels to cover fluids,” he said.
It is a common belief in the crypto market that whales with large handling may Influence the market by their trade Tactics, like Stop-loss huntingTo intentionally be able to intervene other merchants’ STOP-LOSS ORDERS and liquid their positions.
Thielen said recent actions from merchants show the balance of this power can move.
“In effect, the hunting stop is ‘Democratized,’ along with ad-HOC groups now playing a role reserved primarily for market-making desks, or Treasury teams, in exchanges before more strict regulation examination,” Thielen added.
Thielen told Cointelegraph that “it is unclear whether this type of activity will be widespread onchain, but as always, transparency can cut the same way.”
Why do entrepreneurs try to liquid whales?
This is not the first time smaller merchants have tried to overthrow larger creatures through coordinated trading tactics.
Thielen said crypto entrepreneurs trying to liquid the whales had echoes of Gamestop short squeeze.
“This reminds me of the dynamics we saw during the Gamestop Saga in 2020/2021, where aggressive short heat pushed fast price spikes,” he said.
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“When stopping levels are striking, prices often accelerate in that direction, providing liquidity for others to cover. We have seen similar tactics from market makers and exchange in crypto space in recent years.”
Hunt is still in 40x the leveraged bitcoin short-seller
On March 16, a crypto whale known for putting a large, highly leveraged position on Hyperliquid Opened a 40x leveraged short position at $ 84,043 for more than 4,442 bitcoin (Btc), costs more than $ 368 million on March 16, faced by extermination if the Bitcoin price exceeds $ 85,592.
Moving was not detected, and the pseudonymous CBB trader sent Calling X to gather a team of entrepreneurs with sufficient funds to liquidate the whale position.
Source: CBB
Thielen said in a 10x report that on March 16, Bitcoin rose 2.5% in minutes, partly due to a coordinated effort to liquidate the short position of a whale in Bitcoin’s perpetual by hyperliquid.
The whale has since increased Their position at $ 524 million, and at one point, whale hunters almost got what they wanted when the bitcoin price hit $ 84,583.84, According to This coingecko.
Source: CRG
However, some think of exposed short positions may be intentional.
The hedge fund businessman Josh Man Says In a post of March 17 at X that the whale may deliberately try to be liquid.
“So it has a relatively rare and not widely used self-liquid technique and it feels a bit like this,” he said.
“In such events, the seller actually creates a bomb designed to leave and create a rally from destroying his own short. One hopes he has a huge offspring of long compared to short.”
Source: Josh man
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