A crypto dealer has quietly earned over $17 million by persistently betting towards one in every of Hyperliquid’s most-watched figures, James Wynn, whose high-risk technique backfired with almost $100 million losses.
On Might 30, blockchain evaluation platform Lookonchain reported {that a} dealer utilizing the pockets handle 0x2258 has been monitoring Wynn’s exercise and executing reverse trades.
This implies the unnamed dealer persistently shorted when Wynn took lengthy positions and went lengthy when Wynn turned bearish.
The buying and selling technique
The buying and selling exercise started to attract consideration on Might 24, when 0x2258 shorted Bitcoin and Ethereum whereas Wynn maintained a protracted place on BTC. By Might 25, after Wynn closed his lengthy place, 0x2258 exited his shorts with a $1.36 million revenue.
Later that very same day, Wynn switched to shorting Bitcoin. In response, the whale flipped lengthy on each BTC and ETH. When Wynn closed his brief the following day, 0x2258 exited his lengthy positions with a further $2.54 million in features.
The sample continued on Might 26 when Wynn went lengthy once more. This prompted 0x2258 to brief BTC and ETH, leading to an unrealized revenue of $1.7 million.
The collection of calculated counter-trades has helped the nameless dealer amass greater than $17 million in revenue whereas Wynn’s personal positions sank additional.
Wynn’s losses
However, Wynn noticed his fortunes collapse after a large liquidation triggered by Bitcoin’s drop to just about $105,000. This resulted within the high-profile dealer shedding round $98 million.
Regardless of the setback, Wynn’s stays unfazed, saying:
“Zero regrets. Flipping $4 million to $100 million and again all the way down to -$13 million is one hell of a thrill. Hope lots of you loved it as a lot as I did.”
Over the previous week, Wynn has drawn consideration for his dangerous, high-leverage performs on Bitcoin on the decentralized buying and selling platform, Hyperliquid.
As of press time, Wynn has reopened a $47 million lengthy on Bitcoin and a $8.4 million PEPE lengthy, each utilizing 10x leverage.
