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liquidations

2026-09-29 16:00:20

Crypto liquidations hit $326 million over the past 24 hours, with both longs and shorts wiped out

Crypto derivatives traders saw $326 million in liquidations across the market over the past 24 hours, according to data from Coinglass cited by BlockBeats on Sept. 30. Long positions accounted for the larger share, with $196 million liquidated, while short positions made up $130 million. The figures show that the latest round of liquidations was not limited to one side of the market, as both bullish and bearish bets were cleared out during the same 24-hour period. The update was published by BlockBeats as a 7x24 market flash item.

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Hyperliquid

2026-09-29 03:19:23

Hyperliquid whale Boomer cuts $31.1 million in altcoin longs and flips short on ZEC, NEAR

Trader Boomer, identified on X as solanadoomer1, exited long positions in 10 altcoins early on Sept. 29, including ZEC, NEAR, UNI, HYPE, PUMP, ENA, AERO, ONDO, SKY and PENGU, with a combined size of more than $31.1 million. The exits were mostly loss-cutting trades, producing a realized loss of about $1.248 million overall, with only the PUMP position posting a small profit. Roughly five minutes after closing the ZEC long, the account reversed direction and began opening short positions. Boomer has since shifted from holding a basket of altcoin longs to carrying about $9.707 million in combined short exposure across ZEC and NEAR. The ZEC short is worth about $8.237 million, with 6,000 coins at an average entry of $1,421.4 and an unrealized profit of about $291,000. The NEAR short stands at about $1.47 million, covering roughly 322,100 coins at an average entry of $4.63 and showing about $24,000 in unrealized profit. In a later X post, Boomer said ZEC may have already topped in the short to medium term and could first pull back toward $1,000, then trade sideways for several weeks before the next leg up. Even so, he said he still sees $5,000 to $10,000 as a reasonable longer-term target range.

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Hyperliquid

2026-09-29 02:00:41

Coinglass shows $8.693 billion in whale positions on Hyperliquid

Coinglass data shows whale positions on Hyperliquid currently stand at $8.693 billion in total. Long positions account for $4.064 billion, or 46.75% of the total, while short positions reach $4.629 billion, representing 53.25%. On the profit-and-loss side, longs are showing $475 million in PnL, while shorts are at -$508 million. The breakdown indicates a slight tilt toward short exposure by share of open positions on the platform. The data also highlights one whale address, 0x5b5d..60, which opened a 5x full-position ETH short at $2,304.06. That position is currently showing an unrealized loss of -$37.7427 million, according to the figures cited by ChainCatcher from Coinglass.

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Wintermute

2026-09-28 10:48:45

Wintermute Holds About $93 Million in Shorts and $5.12 Million in Longs on Hyperliquid

Crypto market maker Wintermute is currently running a heavily short-biased book on Hyperliquid, according to monitoring data from TradingBeats cited by BlockBeats on Sept. 28. The reported exposure includes about $93 million in short positions versus roughly $5.12 million in longs. Among the disclosed positions, ETH accounts for the largest short at about $47.19 million, followed by SOL at $11.39 million and HYPE at $10.04 million. Other reported shorts include DOGE, XRP, PUMP, ENA and SUI, while the only listed long position is BTC at about $5.12 million. TradingBeats also provided entry prices, liquidation prices and unrealized profit or loss data for several positions, showing gains on ETH, SOL, HYPE, DOGE, XRP and SUI, and unrealized losses on PUMP and ENA.

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Wintermute

2026-09-28 10:46:46

Onchain Lens says Wintermute holds $126.25 million in short positions on Hyperliquid

Market maker Wintermute is holding $126.25 million in short positions on decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid, according to on-chain monitoring data cited by ChainCatcher and tracked by Onchain Lens. The disclosed positions include a $46.92 million short in ETH, an $11.3 million short in SOL, and a $10.03 million short in HYPE. The figures point to Wintermute’s largest named short exposures on the platform at the time of the update. No other positions or timing details were disclosed in the brief. The report was published by ChainCatcher under its whale movement coverage.

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Hyperliquid

2026-09-28 08:59:34

KIOXIA contract on Hyperliquid falls 6.19% after 1-for-3 split adjustment

The KIOXIA contract on Hyperliquid was quoted at $113.61, with open interest carrying a notional value of about $1.46 million. The contract completed a 1-for-3 trading adjustment on the day, after which old positions were settled, old orders were canceled, and trading resumed. Based on the prior day’s reference price adjusted for the split ratio, the contract was down about 6.19% over 24 hours. The first trade after reopening was executed at 16:11 at $114.93. As of publication, the traded range stood between $112.10 and $124.04, and the latest price was about 1.15% below that first post-reopening trade. Among the top three directional positions based on actual trading, two were short positions with a combined size of about $585,000, while the remaining long position was about $178,000.

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Hyperliquid

2026-09-28 08:58:47

KIOXIA contract on Hyperliquid trades at $113.61 after split adjustment, with largest new positions skewing short

KIOXIA’s contract on Hyperliquid was quoted at $113.61 on Sept. 28, with open interest at roughly $1.46 million in notional value, according to BlockBeats. The contract completed a 1-for-3 split-related trading adjustment during the day. Existing positions were settled on-chain, old orders were canceled, and trading later resumed. After adjusting the reference price based on the split ratio, the contract was down about 6.19% over the past 24 hours. The first trade after reopening was recorded at 16:11 at $114.93. By press time, the traded range stood between $112.10 and $124.04, while the latest price was about 1.15% below that first post-reopening trade. Among the top three directional positions established after trading resumed, two were shorts with a combined value of about $585,000. One short was worth about $374,000 with an average entry of $113.24 at address 0x4c78…, and another short was worth about $211,000 with an average entry of $113.16 at 0xfe7c…. The largest long among the top three was about $178,000, opened at an average price of $113.43 at 0xcd4e….

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Hyperliquid

2026-09-27 13:00:41

Coinglass data shows $9.695 billion in whale positions on Hyperliquid

Coinglass data shows whale positions on Hyperliquid currently stand at $9.695 billion. Long positions account for $4.548 billion, or 46.91% of the total, while short positions reach $5.147 billion, representing 53.09%. On the profit and loss side, longs show $683 million, while shorts show -$756 million. The data also highlights whale address 0x5b5d..60, which opened a 5x full-position short on ETH at $2,304.06. That position is currently showing an unrealized loss of $42.0707 million. The figures were cited by ChainCatcher based on Coinglass data.

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