Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes has publicly challenged investor Kyle Samani to a $100,000 charitable wager that Hyperliquid’s HYPE token will outperform any other current top-ten cryptocurrency through the end of 2026. A Public Dare With Charity on the Line Hayes laid down the gauntlet in a post addressed directly to Samani, proposing “a gentleman’s charitable […]
Hyperliquid has surged to a new all-time high of $73.7 as institutional inflows, aggressive token buybacks, and mounting losses among leveraged short sellers fuel one of the strongest rallies in the crypto market. According to data from crypto.news, Hyperliquid (HYPE)…
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A trader lost $42M in perp profits in 18 days shorting HYPE. Here’s what’s fueling Hyperliquid’s record-breaking price surge. It took Loracle nearly 10 months to build $42.2 million in perpetuals trading profits. Then, in just 18 days, a single short position wiped all of it out. On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain flagged the dramatic reversal, […]
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Confidence around Bitcoin’s long-term outlook continues to build as the market looks ahead to 2026. Analysts point to increased institutional adoption, tighter supply dynamics, and growing acceptance of Bitcoin as a store of value as reasons the flagship cryptocurrency could continue climbing. At the same time, a different conversation is gaining momentum—whether emerging AI-focused tokens […]
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XLM surged past $0.27 early June 1—yielding brief 24-hour gains of 14%—before a market-wide sell-off trimmed its daily gains to 5%. Alongside Hyperliquid and TRON, XLM was one of the few top 20 digital assets to post gains on a day the aggregate market fell 1.4%. XLM Defies Market Sell-off On June 1, XLM surged […]
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Key Takeaways Onchain tracker Lookonchain says loracle.hl erased $42.2 million in gains via a HYPE short over just 18 days. The trader is now down a further $5.19 million as HYPE pushed to a record near $70 on May 31. The blowup has once again brought out the risk of fading a token whose own buyback fund keeps absorbing supply. A 10-Month Win Streak Undone in Under Three Weeks The collapse was flagged by Lookonchain, a blockchain analytics account that tracks large traders. According to its data, loracle.hl took roughly 10 months to accumulate $42.2 million in profit trading perpetual futures, the leveraged derivatives that let traders bet on price without holding the underlying asset. That patient track record evaporated in just 18 days once the trader opened a sizable short against HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid perpetuals exchange. As HYPE kept g