After being hunted by whales and CEX, Hyperliquid "pulls the plug" to save $200 million
Tonight, a liquidity crisis sparked by the JellyJelly-associated Memecoin $JELLY, created by former Facebook Vice President of Product lessin, has thrust derivative DEX Hyperliquid into the eye of the storm. From whale price manipulation, CEX sniper attacks, to protocol emergency "pulling the plug" self-rescue, this crisis has not only exposed the governance weakness of decentralized protocols but has also evolved into a face-off between CEX and Perp DEX.
Hyperliquidity Pulling the Plug

Tonight, another exciting whale battle unfolded on-chain, with address "0x20e8" opening a 2.5 billion $JELLY long position in the 0.0095 price range at 8:53 on the 26th, amounting to approximately $2.1 million at the time (link).

Then, 10 minutes later, around 9:00 on the 26th, address "0xde95" first opened a 3.98 billion $JELLY short position on Hyperliquid perpetual futures, amounting to approximately $4.5 million at the time (link), while also buying $JELLY spot on-chain to artificially raise the spot price and subsequently removing collateral from the short position.

This triggered the mechanism of HLP, as HLP's market-making strategy calculates a fair price by integrating tick data from Hyperliquid and mainstream CEX, and executes strategies to continuously provide 24/7 liquidity. Therefore, when the $JELLY price drops, HLP acts as a counterparty during the liquidation period, inheriting the short positions amounting to approximately $5 million.
Subsequently, the address continued to buy back $JELLY, causing a significant price surge due to low liquidity. At this point, HLP held a passive short position of 3.98 billion $JELLY (valued at approximately $15.3 million at the time) due to the token price rise, resulting in nearly a $12 million loss for HLP. According to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, if the counterpart raises the coin price to around $0.17, the Hyperliquid Vault will face liquidation and lose the $240 million it currently holds. At this time, the price fluctuates between $0.035-$0.045, only requiring roughly a threefold increase for one of Hyperliquid's treasuries holding $240 million to vanish into thin air.
Renowned crypto influencer CryptoSkanda "@thecryptoskanda" ignited a spark on Twitter, suggesting that Binance should list JELLY for spot trading or merely hinting at considering JELLY listing. Through his own influence, he further boosted the JELLY price to outcompete Hyperliquid. In response, Binance's co-founder He Yi replied, "Noted."
Around 11 PM on the 26th, several community members noticed that the $JELLY token's K-line on HyperLiquid had stopped updating, indicating a potential delisting of $JELLY. As retail and large-scale holders collectively "attacked" HyperLiquid, the project's treasury funds were reduced to $50 million to minimize risks, and the liquidation price dropped to $0.14.
10 minutes later, both OKX and Binance announced the listing of JELLY perpetual contracts. Subsequently, Hyperliquid responded on Discord, stating that upon detecting suspicious market activity, the Validator Council voted to delist the JELLY perpetual contract. Except for tagged addresses, all user losses will be fully compensated by the Hyper Foundation. This meant that after the so-called "vote," they directly settled on-chain activities at a price of $0.0095, enraging community members. "DEX" turned into "CEX" overnight, and Hyperliquid even profited $700,000 from this liquidation.
CZ referenced a previous tweet about "DEX vs. CEX" on social media and wrote, "I know I'm not that smart. I admit when I don’t know. I often feel those smart people must have a trick I don't, to do things that I can't. But occasionally, I find: the most fundamental rules still apply."
Arthur Hayes even claimed that Hyperliquid mishandled the JELLY incident, indicating that it is not truly decentralized. He expressed that traders do not care about decentralization and believed that the HYPE would quickly plummet back to zero.
The impact of this event is still unfolding, whether it be the previous DEX insider trading or the recent large holders on PolyMarket coercing a "prediction outcome." CEX customer data breaches or market maker manipulation of CEX prices events, nearly every day reminds cryptocurrency practitioners of the many issues they still need to address. BlockBeats will continue to monitor the event's developments.
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Mixin has launched USTD-margined perpetual contracts, bringing derivative trading into the chat scene.
The privacy-focused crypto wallet Mixin announced today the launch of its U-based perpetual contract (a derivative priced in USDT). Unlike traditional exchanges, Mixin has taken a new approach by "liberating" derivative trading from isolated matching engines and embedding it into the instant messaging environment.
Users can directly open positions within the app with leverage of up to 200x, while sharing positions, discussing strategies, and copy trading within private communities. Trading, social interaction, and asset management are integrated into the same interface.
Based on its non-custodial architecture, Mixin has eliminated friction from the traditional onboarding process, allowing users to participate in perpetual contract trading without identity verification.
The trading process has been streamlined into five steps:
· Choose the trading asset
· Select long or short
· Input position size and leverage
· Confirm order details
· Confirm and open the position
The interface provides real-time visualization of price, position, and profit and loss (PnL), allowing users to complete trades without switching between multiple modules.
Mixin has directly integrated social features into the derivative trading environment. Users can create private trading communities and interact around real-time positions:
· End-to-end encrypted private groups supporting up to 1024 members
· End-to-end encrypted voice communication
· One-click position sharing
· One-click trade copying
On the execution side, Mixin aggregates liquidity from multiple sources and accesses decentralized protocol and external market liquidity through a unified trading interface.
By combining social interaction with trade execution, Mixin enables users to collaborate, share, and execute trading strategies instantly within the same environment.
Mixin has also introduced a referral incentive system based on trading behavior:
· Users can join with an invite code
· Up to 60% of trading fees as referral rewards
· Incentive mechanism designed for long-term, sustainable earnings
This model aims to drive user-driven network expansion and organic growth.
Mixin's derivative transactions are built on top of its existing self-custody wallet infrastructure, with core features including:
· Separation of transaction account and asset storage
· User full control over assets
· Platform does not custody user funds
· Built-in privacy mechanisms to reduce data exposure
The system aims to strike a balance between transaction efficiency, asset security, and privacy protection.
Against the background of perpetual contracts becoming a mainstream trading tool, Mixin is exploring a different development direction by lowering barriers, enhancing social and privacy attributes.
The platform does not only view transactions as execution actions but positions them as a networked activity: transactions have social attributes, strategies can be shared, and relationships between individuals also become part of the financial system.
Mixin's design is based on a user-initiated, user-controlled model. The platform neither custodies assets nor executes transactions on behalf of users.
This model aligns with a statement issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 13, 2026, titled "Staff Statement on Whether Partial User Interface Used in Preparing Cryptocurrency Securities Transactions May Require Broker-Dealer Registration."
The statement indicates that, under the premise where transactions are entirely initiated and controlled by users, non-custodial service providers that offer neutral interfaces may not need to register as broker-dealers or exchanges.
Mixin is a decentralized, self-custodial privacy wallet designed to provide secure and efficient digital asset management services.
Its core capabilities include:
· Aggregation: integrating multi-chain assets and routing between different transaction paths to simplify user operations
· High liquidity access: connecting to various liquidity sources, including decentralized protocols and external markets
· Decentralization: achieving full user control over assets without relying on custodial intermediaries
· Privacy protection: safeguarding assets and data through MPC, CryptoNote, and end-to-end encrypted communication
Mixin has been in operation for over 8 years, supporting over 40 blockchains and more than 10,000 assets, with a global user base exceeding 10 million and an on-chain self-custodied asset scale of over $1 billion.

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