High-leverage trading has cost well-known traders millions of dollars as the crypto market wandered in volatility.
By Wahid Pessarlay
Editor Julia Sakovich
Updated
2 mins read
Some of the most famous Hyperliquid traders might have learned an expensive lesson with high-leverage bets, but Abraxa Capital, a London-based crypto investment firm, is still betting big.
The cryptocurrency market has been seeing wild volatility over the past month, with leading assets witnessing huge selloffs. Bitcoin BTC $103 123 24h volatility: 1.5% Market cap: $2.06 T Vol. 24h: $61.48 B recorded a 16.7% fall in the last 30 days while Ethereum ETH $3 400 24h volatility: 3.4% Market cap: $410.69 B Vol. 24h: $34.54 B dropped even further, losing 28% of its value.
Perpetual traders took a hard blow. The famous James Wynn went from $87 million in profits to $21.9 million in losses, according to Lookonchain.
Stay away from high-leverage trading.
It might bring you big profits at first, but in the end, it'll wipe out everything you’ve earned.
Just ask the seven traders below. pic.twitter.com/mp6LPU5xf4
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) November 6, 2025
Machi Big Brother, another trader on Hyperliquid, lost roughly $14.9 million. An unknown trader who turned $125,000 into $43 million in profit is also seeing $180,000 in losses.
“Stay away from high-leverage trading,” the market analysis firm wrote. “It might bring you big profits at first, but in the end, it’ll wipe out everything you’ve earned.”
A trader with a 14-win streak also hit a bump, losing $30.2 million. Aguila Trades, “Gambler @qwatio,” and the biggest Hyperliquid loser also lost $37.6 million, $28.8 million, and $45 million, respectively.
Big bettors are still leading the charts on Hyperliquid. According to data from CoinGlass, the total value of whale positions on the exchange is at $5.8 billion ($2.7 billion longs and $3.1 billion shorts).
With the latest positive momentum, the BTC long/short ratio shifted to 56%/44%. ETH is also following closely, with 55.9% of the traders betting on its bullish momentum. Moreover, Hyperliquid whales are still uncertain about small-cap altcoins and have been majorly betting on their price fall.
On the other hand, the largest trader on the perpetual decentralized crypto exchange, Abraxa Capital, opened a $174 million short position on ETH with an entry price of $3,527. The firm’s BTC position, shorting the leading asset, is also worth $128.4 million with an entry price of $111,616.
Abraxa Capital is currently sitting on $17.2 million in unrealized profits.
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Wahid has been analyzing and reporting on the latest trends in the decentralized ecosystem since 2019. He has over 4,000 articles to his name and his work has been featured on some of the leading outlets including Yahoo Finance, Investing.com, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga. Other than reporting, Wahid likes to connect the dots between DeFi and macro on his newsletter, On-chain Monk.
