Hyperliquid Suffers Another Attack, 'Unplugging the Ethernet Cable' Saves $200M | Timeline

Tonight, just after experiencing the "Insider Whale" long liquidation event, Hyperliquid is facing another position drama. Due to a price surge in a meme token called JELLY, Hyperliquid's opposing book vault is on the verge of liquidation, putting the entire protocol's treasury at risk of depletion. At the same time, centralized exchanges (CEX) have taken advantage of the situation, swiftly listing the JELLY contract to target Hyperliquid with sniper attacks and hunting.

As of now, Hyperliquid has forcefully delisted the JELLY contract and liquidated 3.92 billion JELLY short positions at a favorable price of $0.0095 (approximately $3.72 million), resulting in a profit of $703,000. Meanwhile, the HYPER price experienced a momentary dip from around $16 to $13 before rebounding and currently holding above $14. This action has sparked intense discussions in the community about the competition between CEX and Perp DEX, as well as the decentralization issues within on-chain protocols.

Disclaimer: This event is still unfolding, and BlockBeats will continue to monitor it.

03-26 22:12

JELLY Surges Over 500% in the Past 1 Hour, Hyperliquid Vault Takes Over Short Position Facing Over $12 Million Loss

According to market data, the meme coin JELLY has surged by 515% in the past hour, currently priced at $0.034 with a market cap of $38.11 million; meanwhile, HYPE dropped by 17% at one point in the past hour to $14.37, 10% lower compared to when "taking over the JELLY short position."

Earlier, BlockBeats reported that the Hyperliquid Vault automatically liquidated and took over a $5 million JELLY short position.

According to hypurrscan data, with the sharp rise in JELLY's price, the current position is facing a loss of $12.368 million (entry price $0.01129).

03-26 22:23

A New Address Opens a JELLY Long Position on Hyperliquid, Reaching a Peak Profit of Over $8 Million

According to hypurrscan data, a new address starting with 0x20e8 opened a 3x JELLY long position on Hyperliquid, with an entry price of $0.01129. The position once reached a peak profit of over $8 million and currently has an unrealized profit of $5.58 million.

03-26 22:30

A JELLY Whale Holding 126 Million Coins Manipulates the Price, Causing a Nearly $12 Million Loss for HLP

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale holding 126 million JELLY coins (jellyjelly) is manipulating the price of the coin.

This address first sold off JELLY to crash the price, causing HLP to acquire a passive short position of 398 million JELLY (approximately $15.3 million).

Then, the address bought back JELLY, pushing up the price and resulting in HLP losing nearly $12 million.

03-26 22:41

Analyst: If JELLY Rises to Around $0.17, It Will Trigger a "Liquidation" Event on the Hyperliquid Vault, Clearing $240 Million

On-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa stated that Hyperliquid's automatic takeover of a $5 million jellyjelly short position is currently experiencing an unrealized loss of $10.63 million (approximately $6 million at the time of writing). If the counterparty pushes the price to around $0.17, the Hyperliquid Vault will face liquidation, resulting in a $240 million loss of its current holdings.

03-26 23:10

KOL "Suggests" Binance to Launch JELLY to Liquidate Hyperliquid, CZ Responds "Noted"

Crypto KOL CryptoSkanda (@thecryptoskanda) posted on social media, "suggesting" that Binance should list JELLY for spot trading or at least consider it, leveraging his own influence to further pump the price of JELLY to liquidate Hyperliquid, a competitor.

In response, Binance co-founder CZ replied, "Okay, noted."

At the time of writing, JELLY is currently priced at $0.0328, with only a 24% increase since CZ's reply, which did not have a significant impact on the price (compared to a 500% increase earlier tonight).

BlockBeats previously reported that a trader who opened a short position on JELLY was automatically liquidated, causing the Hyperliquid Vault to take over a $5 million JELLY short position, which is currently at a $9.02 million loss.

According to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa's analysis, if the opposing party pushes the JELLY price up to around $0.17, the Hyperliquid Vault will face liquidation and lose the full $240 million it currently holds.

03-26 23:13

OKX to Launch JELLYJELLY Perpetual Contract

According to official sources, OKX has announced the launch of the JELLYJELLY perpetual contract.

03-26 23:18

Binance to Launch JELLYJELLY U-Settled Perpetual Contract

According to official sources, Binance will list JELLYJELLY and MAVIA U perpetual contracts.

03-26 23:21

Analyst: JELLY short positions will be liquidated up to $50 million, liquidation price $0.141

On-chain data analyst Yujin posted that this JELLY event will at most bust the address currently taking over JELLY short positions, without affecting the other two strategic addresses of the HLP treasury.

The liquidation address holds $50 million, and the liquidation price of the current 398 million JELLY short positions is at $0.141. The current JELLY price is $0.033. To "bust" the liquidation address, JELLY would need to rise over 3 times.

03-26 23:21

Hyperliquid has delisted JELLY

According to market reports, Hyperliquid chose to delist JELLY after announcing the listing of JELLY contracts on OKX and Binance.

03-26 23:24

Following the delisting of JELLY by Hyperliquid, HYPE briefly surged around 20%

Market data shows that after Hyperliquid announced the listing of JELLY contracts on OKX and Binance followed by the delisting of JELLY, HYPE surged approximately 20% briefly, with the coin price currently at $14.3.

03-26 23:26

JELLY experiences a brief 60% decline

Due to Hyperliquid's delisting of JELLY, JELLY experienced a short-term 60% price drop, currently trading at $0.0248.

03-26 23:29

Hyperliquid settled a JELLY short at $0.0095 without any loss of funds

According to market reports, Hyperliquid delisted JELLY and settled a taken short position at a price of $0.0095 (well below market price), without any loss of funds.

03-26 23:47

Hyperliquid Response: Committee voted to delist JELLY, user losses to be fully compensated by the foundation

Hyperliquid posted a response on Discord, stating that upon discovering suspicious market activity, the validator committee voted to delist the JELLY perpetual contract.

In addition to tagged addresses, all user losses will be fully compensated by the Hyper Foundation. The compensation will be automatically executed based on on-chain data in the coming days without the need to submit a ticket. The specific implementation plan will be detailed in a subsequent announcement. As with other public chains, validators often need to collectively negotiate and take decisive action to maintain network integrity. Hyperliquid will prioritize enhancing the robustness and transparency of the voting system.

Records also show that the 24-hour net loss/gain of HLP (Hyperliquid Protocol) is approximately $700,000 USDC. Technical improvements will be advanced concurrently, with the experience of this event enhancing the network. More details will be announced soon.

03-26 23:54

Arthur Hayes: Hyperliquid is not decentralized, HYPE will return to square one

Arthur Hayes shared on social media that Hyperliquid was unable to handle the JELLY event, showing that it is not truly decentralized. He further expressed that traders do not really care about such matters and confidently stated that HYPE will soon return to its initial state.

03-26 23:58

Hyperliquid Initiates "Unplug the Ethernet Cable" Settlement, Profiting $703,000 from JELLY Short Positions

According to Lookonchain monitoring, before delisting JELLY, Hyperliquid settled 3.92 billion JELLY at a price of $0.0095 (approximately $3.72 million) without any loss, but instead profited $703,000.