It's so exciting xdm. From May to now, Hyperliquid has collected a total of 55.4 million US dollars in fees. On May 21, the fees and agreement income reached the peak since 2025, with a single-day fee of 4.65 million US dollars. This was the day when James and Insider opened a counter-trade and the position reached 1.2 billion for the first time.
Hyperliquid’s transaction fee is calculated based on the rolling transaction volume of the past 14 days. The basic fee rate for Takers with a transaction volume of more than 2 billion US dollars is 2.6 per 10,000. James alone can contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in transaction fees, and there are also a lot of intangible benefits such as platform exposure. At the same time, HYPE also set a new record high, with a 24-hour increase of 14.2%. What a win!!!
From the chain, we can see that on May 27, James Wynn’s long position returned to US$620 million. This afternoon between 16:00 and 16:51, he increased his holdings by another 1,641.62 BTC.
- Long position: 5676.18 BTC, about 620 million US dollars
- Opening price: $109,889
- Liquidation Price: $108,020
- Current P&L: -$1.85 million
On-chain address: https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x5078c2fbea2b2ad61bc840bc023e35fce56bedb6
So, who is James Wynn? Xiao K takes you to an in-depth analysis
James Wynn: From a run-down town to a billion-dollar gambling table
This man who previously used Bruce Lee as his avatar is actually the ultimate gambler who opened a long order of 1.2 billion US dollars and a short order of 1 billion US dollars in the Bitcoin battlefield!
🌪️The meme god of war crawling out of the trench
"I was born in Crime Alley, England~" James revealed that the daily life in his childhood town was comparable to (Trainspotting): knives + drugs + poverty, but he relied on PEPE to achieve a class leap! The chain shows that he may have received funding from Alameda in 2020? But Xiao K searched through the blocks and found no solid evidence~
🐸 PEPE God War: 600,000 → 5.7 billion prophet
In April 2023, when the market value of PEPE was only $4.2 million, James said: "It will definitely exceed $4.2 billion!" As a result... the current market value of 5.7 billion slaps the doubters in the face! In March this year, Onchain Lens monitored a transaction of "James Wynn's associated address transferred 389.18 billion PEPE to Binance". At that time, the agency had calculated that the cumulative income of James Wynn's associated address on PEPE had exceeded $16 million.
💣 Dark history warning: Baby Pepe backstabbing incident
In July 2024, it was revealed that they were taking advantage of both sides! On the surface, they refused to pay for promotion, but privately asked for 2% of the tokens and promised to pull the market. In the end, they secretly cashed out 68,000 dollars and quickly blocked the team... Dylan directly sprayed "scammers!" "Criminals!" It turns out that there are no naive people in the trading circle
🚀 Hyperliquid peak showdown: the perpetual motion machine of long and short positions
It got even crazier after switching to the contract market! 12 amazing operations in a single month were counted by Aunt AI yesterday:
- PEPE made a profit of 25.18 million US dollars from long positions
- A fight between a long order of 1.2 billion dollars and a short order of 1 billion dollars
- Just 2 hours after announcing his retirement, he opened a PEPE long order worth $10.1 million...
(Little K’s pupils tremble: This is not quitting, this is clearly a tactical reload!)
🌊 Bruce Lee's philosophy of trading
"Be like water~" After James closed his 1 billion short position and lost $15.86 million, he still calmly posted: "I had a lot of fun gambling~" But Xiao K discovered a secret: he made a total profit of $25.1 million in Hyperliquid! When withdrawing 28 million USDC, the sound of the wallet was more exciting than electronic music
The operation of the long order king is more exciting than a roller coaster! Although it is easy to be targeted by public positions, the record of making 25 million dollars in three months... Xiao K silently added (Trading Genius Quick Guide) to the shopping cart.
