James Wynn’s $100M Liquidation: The Dirty Secret of Crypto Exchanges
James Wynn, a seasoned crypto whale, was wiped out in seconds — over $100 million lost — not by market crash, but by manipulation.
What happened?
He opened a large long position on a major altcoin. No major news, no crash — until a sudden price wick on one exchange triggered his liquidation. Oddly, other exchanges didn’t reflect the same move.
The red flag?
The dip looked engineered. Insiders or bots likely caused it just enough to hit stop-losses and liquidation points — a tactic called liquidation hunting.
How it works:
Exchanges know traders' liquidation levels
Market makers (often tied to the platform) push price down briefly
Liquidate positions
Buy the assets cheap, then ride the rebound
An insider later confirmed it: bots map liquidation zones, crash prices briefly, and funnel profits back to the exchange.
Takeaways to protect yourself:
✅ Avoid high leverage
✅ Be careful with stop-losses
✅ Watch for wick patterns
✅ Spread trades across platforms
✅ Remember: if you're not the market maker, you're the product
Wynn’s loss wasn’t a fluke.
It was a $100M warning: sometimes, the real danger in crypto isn’t the market — it’s the exchange.
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