Recap of the "Insider" moves in Hyperliquid futures: precise long and short entry and exit maneuvers
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Recap of the "Insider" moves in Hyperliquid futures: precise long and short entry and exit maneuvers
3 trades with nearly $10 million in cumulative profit—can ordinary people keep up?
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Wenser, Odaily Planet Daily
In the recent volatile and declining market, the most outstanding traders are undoubtedly those on Hyperliquid who frequently open contracts to secure excess profits—amidst the fluctuations of major cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH, they seem always one step ahead in identifying price movements, swiftly placing orders, accurately closing positions, and exiting promptly. As a result, amid community discussions filled with envy and suspicion, they've earned the nickname "Insider Bro."
Currently, some retail investors have begun treating these traders as “signal indicators” and successfully copying their trades. In light of this, Odaily Planet Daily provides a brief overview of profitable whale activities and public addresses on the Hyperliquid platform for readers' reference.
Hyperliquid Becomes the Latest Gold Rush Destination: Monthly Trading Volume Grows Over 4x in 6 Months
After the wave of political meme coins such as TRUMP, MELANIA, and LIBRA, the meme coin season in the cryptocurrency market has temporarily subsided, giving way to on-chain derivatives markets—the new goldmine for countless traders.
In early February, according to a report by Messari, Hyperliquid’s monthly trading volume has grown over fourfold since October 2024, highlighting its rapid rise within the decentralized exchange landscape. Hyperliquid has cultivated a high-value, consistently active user base, becoming the only Layer 1 alternative solution in the market with a clearly defined core user group.
Late February, Hyperliquid announced that the HyperEVM mainnet is now live, bringing general programmability to Hyperliquid's high-performance financial system. The mainnet launch includes: HyperEVM blocks built as part of L1 execution, inheriting all security from HyperBFT consensus; spot transfers between native HYPE and HyperEVM HYPE; and a standardized WHYPE system contract for DeFi applications.
Meanwhile, on February 22, Degen News citing DeFiLlama data on X reported that HyperliquidX generated $2.46 million in protocol revenue over the past 24 hours, ranking third behind only stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle. Indeed, the trend may have already been evident at that time.
According to Dune data, as of March 7, Hyperliquid had nearly 400,000 unique users, over 53 billion cumulative transactions, and total trading volume exceeding $1.9 trillion.
“On-chain Binance,” terrifying indeed
Since February, many large traders have achieved impressive results on Hyperliquid—profits ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. Flying under the banner of an “on-chain Binance,” Hyperliquid has become a go-to destination for deep trading activity during this turbulent bull-bear oscillation.
Whale “Insider Trading” Operations Review: Targets Include BERA, BTC, ETH, and More
Whale Move: Shorted BERA for $589K Profit Within 2 Hours
In early February, Lookonchain monitoring showed that shortly after BERA’s launch, a whale made $589,000 in less than two hours by shorting BERA. The whale deposited $1.6 million into Hyperliquid 16 hours prior and opened a short position at $13, ultimately profiting $589,000.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x0eC0A15e5763ED97A85e860fDCCd7D1e082b5AA9
Notably, this address has since fully liquidated its holdings.
Whale Move: Shorted ETH with 50x Leverage, Floating PnL Exceeds $62.4 Million
Late February, Onchain Lens reported that a whale shorted ETH on HyperLiquid with 50x leverage, achieving a floating profit exceeding $62.4 million.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x20C2d95a3Dfdca9e9AD12794D5fa6FaD99dA44f5
This address currently still holds $98 million worth of contract positions.
Possible Insider Bro: Bought ETH and BTC During Sharp Declines, Held 88,500 ETH, Made $6.83M in 24 Hours
According to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie, a Hyperliquid user holding a 50x long position with 88,510 ETH has fully closed out and started taking profits on Bitcoin, leaving only 315 BTC remaining.
Prior to this, the address used 6 million USDC as principal to open over $200 million in long positions: 49,384 ETH at an entry price of $2,196 (liquidation price: $2,133.9); 1,260 BTC at $85,671 (liquidation price: $84,629). Later, the address increased its position by adding 914 ETH and 41 BTC.
The rest is history—Trump publicly endorsed XRP, SOL, ADA, BTC, and ETH, announcing plans to establish a crypto reserve. Fueled by this news, the address briefly saw a floating profit of $6.46 million. Due to the extremely precise timing of the trade entries and exits, many in the market speculated that the trader might be an insider close to Trump. Although Coinbase executive Conor Grogan later dismissed this theory, claiming the funds originated from phishing scam proceeds, the true identity remains unknown.
The address has since fully liquidated all positions.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xe4d31c2541A9cE596419879B1A46Ffc7cD202c62
Insider Bro Strikes Again: Opens $13.45M Bitcoin Short Position
Early March, ai_9684 xtpa reported that just 20 minutes before U.S. stock market opening, the same whale who previously made $6.83 million on Hyperliquid via 50x leveraged longs on BTC and ETH opened a $13.45 million BTC short—same 50x leverage, same sensitive timing, but smaller size and flipped from long to short. Entry price was $93,117.5, liquidation at $94,083, briefly showing a $60K loss. However, the position quickly turned around, eventually exiting with nearly $300K in profit.
Institutional Move: 50x Leveraged $139M ETH Short, Once Up $78.19M in PnL
March 4, Hypurrscan data revealed that a whale opened a $139 million ETH short on Hyperliquid with 50x leverage, once achieving a floating profit of $78.19 million, with a liquidation price at 3,507 USDT. It was later revealed that this position was actually placed by Resolv Labs, the protocol maintaining the stablecoin USR.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x20c2d95a3dfdca9e9ad12794d5fa6fad99da44f5
As of now, the address holds approximately $97 million in open contracts.
Possible Insider Bro Hat-Trick: 50x Leveraged Long on ETH, Earns $2.15M in 40 Minutes
This afternoon, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie reported that the whale known for making $7.13 million via 50x leveraged longs on BTC and ETH recharged 1.95 million USDC as margin and opened a 50x leveraged long on ETH—holding 27,809 ETH (~$57.88 million), entering at $2,057.49 with a liquidation price of $2,008.
Shortly after opening the position, ETH rose to a high of $2,149. The whale then fully exited, locking in $2.15 million in profit in under 40 minutes. To date, this trader has accumulated $9.28 million across three leveraged trades.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xf3F496C9486BE5924a93D67e98298733Bb47057c
Whale Move: Used $4.06M USDC to Go Long BTC, Floating Profit of $589K
March 6, Lookonchain reported that a wallet dormant for two years sold 1,863 ETH at an average price of $2,181, receiving $4.06 million in USDC. The address then deposited the full amount into Hyperliquid and opened a 20x leveraged long on BTC at $89,930, achieving a floating profit of $589K, with a liquidation price at $75,186.
View address:
https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x523b21F469825D0104ac6A3c762a955EeDb75e5B
Summary: Profits Go to the Fastest Hands
At present, the win rate of the so-called "Insider Bro" across long and short trades seems unrealistically high. Whether this individual is a hacker behind phishing scams, or truly an insider or colluding whale, remains uncertain.
Given Hyperliquid’s still-immature infrastructure, current copy-traders rely heavily on speed. Odaily Planet Daily reminds readers: when market direction is unclear, use leverage cautiously, and always conduct proper risk management before following any “big brother” trades.
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