Thursday, April 9, 2026

Fartcoin's price crashed 50% after $145 million manipulation bet went wrong

The liquidation was so large relative to the order book that Hyperliquid's auto-deleveraging mechanism activated, forcibly closing profitable short positions on the other side of the trade to prevent the system from accumulating bad debt.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/09/someone-tried-to-manipulate-fartcoin-s-price-with-a-usd145-million-long-it-crashed-50

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