Hyperliquid Whales See $25.91 Million in Liquidations as Shorts Lead

Six Hyperliquid whale accounts with positions of at least $1 million saw about $25.91 million liquidated from last night into Oct. 22, with short positions making up most of the total.

Aguila Trades had four partial liquidations of its Bitcoin (BTC) long position on Oct. 22. The account had 21.12 BTC liquidated, worth about $1.76 million, and recorded a loss of roughly $25,900. It still held 14.65 BTC, valued at about $1.21 million, with a liquidation price of $82,695.

The largest liquidation total came from an account beginning 0x4b62. Its Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) short positions were partially liquidated, totaling 203.60 BTC and 565.16 ETH, worth about $18.50 million. The account still held about $29.19 million in BTC short positions.

An account beginning 0x89f had about $2.22 million in BTC longs fully liquidated and no perpetual positions afterward. An account beginning 0x3f5f had about $1.18 million in BTC longs and $116,900 in Zcash (ZEC) longs liquidated, while retaining positions in both. Accounts beginning 0x7c1 and 0x9bb had about $1.12 million and $1.01 million, respectively, in BTC longs fully liquidated.