According to the cited report, Hyperliquid has reached a record level of open positions at $4.039 billion, with whale traders split nearly evenly between longs and shorts and both sides facing multimillion-dollar unrealized losses.
Hyperliquid has reached a new all-time high in total open positions, with whale traders holding a combined $4.039 billion in open interest, according to the provided reports. The largest traders are positioned almost evenly between long and short exposure, indicating no clear directional consensus despite elevated activity on the decentralized crypto derivatives platform. Even with that near-neutral split, both bullish and bearish positions are carrying millions of dollars in unrealized losses after volatile price swings, underscoring the risks of leveraged perpetual futures trading in choppy market conditions.