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SKHX Hyperliquid volatility

A large leveraged SKHX position on Hyperliquid is driving extreme price swings and liquidation cascades.

3 entriesThu, Jul 9 – Wed, Jul 29Perp DEX

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  1. Wed, Jul 29LatestVerified · 29 Jul 2026

    Trade.xyz to Pay for Flash Crash

    Trade.xyz said it will reimburse traders liquidated when its SK Hynix perpetual on Hyperliquid fell 19% in about two minutes on July 27, after a single trade on a thin Korean pre-market venue passed through its price feed. Lookonchain estimated over $80 million in positions were liquidated; CoinDesk put covered losses near $60 million. Trade.xyz called the payout one-time and discretionary, saying its oracle worked as designed.

  2. Tue, Jul 28Verified · 28 Jul 2026

    SKHX Flash Crash Hits Hyperliquid

    The SK Hynix perpetual (SKHX) on Hyperliquid flash-crashed 17.9% on 28 July after a single share printed at ₩1.272m (~$867) in thin pre-market trading on Nextrade — roughly 30% below the prevailing price, halting trading there. The oracle followed the print down, breaching the backstop liquidator and forcing over $26m in liquidations — reportedly more in four hours than all of Binance. The largest short's unrealized profit swelled to $6.1m. Hyperliquid says the market is operated by Trade.xyz under HIP-3; Trade.xyz is investigating, and prices have normalized.

  3. Thu, Jul 9Unverified — not yet reviewed

    Hyperliquid Whale Deposits $4.51M USDC; Holds $981K Unrealized Profit on SKHX Long

    A whale deposited 4.51 million USDC into Hyperliquid and holds an unrealized profit of $981,300 on an existing SKHX long position. The activity represents documented large-account usage of Hyperliquid's on-chain perpetual infrastructure.