According to Onchain Lens, a whale deposited 1.57 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a BERA short position with 5x leverage on Dec 17, 2025, with the transaction and position details referenced via the linked HyperBot trader page. Source: Onchain Lens on X; HyperBot trader page.

According to @phantom, the CRCL and FOGO perpetual futures markets are live and support long and short trading, source: @phantom on X, Dec 16, 2025. The announcement specifies up to 10x leverage for these perps, source: @phantom on X, Dec 16, 2025.

According to @EmberCN, a high-leverage ETH long address was liquidated multiple times during the early-morning ETH decline, leaving only $47,000 in margin for the tracked account, source: @EmberCN on X, Dec 16, 2025, https://twitter.com/EmberCN/status/2000728503063376383. Since the Oct 11 selloff, the same address has cumulatively lost $21.21 million in principal, source: @EmberCN on X, Dec 16, 2025, https://twitter.com/EmberCN/status/2000728503063376383. The post was labeled as sponsored by Bitget VIP per the source, source: @EmberCN on X, Dec 16, 2025, https://twitter.com/EmberCN/status/2000728503063376383.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, StandX has launched its Trading Points campaign on mainnet, awarding points for trading and for depositing DUSD into Perps Wallet or Vaults. Source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1999022682256584765; x.com/StandX_Official/status/1998647259953758279 The program will retroactively credit points for trades executed since mainnet launch. Source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1999022682256584765 Users of Binance Wallet Extension Keyless receive a 10% points bonus, with the author specifying the bonus runs until 2026-01-07. Source: x.com/StandX_Official/status/1998647259953758279; x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1999022682256584765 StandX states the more you trade, the more points you earn, aligning incentives toward higher volume on its perpetual futures DEX. Source: x.com/StandX_Official/status/1998647259953758279

According to @EleanorTerrett, CFTC Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham has named 12 exchange CEOs to the new CFTC CEO Innovation Council to address derivatives market structure. Source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Dec 10, 2025. Selected leaders include executives from Cboe, CME Group, Nasdaq, ICE, LSEG, Kraken, Gemini, Crypto.com, Bullish, Bitnomial, Kalshi, and Polymarket. Source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Dec 10, 2025. The council will advise on tokenization, perpetuals, prediction markets, 24/7 trading, and blockchain-based market infrastructure. Source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Dec 10, 2025.

According to @OnchainLens, a whale deposited $5.5M USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 7x leveraged long position on ETH on Dec 10, 2025 (source: @OnchainLens on X). The post includes a Hyperbot trader page link that attributes the activity to a specific address on HyperLiquid, serving as the reference for this disclosure (source: hyperbot.network link shared by @OnchainLens). Traders may monitor HyperLiquid ETH perpetual open interest and funding rates for follow-through after this sized entry (source: @OnchainLens for the disclosed position).

According to @phantom, six new perpetual futures markets—STABLE-USD, MSTR-USD, AMD-USD, INTC-USD, ORCL-USD, and NFLX-USD—are now live for trading with the ability to go long or short using up to 10x leverage (source: @phantom). According to @phantom, the listings are available immediately as announced on Dec 9, 2025 (source: @phantom).

According to @phantom, new perpetual futures markets went live in Phantom between Dec 2 and Dec 8, 2025 (source: Phantom on X, Dec 9, 2025). This confirms additional perps listings became available for execution inside the Phantom interface during that week, expanding the platform's tradable derivatives set for active traders (source: Phantom on X, Dec 9, 2025). The announcement did not specify individual pairs in the note shared, indicating traders should reference Phantom's in-app markets list for full details during the 12/2–12/8 launch window (source: Phantom on X, Dec 9, 2025).

According to @WatcherGuru, $155 million of crypto short positions were liquidated in the past 60 minutes, indicating a concentrated wipeout of bearish leverage in derivatives markets (source: @WatcherGuru on X). Clustered short-liquidation waves are consistent with short-squeeze mechanics that force buybacks and can amplify upside volatility in perpetual futures and spot pairs (source: CME Group education on short covering and squeezes). For trade setup and risk control, monitor funding rates and aggregate open interest to assess whether leverage is resetting or re-levering, which helps confirm or fade squeeze momentum (source: Binance Futures education on funding and open interest).

According to @bubblemaps, a whale on Hyperliquid holds a $170M long position in ETH with about $5M in unrealized profit (source: @bubblemaps on X, Dec 8, 2025). Based on those figures, the unrealized PnL reflects roughly a 2.9% gain on notional, and a 1% move in ETH would change PnL by approximately $1.7M for a delta-one exposure (calculation based on data reported by @bubblemaps; source: @bubblemaps on X, Dec 8, 2025). The post confirms a long ETH bias but does not disclose entry price, leverage, or liquidation levels, limiting precision on downside risk assessment for derivatives traders (source: @bubblemaps on X, Dec 8, 2025).

According to @OnchainLens, the Perp to Spot whale deposited 6M USDC into HyperLiquid and opened leveraged longs in ETH at 20x, SUI at 10x, and FARTCOIN at 10x, with the FARTCOIN long initiated yesterday, corroborated by CoinMarketMan Hypertracker wallet 0x8d0E342E0524392d035Fb37461C6f5813ff59244 (source: @OnchainLens; source: CoinMarketMan Hypertracker). This confirms fresh long-side exposure on HyperLiquid perps across ETH, SUI, and FARTCOIN on Dec 8, 2025, and provides a verifiable wallet for ongoing tracking (source: @OnchainLens; source: CoinMarketMan Hypertracker). Traders can monitor this wallet’s position changes alongside funding rates, open interest, and liquidation metrics on HyperLiquid for ETH, SUI, and FARTCOIN to assess directional pressure and risk management around the whale’s entries (source: @OnchainLens; source: CoinMarketMan Hypertracker).

According to @EmberCN, a whale moved 70 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a long position worth 166 million USD in Ethereum totaling 54,000 ETH at an average entry price of 3,048, source: @EmberCN and hyperbot.network. According to @EmberCN, the position’s current unrealized profit is approximately 0.91 million USD at the time of reporting, source: @EmberCN and hyperbot.network. According to @EmberCN, the trader address and real-time position details can be monitored on the Hyperliquid analytics page on hyperbot.network, source: @EmberCN and hyperbot.network.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, ETH fell to $2,900 as the weekend ended, coinciding with the liquidation of trader 'Maji's' ETH long. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Dec 7, 2025. The source states the remaining 7,250 ETH showed a loss of $738,000 after the wick down. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Dec 7, 2025. The same source adds he immediately opened a new 2,100 ETH long with a notional size of $6.18 million. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Dec 7, 2025. The post also notes the account that had recovered to $3 million now shows $227,000 equity and links to the trader dashboard for verification at https://hyperbot.network/trader/0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872. Sources: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Dec 7, 2025; hyperbot.network trader page.

According to @lookonchain, wallet 0x50b3 opened a 20x long on 307 BTC worth about $27.5M at $89,642.7 with liquidation at $83,385, source: Lookonchain on X and hypurrscan.io/address/0x50b309f78e774a756a2230e1769729094cac9f20. According to @lookonchain, wallet 0x9311 opened a 40x short on 223.4 BTC worth about $20M at $89,502.7 with liquidation at $95,114, source: Lookonchain on X and hypurrscan.io/address/0x931153baac031d055389b41d12cd32c9bf0ae7a3. This sets a tight battleground around 89.5k–89.6k, with a -6.98% buffer to the long’s liquidation and +6.27% to the short’s liquidation calculated from the figures reported by Lookonchain on X, source: Lookonchain on X. Traders can watch $95,114 for potential short-squeeze fuel and $83,385 for long-liquidation risk since these are the stated liquidation prices in the Lookonchain update, source: Lookonchain on X. Combined notional is about $47.5M calculated from the $27.5M and $20M figures reported by Lookonchain on X, source: Lookonchain on X.

According to @EmberCN, a trader began rolling an ETH long from 2,840 with 500,000 dollars, saw equity peak at 3.34 million dollars when ETH hit 3,200, but the raised liquidation price to 3,000 led to two liquidations after ETH dipped below 3,000, cutting equity to 730,000 dollars and leaving the remaining position within 42 dollars of liquidation, source: @EmberCN on X; hyperbot.network/trader/0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872. The same trader later redeployed 500,000 dollars at a 2,910 average long, with equity rising to 2.04 million dollars and profit at 1.54 million dollars as ETH reclaimed above 3,000, with a liquidation price at 2,881, source: @EmberCN on X; hyperbot.network/trader/0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872. Last week, the trader ran 1.00 million dollars to 2.08 million dollars but lost gains when ETH fell from 3,000 to 2,700, highlighting tight liquidation buffers on high leverage, source: @EmberCN on X; hyperbot.network/trader/0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872.

According to @dydxfoundation, an on-chain governance vote on the dYdX Chain Software Upgrade v9.5 is live and will close on Dec 7, 2025 at 08:28 UTC, providing a clear timeline for traders to manage DYDX exposure around the deadline, source: dYdX Foundation on X, Dec 5, 2025. Proposal 323 on Mintscan confirms the vote is open and lists the official voting window and on-chain details for validators and token holders, which traders can track for participation and outcome signals, source: Mintscan dYdX Proposal 323.

According to @PolynomialFi, Polynomial has launched Basis Trade, letting users deposit ETH or BTC, short the matching perpetual at 1x, and earn funding rates on top of base yield, source: @PolynomialFi. The product dashboard shows weighted returns, compares eligible assets, and supports precise position sizing for the strategy, source: @PolynomialFi. This rollout provides a structured path to execute the described basis trade and capture funding on ETH or BTC using 1x perp shorts, source: @PolynomialFi.

According to @OnchainLens, using Hyperbotai data, a high-performing ETH perpetual futures whale continues to hold a 7x leveraged long totaling 20,955 ETH with a reported notional value of $66.1M (source: @OnchainLens; data: Hyperbotai). The position shows $4.04M in unrealized profit and carries a stated liquidation price at $2,703.89, indicating the trade remains active at this leverage level (source: @OnchainLens; data: Hyperbotai).

According to @charlesdhaussy, Binance Blockchain Week Dubai filled the Coca-Cola Arena and featured extensive discussions on perpetuals markets, with peers acknowledging dYdX’s (DYDX) recent volume and fee trajectory, indicating strong sector focus on derivatives activity (source: @charlesdhaussy on X, Dec 4, 2025). For traders tracking DYDX, the reported recognition of rising volumes and fees underscores market attention to derivatives liquidity and protocol revenue signals at the event (source: @charlesdhaussy on X, Dec 4, 2025).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, ETH pushed above 3,200 USD as high-frequency perps trader 0xa43...57d28 remains long 19,628.65 ETH valued at roughly 63.22M USD with an average entry of 2,950.23 USD. Source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1996415172370698464; hyperbot.network/trader/0xa43d75213160AFF6db3b9761Dd5AC4FB4fA57D28. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the unrealized profit on this ETH long is about 5.28M USD, fully offsetting losses from 17 trades over the past three days. Source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1996415172370698464; hyperbot.network/trader/0xa43d75213160AFF6db3b9761Dd5AC4FB4fA57D28. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the address is currently among the Top-2 ETH long positions on Hyperliquid, highlighting concentrated long-side exposure as ETH reclaims the 3,200 USD level. Source: x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1996415172370698464; hyperbot.network/trader/0xa43d75213160AFF6db3b9761Dd5AC4FB4fA57D28.