"James Wynn" liquidated PEPE and ETH long positions, ultimately exiting with a profit of $20,000.

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-15T09:28:00+00:00

On January 15th, trader James Wynn liquidated all PEPE and ETH long positions on Hyperliquid, netting approximately $41,000. The PEPE long position yielded a profit of $110,000, but the ETH position resulted in a loss of $160,000. His account funds temporarily reached $900,000, and after multiple liquidations, he ultimately made a profit of about $20,000.

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2026-01-15 09:28:00

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On January 15, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, trader James Wynn (0x507), who was nearly “bankrupt,” fully liquidated all PEPE and ETH long positions today on Hyperliquid and withdrew most of his funds from the platform, approximately $41,000. Among them, the PEPE long position yielded a profit of about $110,000, while the ETH long position incurred a loss of $160,000. This address initially started with about $20,000 in long PEPE, and the account funds once soared to a high of $900,000. However, on January 8, his positions experienced 12 consecutive liquidations, with the scale repeatedly halved, and he finally exited during today’s market rally, realizing a final profit of about $20,000. Notably, on January 1 this year, James Wynn publicly predicted that PEPE’s market cap would surpass $69 billion by 2026, and he pledged to delete his social accounts if this was not achieved. Currently, PEPE’s market cap is approximately $25.4 million.

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