High-Stakes Trader James Wynn Reactivates Hyperliquid Account — What’s He Up To Now?

James Wynn, a well-known high-stakes crypto trader famed for his aggressive leveraged bets, has returned to the ￰0￱ months away from major trades, Wynn reactivated his Hyperliquid account this week, injecting fresh capital and reopening large ￰1￱ on Wednesday shared data on X showing Wynn deposited 197,000 USDC between Oct. 14 and 15, also claiming a $2,818 referral ￰2￱ opened $4.8m in leveraged long positions spread across three assets — $3.85m in Bitcoin at 40x leverage, $917,000 in PEPE at 10x and $28,000 in HYPE at ￰3￱ current holdings stand at 34.2 BTC, 122.8 million kPEPE and 712.67 ￰4￱ timing coincides with heightened market volatility, including a wave of liquidations on Hyperliquid following Bitcoin’s latest ￰5￱ Wynn( @JamesWynnReal ) is back on Hyperliquid!

He deposited 197K $USDC and claimed a $2,818 referral ￰6￱ opened long positions across $BTC (40x), $PEPE (10x), and $HYPE (10x), totaling $4.8M. 34.2 $BTC ($3.85M) 122.8M $kPEPE ($917K) 712.67 $HYPE ($28K)… ￰7￱ — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 15, 2025 With Each Bet, James Wynn Reinforces His Legend As A Market Showman Wynn’s style remains ￰8￱ often portrays his trades as “viral takeovers,” branding his comebacks as market-defining moments that align with bottoms or major ￰9￱ history is both dramatic and ￰10￱ first gained attention after turning a modest $7,000 position in PEPE into $25m. That meteoric rise set the tone for his high-risk persona, attracting both followers and ￰11￱ this year, Wynn declared he was done with perpetuals after flipping $4m into $100m, only to lose it all and fall into a $17.5m ￰12￱ said he would give perps trading a break before deactivating his ￰13￱ blockchain records soon revealed otherwise.

Nine-Figure Losses Pushed James Wynn To Vanish From Crypto Circles Less than 24 hours after his so-called exit, Wynn opened a new $100m Bitcoin long at $105,890 with 40x ￰14￱ May, the position was wiped out when Bitcoin slipped below $105,000, erasing 949 BTC from his ￰15￱ the wipeout, Wynn liquidated 240 BTC, worth about $25m at the time, in a last-ditch effort to lower his liquidation ￰16￱ move failed, and by July, he deactivated his X account after suffering nine-figure ￰17￱ disappearing, he changed his profile bio to a single word: “broke.” Yet his latest deposits suggest a comeback that’s as audacious as ￰18￱ Losses, Wynn’s Name Still Draws New Traders To Hyperliquid In June, Wynn admitted his trading had become more gambling than discipline, warning others not to follow his lead.

Still, his high-stakes returns, however fleeting, often drew new traders to platforms like Hyperliquid, briefly boosting its native token, ￰19￱ circles remain ￰20￱ see Wynn’s reentry as a familiar spectacle, another volatile cycle of leverage and ￰21￱ argue his resilience keeps him relevant in a market that thrives on risk and redemption.