Andrew Tate Gets Liquidated for $67K on WLFI, Immediately Bets Again With a Long Position

Andrew Tate lost $67,500 on a leveraged WLFI position on Tuesday, then immediately opened another long bet on Trump’s crypto ￰1￱ controversial influencer’s liquidation on Hyperliquid extends his trading losses to nearly $700,000 across 80 trades with just a 36% win ￰2￱ reopened his WLFI position within minutes of the liquidation, continuing his pattern of high-leverage crypto betting despite the broader market ￰3￱ setback follows a rare $16,000 profit from shorting Kanye West’s YZY token two weeks earlier at 3x ￰4￱ Record Shows Consistent Losses Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported Tate’s WLFI position was liquidated six hours before their Tuesday morning update, wiping out his $67,500 ￰5￱ Tate( @Cobratate )'s $WLFI long was liquidated for a $67.5K loss 6 hours ￰6￱ he did not give up and immediately reopened a long position on $WLFI . ￰0￱ ￰7￱ — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 2, 2025 Within minutes of the liquidation, Tate had reopened a long position on WLFI, betting again on the token’s price appreciation despite the fresh ￰8￱ latest WLFI bet occurred one day after the Trump family-tied token began trading on major exchanges Monday, ending months of private-only ￰9￱ token crashed from $0.331 to $0.210 within hours as 24.6 billion newly unlocked tokens entered ￰10￱ Trading Price () By Tuesday morning, WLFI recovered slightly to trade above $0.242, though it remained over 21% below its launch price according to CoinMarketCap data.

Tate’s liquidation occurred during this initial volatility period, with his leveraged position eliminated as prices fell below his entry ￰11￱ WLFI loss continues a troubling pattern on Hyperliquid, where only 29 of his 80 trades have generated profits, resulting in $699,000 cumulative ￰12￱ August short on YZY at 3x leverage stands as a rare profitable position among his losing streaks. Tate’s Trading History () Earlier in June, Tate also held a 25x leveraged long position on Ethereum, though blockchain analysis later revealed the trade resulted in steep net losses despite his claims of 138.5% ￰13￱ his active engagement in trading, the former kickboxer previously launched his own meme token, Daddy Tate ($DADDY), on Solana, which reached a $124.57 million market cap in July 2024 before collapsing and was later dubbed as another influencer scam ￰14￱ Vulnerabilities Compound Market Risks While Tate battles personal trading losses, WLFI itself faces systematic security threats that could affect its long-term viability and add significant complexity for holders and active ￰15￱ researchers at SlowMist recently identified coordinated attacks targeting WLFI token holders through critical vulnerabilities in Ethereum’s EIP-7702 upgrade implemented in ￰16￱ report shows that hackers have systematically exploited the upgrade’s delegation features to install malicious smart contracts that automatically drain wallets containing WLFI and other tokens upon ￰17￱ 97% of EIP-7702 delegations have been linked to identical wallet-draining contracts designed specifically to sweep incoming funds, creating widespread risks for token ￰18￱ technical problems compound WLFI’s existing market challenges, as the token continues trading more than 21% below its launch price.

Meanwhile, the Trump family’s paper wealth reportedly surged by $6 billion on WLFI’s trading debut , with the family controlling nearly 25% of all tokens through locked ￰19￱ Liberty Financial proposed a token buyback and burn program using protocol fees to create artificial demand, although specific details about fee amounts or implementation timelines weren’t mentioned.