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<p>The high-leverage cryptocurrency trader known as James Wynn has once again found himself in the spotlight after suffering another severe loss. His much-hyped return to trading, which he described as a comeback “with a vengeance,” ended abruptly when his positions, worth about $4.8 million, were liquidated just a day after opening them. The latest episode adds to a long pattern of high-risk trades that have repeatedly gone against him, reinforcing the notion that Bitcoin trading is no place for the faint-hearted.</p>
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  <h2 class="in-brief--title" id="in-brief">In brief</h2>
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   <li>James Wynn suffered a $4.8 million liquidation shortly after opening high-leverage positions.</li>
   <li>Wynn’s rapid loss follows a long pattern of massive liquidations that have marked his high-risk trading career.</li>
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<h2 id="h-fresh-setback-for-wynn-after-bold-return">Fresh Setback for Wynn After Bold Return</h2>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/tag/blockchain-technology-en-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">blockchain</a> analytics firm Lookonchain, Wynn was liquidated for roughly $4.8 million shortly after opening large leveraged positions on Tuesday. Data showed he deposited $197,000 in stablecoins to back the trades, which also earned him a referral bonus of $2,818. With the collateral in place, he entered long positions across three cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin ($BTC), KingPepe (kPEPE), and HYPE—using aggressive leverage levels.</p>
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<p>Here are the key details of Wynn’s latest leveraged trades and the scale of his positions</p>
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 <li>Wynn <a href="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1978280993330262297" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">opened positions with 40x leverage</a> on Bitcoin and 10x leverage on KingPepe and HYPE.</li>
 <li>His trades included 34.2 BTC worth about $3.85 million, 122.8 million kPEPE valued at $917,000, and 712.67 HYPE tokens worth $28,000.</li>
 <li>The total exposure reached roughly $4.8 million, greatly increasing both potential profits and the risk of loss.</li>
 <li>Within 24 hours, the market moved against him, resulting in the rapid liquidation of his positions.</li>
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<p>Before the liquidation, Wynn had taken to X to announce his return, saying,<em> “back with a vengeance, coming to get what’s rightly mine.”</em> But after his positions were wiped out, Lookonchain remarked that each time he comes back to Hyperliquid to open new trades, the outcome ends the same way—with <a href="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1978483470226862479" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">his positions quickly erased</a>. According to Hypurrscan, the wallet linked to him now <a href="https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x5078C2fBeA2b2aD61bc840Bc023E35Fce56BeDb6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">holds just $71,031</a>, showing yet another setback in his turbulent trading record.</p>
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<h2 id="h-wynn-and-the-cycle-of-massive-bitcoin-liquidations">Wynn and the Cycle of Massive Bitcoin Liquidations</h2>
<p>Wynn’s trading record has become well known in the cryptocurrency community, not for steady gains but for the massive scale of his wins and losses. In May, Cointribune reported that the trader <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/bitcoin-a-trader-loses-100-million-on-hyperliquid-in-a-flash-liquidation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">lost around $100 million in a similar liquidation event</a> after Bitcoin briefly slipped below $105,000. The decline triggered two successive liquidations, the first involving 527.29 BTC at $104,950 and the second for 421.8 BTC at $104,150. Together, the positions resulted in a combined loss of about $99.3 million.</p>
<p>Following the collapse, Wynn appealed to the broader crypto community for assistance, asking for help to rebuild his account. His call was met with support from at least 24 addresses that sent him funds. With those contributions, he opened another massive $100 million Bitcoin position only days after the earlier loss.</p>
<p>Wynn later <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/james-wynn-loses-25-million-in-a-new-leveraged-bitcoin-liquidation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">liquidated 240 BTC, worth around $25 million</a>, to lower the risk of his remaining positions triggering a liquidation. Despite that move, the market turned against him once more, and he ended up losing over 99% of the $100 million he had staked.</p>
<h2 id="h-smaller-bets-big-reputation-the-risk-never-ends">Smaller Bets, Big Reputation: The Risk Never Ends</h2>
<p>Even after multiple liquidations, he continues to return to the market using leverage. In late September, he took <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/crypto-james-wynn-the-billionaire-trader-bets-everything-on-the-aster-airdrop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">another position on the token ASTER</a> just days after being liquidated on the same asset. The trade, valued at around $16,000 with 3x leverage, was much smaller than his previous positions and reflected his view that the token could become one of the major players in the crypto market.</p>
<p>Wynn’s trading activities have made him one of the most discussed figures in crypto circles. <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/after-losing-100m-james-wynn-exposes-himself-again-to-100m-on-bitcoin-with-a-leverage-of-x40/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">His willingness to take extreme risks</a> has earned him a near-mythic reputation among traders who follow leveraged futures. However, his repeated wipeouts have also become a cautionary example of how rapidly leveraged positions can collapse in the face of even small market swings.</p>

Crypto Trader James Wynn Wiped Out Again: $4.8M Gone

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