Hyperliquid ups margin requirements after $4 million liquidation loss

The exchange’s liquidity pool, HLP, suffered a $4 million loss while unwinding a roughly $200 million liquidated trade on March 12.

Hyperliquid, a blockchain network specializing in trading, has increased margin requirements for traders after its liquidity pool lost millions of dollars during a massive Ether (ETH) liquidation, the network said. 

On March 12, a trader intentionally liquidated a roughly $200 million Ether long position, causing Hyperliquid’s liquidity pool, HLP, to lose $4 million, unwinding the trade. 

Starting March 15, Hyperliquid will begin requiring traders to maintain a collateral margin of at least 20% on certain open positions to “reduce the systemic impact of large positions with hypothetical market impact upon closing,” Hyperliquid said in a March 13 X post. 

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