Whale Trader General Gordon James Opens $145M Long on Hyperliquid, $90M BTC Position at $113,849
BTC/USDT
$27,493,895,147.63
$76,050.00 / $72,694.50
Change: $3,355.50 (4.62%)
-0.0098%
Shorts pay
COINOTAG News (September 16) via Ashes Monitoring reports that whale trader General Gordon James has opened a <$145,000,000> long position on Hyperliquid, allocating across BTC, ETH, SOL and SUI. The largest leg is a $90,000,000 BTC long position with an opening price of $113,849 and a liquidation threshold at $109,014. BTC therefore represents roughly 62% of the disclosed exposure, while the ~$4,835 gap to liquidation implies an approximate 4.25% margin buffer, signalling concentrated leverage within the position. Market participants should note the implications for order-book liquidity and counterparty risk when assessing derivative positions of this magnitude.
