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$1.5M wiped out as Hyperliquid's synthetic SpaceX contract crashes 45% in 30 minutes

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29 May 2026
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The synthetic SpaceX perpetual contract on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid plunged 45% in a flash crash, dropping from $2,277 to $1,254 within 30 minutes on May 28. This caused $1.51 million in liquidations across 1,393 leveraged positions held by 405 users, mostly retail traders with small margins. The crash highlights the risks of trading synthetic assets tied to private companies like SpaceX, which lacks a public price benchmark ahead of its expected June IPO. Hyperliquid's platform, built on decentralized technology, faces challenges with thin liquidity and volatile pricing in these pre-market contracts, prompting the firm to pledge compensation to affected users.

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