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Trader exploits Papertrade's 1,000x leverage, drains $1.28M from liquidity pool by moving Ether price.

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13 Oct 2026
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Trader exploits Papertrade's 1,000x leverage, drains $1.28M from liquidity pool by moving Ether price.

On October 10, 2026, a trader exploited Papertrade's perpetual futures platform by manipulating the Ether price on the Hyperliquid spot market, which Papertrade uses as its settlement price. With 1,000x leverage and a protocol-owned liquidity pool as counterparty, a small price move of about $3 on 6,060 Ether triggered a $1.28 million payout from the pool. This incident highlights the risks of extreme leverage combined with shallow market depth and a single price source. Papertrade responded by tightening position limits and reducing open interest by 88%, emphasizing the importance of market depth and risk management in leveraged trading.

The Papertrade $1.28 million payout incident provides context for cryptocurrency market activity on Pluang. For readers following crypto markets, here is Pluang's snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026 03:23 WIB: out of 50 major cryptocurrencies priced, 13 rose and 36 fell. Notable movers include BAT at Rp3.638 with a 1-day change of +32.30% and 94% sell order activity, BAL at Rp16.297 with +11.14%, and ONE at Rp31 with -10.07% and a near even sell/buy order split.

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