{"id":28578,"date":"2025-05-26T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=28578"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:27:00","slug":"crypto-whale-wynn-quits-after-scoring-25m-from-1-25b-bitcoin-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=28578","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Whale Wynn Quits After Scoring $25M from $1.25B Bitcoin Bet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a dramatic twist befitting the man known as the \u201c10U God of War,\u201d crypto trader James Wynn has exited his headline-grabbing $1.25 billion Bitcoin long with a cool $25 million profit.<\/p>\n

The crypto whale had wagered his capital on BTC hitting $121,000 this week, leveraging 40x on Hyperliquid.<\/p>\n

From $87M Highs to a $25M Exit<\/h2>\n

At one point, the trade showed as much as $87 million in unrealized profit. However, volatility and macro headwinds, including new tariff<\/a> threats against the European Union (EU) by U.S. President Donald Trump, undermined bullish momentum. Bitcoin ended up faltering below Wynn\u2019s target, hovering around $108,000, and forcing the crypto punter to recalibrate.\u00a0A few hours before this writing, the trader called it quits<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow decided to leave the casino with my $25,000,000 profit,\u201d he posted on X. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun, but now it\u2019s time for me to walk away a wynner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to market tracker Lookonchain, which has been keeping an eye on the whale\u2019s moves, he closed<\/a> all 11,588 BTC long contracts worth $1.25 billion, and walked away with a net $25.2 million profit after withdrawing 28 million USDC from Hyperliquid.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, after predicting a surge to $121,000 for Bitcoin as reported<\/a> by CryptoPotato<\/em>, Wynn suddenly flipped bearish, opening a $1 billion BTC short with 40x leverage, risking nearly $50 million on a downside move.<\/p>\n

Investor Daan Crypto Trades had labeled the initial long \u201cinsanity,\u201d noting the outsized risk: \u201cEvery 1% BTC candle equals a $10M PNL swing.\u201d Others, like pseudonymous trader Innerdevcrypto, suspected ulterior motives behind Wynn\u2019s high-visibility plays, hinting at a potential \u201cclout-farming\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n

However, Lookonchain has since reported that Wynn closed his short positions, losing<\/a> almost $16 million in the process. That doesn\u2019t seem to have fazed him, with the on-chain analytics platform further revealing<\/a> that the self-styled \u201cGOAT\u201d had opened a $9.9 million long on kPEPE with 10x leverage. At the time of writing, he had already stacked more than $130,000 in unrealized profit.<\/p>\n

From PEPE Prophet to Leverage King<\/h2>\n

It was with PEPE that Wynn made his mark in the crypto community, predicting in 2023 that the meme coin, then boasting a modest market cap of just $4.2 million, would skyrocket 1,000 times to $4.2 billion. Consequently, he reportedly flipped a $7,600 bet on the token into more than $50 million by late 2024 before pivoting into BTC.<\/p>\n

His aggressive trades on Hyperliquid, totaling 38 in over 75 days, with a 45% win rate, have earned him more than $40 million in profits, according to Lookonchain.<\/p>\n

The post Crypto Whale Wynn Quits After Scoring $25M from $1.25B Bitcoin Bet<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a dramatic twist befitting the man known as the \u201c10U God of War,\u201d crypto trader James Wynn has exited his headline-grabbing $1.25 billion Bitcoin long with a cool $25 million profit. The crypto whale had wagered his capital on BTC hitting $121,000 this week, leveraging 40x on Hyperliquid. From $87M Highs to a $25M […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-28578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}