Hyperliquid exchange suffered over $12M in losses and $5M in short exposure due to the price manipulation of the low-liquidity Jelly token on their decentralized platform.
A whale dumped 126M JELLY tokens, causing the price to crash, and then bought back the tokens, inflating its value by 500%, resulting in unrealized losses of $12.3M for Hyperliquid's liquidity vault.
The listing of volatile and low-liquidity tokens like JELLY exposed Hyperliquid to risks that could have been mitigated by implementing stricter safeguards and improved risk assessment protocols.
The exploit raises concerns about the safety of the Jelly token, although the blame primarily lies with Hyperliquid for not implementing adequate measures to mitigate the risks associated with low-liquidity tokens.