WINTERMUTE BUILDS $102M SHORTS Wintermute holds ~$102.1M in perp shorts and is actively depositing more funds while adding to its short exposure. · Total exposure: $122.23M · Unrealized PnL: +$928.4K · 30D PnL: -$12.04M · Lifetime PnL: +$176.88M Its largest position is a 15.33K $ETH short worth ~$38.47M. Address: 0xecb63caa47c7c4e77f60f1ce858cf28dc2b82b00

Wintermute received 2.5M $LAPTOP from the Laptop Token team and is now dumping it on-chain. So far, Wintermute has sold 466,255 $LAPTOP ($2.08M) at an average price of $4.47.

Wintermute CEO: My Biggest Concern About Hyperliquid Is U.S. Regulation Wintermute CEO Evgeny @EvgenyGaevoy said in an August 11 interview with The Archive Pod that Hyperliquid has performed well in RWA, commodities, and equity trading, but faces two major long-term challenges: regulation and throughput. He said that if Hyperliquid is eventually required to implement KYC and wants to compete with traditional markets such as CME and Nasdaq, it may have to become increasingly centralized.

🚨 @wintermute_t has been buying $PONS aggressively. if you're short here, this is the part where you check your liquidation price. market makers don't accumulate size like this for fun. they do it when they're going to need inventory. the usual reason for needing inventory is a listing. @bybit_official, @okx, take your pick. nothing is confirmed and i'm not claiming it is. but the buying is real and it's onchain.

LATEST: ⚡️ Wintermute plans to invest up to $1B in AI data center infrastructure and high-frequency trading over the next five years as it expands into TradFi, per Bloomberg.

Shoutout to @wintermute_t for backing Ethereum security from every angle 🛡️ 2025: $1M committed to SEAL 🛡️ 2026: $200K contributed to the Ethereum Security QF matching pool Prevention doesn't make headlines as often as exploits do, but it makes Ethereum stronger. Big respect to the Wintermute team. 💙