Reviewing Hyperliquid Black Wednesday: Demand is the Starting Point, Correctness is the Endpoint
On March 26, Hyperliquid experienced the most severe attack to date, prompting widespread reflection in the decentralized perpetual contract market. The attacker exploited high leverage and the weak liquidity of Meme coins for precise arbitrage, forcing the platform's liquidity pool HLP to absorb massive losses. The incident revealed core flaws in the governance mechanisms, risk control, and structural design of Perp Dex, reflecting the structural contradictions between decentralized ideals and capital efficiency.