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Hyperliquid co-founder responds to concerns about agreement security: Leveraging system and HLP liquidation mechanism have been updated

ChainCatcher message, Hyperliquid co-founder @chameleon_jeff responded on X to concerns that "the Hyperliquid protocol may suffer significant losses due to market manipulation":Hyperliquid's margin design strictly ensures the platform's solvency through mathematical mechanisms, with HLP's losses always limited to its own treasury, and the protocol's operation never relying on HLP------this feature existed prior to the JELLYJELLY incident. The newly added protective mechanisms after the incident only optimize HLP's loss resistance in backup liquidation, and the underlying architecture of the protocol has not changed. In the recent JELLYJELLY incident, an attacker attempted to manipulate HLP (liquidity provider pool) by establishing a massive long and short position on themselves. Although the unliquidated contract limit at that time allowed for the establishment of a position worth 4 million USDC, the logical flaw was that HLP used its entire fund balance as collateral for this liquidation. It should be clarified that the platform itself does not face solvency risks, but HLP did face excessive risk exposure due to market manipulation.Currently, HLP's liquidation component treasury has set a collateral limit, restricting potential losses through the backup liquidation mechanism. Hyperliquid still maintains its original operating mechanism, processing under-collateralized positions in the following order: 1) market liquidation 2) backup liquidation 3) automatic deleveraging (ADL). The current backup liquidation of HLP has added protective mechanisms by setting loss limits, making the cost of manipulating the mark price far exceed the limited gains that can be obtained from HLP.

Binance responds to the crash of tokens like ACT: Some users temporarily sold tokens worth over $1 million, and during the decline, some users' contract liquidations led to the drop of other tokens

ChainCatcher news, Binance responded to the recent drop in some Meme coins like ACT, stating, "After preliminary investigation, we found that certain low market cap tokens experienced a chain reaction of declines, including three VIP users who cross-sold tokens worth approximately 514,000 USDT in a short period on the spot market, as well as one non-VIP user who transferred a large amount of ACT from other platforms and sold tokens worth approximately 540,000 USDT in a short time on the spot market.When the prices dropped, some users' futures contracts were liquidated, leading to declines in other tokens. Currently, no single account with significant profits has been identified. Since these tokens are fully circulating in the secondary market, the platform cannot intervene in any user's selling behavior. We will continue to investigate this incident, and if there are updates, Binance will further synchronize relevant details.Binance regularly adjusts leverage multiples based on the liquidity, market sentiment, and trading volume of all trading currencies. To proactively guard against potential volatility and risks, we have taken preventive measures to lower leverage multiples. Recently, Binance contracts have continuously issued adjustment announcements for the ACTUSDT perpetual contract, during which the market showed no unusual movements, nor did we actively reduce any user's positions. Market makers are an important part of the industry ecosystem, and Binance also provides a complete market maker program to incentivize more market makers to join Binance, enhancing market liquidity.Due to recent significant market fluctuations, to ensure the safety of users' assets and reduce trading risks, Binance will make timely leverage adjustments based on market conditions to mitigate systemic risks in the entire trading market. Binance also reminds all users to manage their risk accordingly."
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