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Summary

JELLY (JellyJelly / JELLYJELLY) is a Solana memecoin launched in January 2025 by Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail that became the center of a major market manipulation incident on Hyperliquid on March 26, 2025. A coordinated trader used a self-liquidation strategy — opening large opposing long and short positions — to force Hyperliquid's HLP liquidity vault to absorb a toxic short, causing up to $13.5 million in unrealized losses before validators emergency-delisted the token and force-settled all positions at a fixed price. The incident triggered widespread criticism of Hyperliquid's decentralization claims and raised systemic questions about perpetuals DEX risk management.

Connected Entities

35 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
JELLYBitget52BitMEXBinanceSolanaZachXBTHyperliquid
Exchanges
Gate.io Exchange 2
Protocols
Raydium AMM Authority
Tokens
jelly-my-jelly
Wallets
Bots7h…BBoa3xbmFr…JGppGxcQAZ…nb74HBTU7h…3UPE4eKAAf…TUmm43kFKS…cmnkHYe4vS…8WHdF7gbKS…Y1sfjelly-my-jelly (jellyjelly)ENeUV2…X9gmG9ExLN…8eHE36etna…djHe+ 13 more
Relationships
  • jelly-my-jelly (jellyjelly)associated withJELLY(80%)
  • F7gbKS…Y1sfcontrolsjelly-my-jelly(51%)
  • 4QXXp1…aYB3controlsjelly-my-jelly(45%)
  • RV3vub…fZDnassociated withjelly-my-jelly(60%)
  • GxcQAZ…nb74controlsjelly-my-jelly(48%)
  • ALY1Kx…msTTcontrolsjelly-my-jelly(48%)
  • Bots7h…BBoaassociated withjelly-my-jelly(60%)
  • 3xeJCv…Wyqecontrolsjelly-my-jelly(46%)
  • HYe4vS…8WHdassociated withjelly-my-jelly(60%)
  • BxRyZf…xDpvcontrolsjelly-my-jelly(46%)
  • + 26 more

Live On-Chain Activity

1 address watched · via Helius
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Timeline(11 events)

29 January 2025

JellyJelly (JELLYJELLY) token launched on Pump.fun by Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail and investor Sam Lessin. Token reaches $250 million market cap within hours.

Decrypt

26 March 2025

Coordinated wallets (0xde9, 0x20e, 0x67f) deposit approximately $7.17 million across Hyperliquid accounts, opening opposing long and short positions on JELLY perpetuals.

Arkham Intelligence

26 March 2025

Attacker pumps JELLY spot price approximately 429% across multiple exchanges. The 0xde9 short position is liquidated and transferred to the HLP vault, which cannot clear the position.

Halborn Security

26 March 2025

HLP vault unrealized losses peak at approximately $13.5 million as JELLY price continues to rise. Attacker withdraws approximately $6.26 million before intervention.

Web3 Is Going Great

26 March 2025

Binance and OKX list JELLY perpetuals, adding further spot price pressure. Community members allege competitor coordination.

CryptoSlate

26 March 2025

Hyperliquid validators reach emergency quorum within approximately two minutes. JELLY perpetuals are delisted and all positions force-settled at $0.0095, far below the market price of approximately $0.50.

CoinDesk

26 March 2025

HYPE token drops up to 22% following the delisting controversy. Arthur Hayes publicly states Hyperliquid is not decentralized.

Cryptopolitan

27 March 2025

ZachXBT publishes on-chain analysis linking attacking wallets to Binance and other CEX funding sources. He criticizes Hyperliquid for selective enforcement and inconsistency with prior hack responses.

The News Crypto

28 March 2025

Hyperliquid announces JELLY long holders will be reimbursed at $0.037555 (vs $0.0095 settlement price) by the Hyper Foundation, except flagged addresses.

CryptoTimes

28 March 2025

Hyperliquid announces four risk management reforms: HLP liquidator vault restructuring, ADL threshold changes, dynamic OI caps, and on-chain validator voting for asset delisting.

CryptoPotato

10 April 2025

CoinDesk reports on lasting reputational and capital flight impact from the JELLY incident, noting HLP vault deposits declined significantly amid decentralization concerns.

CoinDesk

Research Gaps

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Provenance & Audit Trail

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 20 of 20 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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generated: 5/4/2026, 4:04:56 PM

last updated: 7/25/2026, 4:19:31 AM

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