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The pattern is consistent: high leverage, narrow margins, and repeated forced liquidations. The latest position is already under pressure.
Andrew Tate is back on Hyperliquid with another leveraged Bitcoin trade, and it’s already causing problems.
According to blockchain tracker Lookonchain, Tate opened a 40x long position on 57.36 BTC worth approximately $3.76 million. Shortly after the position was opened, Lookonchain reported a partial liquidation — the second hit on the trade — with a revised liquidation price sitting at $64,824.44.
The margin for error was razor-thin from the start. Lookonchain initially placed the liquidation threshold at $65,215.87. Bitcoin was trading near $64,730 during the session, with an intraday high of $66,689 and a low matching that $64,730 figure. The position was operating within a price range where any sustained downward move was enough to trigger forced selling — which is exactly what happened.
This is not an isolated incident. Lookonchain noted that Tate had already been liquidated 107 times before returning with this latest trade.
What 40x Leverage Actually Looks Like in Practice
For readers unfamiliar with how leveraged futures trading works, the mechanics here are worth explaining clearly.
A 40x long position means Tate is controlling $3.76 million worth of Bitcoin exposure using a fraction of that as actual margin. The amplification cuts both ways: gains are magnified if Bitcoin moves up, but losses accelerate at the same rate if it moves down. At 40x leverage, a price move of just 2.5% against the position is enough to wipe out the entire margin — triggering liquidation before losses can exceed the deposited collateral.
That’s the structural reality of the trade. Bitcoin doesn’t need to crash for a 40x long to fail. A routine intraday dip is sufficient. The position Tate opened was sitting close enough to its liquidation price that normal market volatility during a single trading session was enough to trigger a partial forced exit.
The partial liquidation Lookonchain reported means part of the position was automatically closed by the exchange to bring margin requirements back in line. The remaining portion stays open but now carries a slightly adjusted liquidation price — still within striking distance of where Bitcoin was trading at the time.
A Track Record That Speaks for Itself
The 107 previous liquidations figure is the number that frames everything else about this story. It’s not a typo or an exaggeration — Lookonchain tracked the wallet address tied to Tate’s Hyperliquid activity and documented the history.
Previous reporting from crypto.news noted that Tate’s win rate on Hyperliquid stood at approximately 35.53% at the time of an earlier review. That means he was losing on roughly two out of every three trades — a record that, combined with the leverage involved, explains how liquidations accumulate to triple digits.
High-leverage trading on perpetual futures platforms is structurally difficult to sustain profitably over time even for experienced traders who dedicate significant analytical resources to position management. The mathematics of leverage work against survival: a long enough streak of losses at 40x will exhaust capital faster than any winning streak can replenish it, because the asymmetry between a 100% loss and a 100% gain means repeated liquidations are not recoverable through equivalent wins.
For someone with a 35% win rate running 40x leverage repeatedly, 107 liquidations is not surprising. It’s the predictable outcome of the strategy.
The DADDY Token Chapter
Tate’s current Bitcoin trading activity doesn’t exist in isolation from his broader crypto history, which includes a significant chapter around the DADDY meme coin launched during the 2024 celebrity token wave.
DADDY was promoted as a competitor to Iggy Azalea’s MOTHER token during a period when celebrity-endorsed meme coins were generating enormous short-term trading volume. The token attracted attention and early price appreciation, but also attracted scrutiny. Bubblemaps flagged that insiders had acquired approximately 30% of the token supply before public marketing began — a concentration pattern that typically precedes distribution to retail buyers at elevated prices.
DADDY has since lost the vast majority of its value from peak levels. The token traded at approximately $0.01159 at the time of this reporting, compared to an all-time high of $0.288644 reached in June 2024. That represents a decline of roughly 96% from peak — a trajectory familiar to most celebrity-launched tokens from that era.
The combination of the DADDY history and the ongoing Hyperliquid liquidations forms a consistent picture of high-risk, high-visibility crypto activity that has not produced sustained financial success by the measurable on-chain record.
Why This Story Matters Beyond the Individual
Andrew Tate has a large global following, particularly among younger male audiences who consume his content across social media platforms. His crypto activity — including both the leveraged trading and the DADDY token — reaches an audience that is frequently newer to financial markets and more susceptible to treating celebrity behavior as implicit endorsement of a strategy.
The on-chain record is public precisely because blockchain transactions are transparent. Lookonchain and similar services exist to surface exactly this kind of data, making it possible to evaluate trading performance against stated positions rather than relying on self-reported outcomes. That transparency is one of crypto’s genuine contributions to financial accountability — it’s much harder to claim trading success when every trade is permanently visible on a public ledger.
What the record shows in Tate’s case is straightforward: 107 liquidations, a sub-40% win rate, significant losses on the DADDY token, and a return to the same 40x leverage strategy that produced those outcomes. The latest $3.76 million position is already partially liquidated before this article goes to print.
None of this constitutes financial advice in either direction. But for anyone watching Tate’s crypto activity and wondering whether it represents a model worth following, the blockchain doesn’t leave much room for ambiguity.
The position is open. The liquidation price is close. And the 108th liquidation may already have arrived by the time you read this.
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