Hyperliquid users reported a brief outage today, primarily impacting the frontend. Several users were momentarily unable to withdraw funds, place, or close orders. The cause of this outage remains unclear.
Although the glitch was repaired within minutes, some community members reacted with FUD. Many feared unjust liquidations of their short positions, while others speculated that Hyperliquid’s recent growth caused the issue.
Hyperliquid’s Frontend Outage
Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has been one of the most popular platforms among the crypto community in 2025. Despite its surging popularity, Hyperliquid has experienced a few bumps in the road.
Several high-profile trades, the whole James Wynn saga, and the JELLYJELLY short squeeze kept the platform in crypto headlines recently. Today, the exchange faced another minor setback.
According to Discord messages from Hyperliquid developers, this outage only lasted a few minutes. Nonetheless, the fan community showed displeasure with the decentralized exchange, worrying about their accounts.
Some accounts even theorized that this mishap could disrupt billions in short positions. So far, however, those fears seem overblown.
The platform didn’t release any public statements on the matter, but given the nature of the outage, it was likely an API issue.
Social media reports suggest that several customers couldn’t place or close orders, the entire frontend seemed dysfunctional, and more.
However, Hyperliquid continued producing blocks during the outage, and it doesn’t look like the backend suffered. The malfunction only lasted a few minutes, not causing any lasting damage.
Technical outages in crypto are not new, especially among new blockchain networks and platforms.
Moreover, the exchange quickly fixed the problems from other crises this year. For all we know, today’s outage could give Hyperliquid developers a better chance to future-proof their frontend.
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