HyperLiquid Strengthens Security Measures After JELLY Crisis

HyperLiquid provided some key updates following yesterday’s JELLY incident, detailing its main takeaways and security upgrades. Although HYPE’s price crashed yesterday, it has been slowly stabilizing today.

However, lingering criticisms remain about HyperLiquid’s actions during the crisis. It responded quickly to non-illegal activities that threatened itself but remained comparatively passive in the face of February’s Bybit hack.

HyperLiquid Responds to JELLY Crisis

HyperLiquid, a popular DEX, is recovering from the aftermath of a major scandal. Yesterday, HyperLiquid delisted JELLY after a short squeeze nearly caused the firm to take $230 million in losses.

This attracted a wave of condemnation from the community, which feared another FTX-style collapse. Today, HyperLiquid posted a response to the situation:

“Yesterday is a good reminder to stay humble, hungry, and focused on what matters: building a better financial system owned by the people. Users with JELLY long positions at the time of settlement will be refunded by the Foundation. This results in all JELLY traders being settled at a price advantageous to them, except flagged addresses,” it claimed.

HyperLiquid also detailed a few security measures that it will take to avoid another incident similar to the JELLY squeeze. For one thing, it implemented more stringent token delistings and open interest caps.

Most importantly, the platform made significant tweaks to its liquidation protocols, putting several guard rails on the main cause of the turmoil.

So far, it’s unclear whether HyperLiquid’s measures will be able to stave off another JELLY incident. If nothing else, HYPE’s rebound today reflects restored community sentiment.

Less than a week ago, HYPE was seeing strong bullish momentum, but yesterday’s events caused a notable crash. However, the altcoin managed to tick back up today, avoiding further losses.

Can the Community Trust Hyperliquid?

The crypto community has been strongly criticizing how the exchange handles the situation. The concern centers around a simple question: Is Hyperliquid truly a decentralized exchange? Delisting a token and seizing investor funds goes against the central ethos of DeFi.

it seems you believe there needs to be a centralized force that detects and limits malicious behavior. this completely violates the point of defi

— venture anthropologist (@0xBalloonLover) March 27, 2025

ZachXBT, the renowned crypto sleuth, was particularly frustrated by the company’s actions. Months ago, he identified a potential North Korean security breach, which the firm denied.

However, HyperLiquid acted quickly to neutralize the JELLY trades, proving that it has the capacity for that sort of rapid response.

“HyperLiquid has recently seen illicit flows [and] said it’s decentralized, so it cannot do anything. Now, HyperLiquid made a centralized decision to quickly close the position at an arbitrary price for an entity using the protocol as intended. If something like that could be done for JELLY, it likely should have been done for both,” ZachXBT stated.

Ultimately, HyperLiquid has time to reflect and update its strategies from the JELLY incident. Yesterday’s events rattled the whole crypto community, but catastrophe was avoided.

Hopefully, the platform can act in good faith to protect user funds and its decentralized ethos.