Andrew Tate Loses $86,000 in 16 Hours After Eight Bitcoin Liquidations on Hyperliquid

TLDR

• Andrew Tate was liquidated eight times in 16 hours on Bitcoin positions via Hyperliquid
• He deposited roughly $100,000 USDC and was left with only $14,219
• His $3.8 million Bitcoin long used 40x leverage and was wiped when BTC dropped to $64,127
• After the long failed, he flipped to a short — that was also liquidated
• Nearly 100,000 traders were liquidated across exchanges in the same 24-hour period, totaling over $400 million

Andrew Tate, the social media personality and influencer, lost nearly $86,000 in leveraged Bitcoin trades over a 16-hour window on June 17–18, 2026. On-chain tracking firm Lookonchain reported the losses in real time.

Tate deposited approximately $100,000 in USDC into his Hyperliquid account before opening a large Bitcoin long position. The account was reduced to about $14,219 after eight separate liquidations.

How the Losses Happened

Tate opened a Bitcoin long position worth roughly $3.8 million in notional value. The trade used 40x leverage, meaning even a small move against the position could trigger an automatic close.

Bitcoin fell from around $66,400 to approximately $64,127 during the period. That drop pushed the price through Tate’s estimated liquidation level of $65,216, and the exchange automatically closed the position.

After losing the long, Tate switched direction and opened a short position worth around $1 million. A short trade profits when prices fall, but Bitcoin reversed course shortly after.

That reversal triggered another liquidation. The largest single loss in the sequence was around 11.47 BTC in notional exposure.

Part of a Bigger Market Selloff

Tate’s losses did not happen in isolation. The Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting signaled a hawkish stance on interest rates, which put pressure on risk assets including crypto.

Over $400 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated across exchanges in the same window. Roughly $280 million of those were long positions.

Nearly 100,000 individual trader accounts were closed out during the selloff. The largest single liquidation across the market was a $5 million long on Binance.

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw nearly $5.8 billion in outflows from mid-May through early June, pushing Bitcoin toward lows below $60,000 earlier in 2026.

A Repeated Pattern

This is not the first time Tate has lost money through leveraged crypto trading. Over the past year, he deposited around $727,000 into Hyperliquid and never withdrew any funds.

By late 2025, repeated liquidations had wiped that account out entirely. The June 2026 episode follows the same pattern.

Tate shares his trades publicly on social media. Lookonchain’s data confirmed the account sequence and remaining balance.

Wintermute, a crypto trading firm, noted that improved market sentiment does not mean a full recovery for Bitcoin is guaranteed. The firm flagged the possibility of more downside if selling pressure returns.

The Coinbase premium, which tracks U.S. buyer demand, had shown some recovery in recent weeks. Still, market conditions remained fragile at the time of Tate’s trades.

For leveraged traders, the episode is a straightforward example of what can happen when high-leverage positions are opened during volatile market conditions.

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