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Hyperliquid Faces Scrutiny Over Oil Order Manipulation
Crypto derivatives platform Hyperliquid is facing questions about market oversight after a suspected trading manipulation involving more than $170 million in oil orders. Monitoring firm Solidus Labs identified two accounts that placed and quickly canceled large orders during oil price swings from March 8 to 10. The activity may indicate spoofing, a tactic in which traders place orders they do not intend to execute to influence prices. The trader’s identity and intent remain unconfirmed. Related to this, Polymarket investigated bets linked to the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections and referred at least two cases to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).