Andrew Tate’s crypto wallet shows nearly $600K in losses
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate is learning the hard way about blockchain transparency. On Tuesday, Tate took to X (formerly Twitter) to flex a massive +138.5% return on an ETH long position using 25x leverage on Hyperliquid, a rising decentralized perpetuals exchange (DEX). His post included a Hyperliquid-branded trade screenshot and a referral link, an apparent attempt to capitalize on the buzz and drive affiliate signups. Andrew Tate’s now deleted tweet. Source: X But Tate may have underestimated the transparency of on-chain platforms. While centralized exchanges (CEXes) can obscure account identities, DEX trades are fully public, tied to wallet addresses. Crypto sleuths quickly traced the wallet behind his Hyperliquid trade, exposing a much less glamorous truth. According to data from portfolio tracker Hyperdash, the wallet currently shows a cumulative PnL of -$597,302.89, reflecting total losses across all past trades . In other words,...