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Odaily reported that Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan and his team members recently participated in an exclusive interview with Colossos magazine. During the interview, Jeff revealed that in January 2024, he had talks with potential investors. At the time, Jeff made it clear that he would only consider investment terms with a valuation of 1 billion USD. When an investor accepted this valuation, Jeff spent a weekend seriously reflecting, but ultimately decided to decline. Hyperliquid's other co-founder, iliensinc (who manages the funds), and other team members found it difficult to accept at the time. Iliensinc had already engaged in two weeks of fundraising negotiations with investors. When Jeff called the fund, they could hardly believe it, thinking he must have accepted terms from another institution. Jeff replied with an analogy: "Hyperliquid is not a company, but a protocol. 'Neutrality' has been the central concept from the very beginning. If Bitcoin had raised venture capital back in the day, it wouldn't be what it is today—the entire value proposition would have been destroyed." For more details, refer to "Hyperlife by Jeff Yan".

BlockBeats News, April 14th, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, at 7:00 yesterday, the "high-level oil short" whale (0x4cd) opened a $4.8 million long and short position in WTI and Brent oil, with opening prices at $99.935 for WTIOIL and $99.03 for BRENTOIL, once again catching the recent price peak. With today's sharp oil price pullback, the address successfully shorted for the second time, making a profit of about $300,000, with a return rate of 26.6%. Within the past hour, the whale once again rolled over the two oil short positions, increasing the total scale to $7.98 million, and was still adding to the position at the time of publication. The current positions are as follows: WTIOIL: 7x leverage, $3.87 million in position, average price lowered to $97.9, unrealized profit of $248,000, liquidation price of $112.8; BRENTOIL: 7x leverage, $4.1 million in position, average price lowered to $94.8, unrealized profit of $80,000, liquidation price of $116.3; It is reported that on March 9th, when WTI crude oil and Brent crude oil were both near short-term highs, the address opened a short position with 7x leverage at an average price of $108, making a daily profit of $1.2 million. Address: 0x4Cd80aa0CE4881Eb8679EdA1f6fbe3d89AEc0F7F

Odaily reported that Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan recently gave an exclusive interview to Colossos magazine. During the interview, Jeff and another co-founder of the company, iliensinc, discussed issues related to personal safety. iliensinc revealed that Jeff is the only member of the team who does not use a pseudonym. Hyperliquid’s office was initially located in a co-working space in the financial district, but as Jeff’s reputation grew, public attention towards them increased. At first, there were just people watching, some trying to recognize Jeff’s face; later, strangers began approaching and striking up conversations; eventually, someone followed him into the elevator of his apartment building. As a result, Hyperliquid moved to a quieter location—a building where no one would think to look for them. Jeff himself also moved to a safer residence, hired bodyguards, and is accompanied by two private security personnel whenever he goes out. iliensinc regularly trains team members on how to respond if strangers ask about their place of work. For more details, see "Jeff Yan’s “Hyper Life”."