Hyperliquid Faces Network Outage—Withdrawals Frozen Amid Chaos
Hyperliquid users hit a wall today as the platform's network buckled under pressure—locking withdrawals mid-transaction. No official ETA on fixes, but the memes write themselves.
When 'decentralized' meets 'dysfunctional'
Traders reported failed transactions piling up since dawn, with Hyperliquid's status page flashing red. The team tweeted a vague 'investigating' update—classic crypto crisis playbook. Meanwhile, arbitrage bots likely feasted on the spread chaos (some things never change).
Silver lining? At least it's not a hack... probably.
Hyperliquid’s Frontend Outage
Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has been one of the most popular platforms among the crypto community in 2025. Despite its surging popularity, Hyperliquid has experienced a few bumps in the road.
Several high-profile trades, the whole James Wynn saga, and the JELLYJELLY short squeeze kept the platform in crypto headlines recently. Today, the exchange faced another minor setback.
Bad news: the Hyperliquid API is down
Good news: Hyperliquid appears to still be producing blocks
Bad news: you cannot short HYPE because all frontends are down
Good news: you also cannot get liquidated because the API is down (i actually don't know if this is true) pic.twitter.com/NmIeD2kx98
According to Discord messages from Hyperliquid developers, this outage only lasted a few minutes. Nonetheless, the fan community showed displeasure with the decentralized exchange, worrying about their accounts.
Some accounts even theorized that this mishap could disrupt billions in short positions. So far, however, those fears seem overblown.
The platform didn’t release any public statements on the matter, but given the nature of the outage, it was likely an API issue.
Social media reports suggest that several customers couldn’t place or close orders, the entire frontend seemed dysfunctional, and more.
However, Hyperliquid continued producing blocks during the outage, and it doesn’t look like the backend suffered. The malfunction only lasted a few minutes, not causing any lasting damage.
Technical outages in crypto are not new, especially among new blockchain networks and platforms.
outages are BULLISH
SOLANA used to go down like 3-4 times a week
You are weird if you are dunking on hyperliquid
Moreover, the exchange quickly fixed the problems from other crises this year. For all we know, today’s outage could give Hyperliquid developers a better chance to future-proof their frontend.