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Analysis: Wintermute spends tens of millions of dollars annually on front-running trades, but its cumulative profits are only marginally related to this

On-chain analyst Psyche stated that the market maker Wintermute has spent approximately $824,000 in the past 30 days on the Gossip Priority auction for trading flow on Hyperliquid, which translates to an annualized expenditure of about $10 million.This mechanism will go live in April 2026, with auctions held every 3 minutes, offering a total of 3 priority seats. The highest seat can receive unexecuted trading data about 60 milliseconds earlier than participants without priority. Wintermute primarily bids for Seat 0, winning about 74.7% of the relevant auction rounds in October. On-chain data shows that Wintermute, Selini Capital, and another unnamed market maker collectively contributed about 99% of the auction expenditure.However, the approximately $229.7 million in account profits accumulated by Wintermute since 2024 cannot be directly attributed to trading priority. The auction mechanism will not be launched until April 2026, while Wintermute had already accumulated about $204 million in profits prior to that; in the approximately 7 months after the launch, account profits were about $25.6 million, with auction expenditures for the seats around $3.58 million during the same period.The relevant accounts also hold a large number of perpetual contract hedge positions, so the cumulative profit and loss includes various sources of income from years of market making, directional trading, and inventory hedging, with trading priority only providing potential marginal improvements to market-making operations.It is noteworthy that Wintermute has significantly reduced its bidding since November 11, with daily expenditures dropping from about $30,000 to around $10,000, concentrating bids in the hours following the opening of the U.S. stock market. The core value of Gossip Priority lies in allowing market makers to see pending orders earlier, enabling them to cancel or adjust quotes ahead of time, similar to the Last Look mechanism in traditional financial markets.This means that large market orders from ordinary traders may face speed competition among market makers, and smaller market makers may be at a disadvantage due to the lack of priority. However, the ownership of the relevant wallets relies on third-party labels and is not officially disclosed by Wintermute.

Tom Lee: The continuous sell-off in the cryptocurrency market is caused by factors such as the sell-off of tech stocks, the liquidity squeeze from the Anthropic IPO, and some holders cashing out after Binance was hacked for 6.3 billion dollars

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, stated that despite several banks announcing the adoption of crypto assets and blockchain technology, the crypto market has still faced continuous sell-offs over the past few weeks.He believes that the sell-off in AI and semiconductor stocks may have triggered margin calls, particularly affecting retail investors in Asia; the upcoming IPO of Anthropic may also prompt some investors to sell stocks early to raise funds. If Robinhood users receive a large allocation, some retail investors may also sell crypto assets to participate in the subscription.Tom Lee also listed the recent theft of $6.3 billion in crypto assets as one of the potential factors. He believes that once the funds in the relevant accounts are restored, some holders may convert their assets into cash or stablecoins.In addition, discussions during the Anthropic roadshow about how AI may weaken existing cybersecurity defenses, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's review of chips sold to Asia, including China, may also intensify market risk aversion.He believes that the aforementioned pressures will eventually dissipate. In the long term, crypto networks can serve as a transaction settlement layer, and digital assets will change capital markets, potentially driving a "super cycle" in crypto that exceeds previous scales. He remains optimistic about Ethereum's role in the financial system.
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