"Bankrupt" trader James Wynn turned $20,000 into $600,000 starting this month, reaching a peak of 40 times the profit this morning.

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-05T09:57:32+00:00

On January 5th, trader James Wynn used a $20,000 principal to go long on PEPE and BTC, increasing his account value from $20,000 to $800,000. His current total holdings amount to approximately $13.95 million, with significant unrealized gains. He predicts that PEPE's market cap will exceed $69 billion by 2026 and has promised to deactivate his account if this goal is not achieved.

GateUser-6433627c

2026-01-05 09:57:32

Abstract generation in progress

On January 5th, according to Coinbob’s popular address monitoring, trader James Wynn (0x507), who was once nearly “bankrupt,” has recently seen significant profits. Since this month, with approximately $20,000 in principal, he has been rolling long positions on PEPE and opening BTC long positions. Currently, his account value has risen to $620,000, with a high of $800,000 this morning, but he has not closed any positions yet. The total current holdings amount to approximately $13.95 million, with the main positions as follows:

40x BTC long: position size $11.5 million, unrealized profit $150,000 (52%), average price $91,300, liquidation price $89,600;
10x kPEPE long: position size $2.45 million, unrealized profit $450,000 (182%), average price $0.0055, liquidation price $0.0057;

Additionally, according to Coinbob’s monitoring, his sub-address (0x8da) has also gained over 50% this month. He currently holds long positions in BTC, HYPE, and XRP, with a total position size of $7.02 million, and an overall unrealized profit of $390,000 (154%).

On January 1st, James Wynn publicly predicted that PEPE’s market cap would surpass $69 billion by 2026, and promised to delete his social media accounts if not achieved. The current market cap is approximately $2.8 billion.

PEPE-0,98%

HYPE3,64%

XRP-0,35%

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