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Trader Rune Flags BBO Price Manipulation Risk in PaperTrade Docs

Crypto trader Rune said on X that PaperTrade’s official documentation already discloses an “attack” risk in its pricing mechanism, identifying manipulation of Hyperliquid’s BBO (Best Bid and Offer) order book as the protocol’s main risk point. The disclosure covers unresolved manipulation paths, contract economics and exposure controls, and operational safeguards and permission management, Rune said.

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The notable point is that PaperTrade itself documents BBO manipulation as an unresolved risk, which shifts the question from whether the exposure exists to how it is governed. That distinction matters for anyone pricing or trading instruments whose settlement depends on Hyperliquid's best bid and offer, since a thin or gameable book can distort marks independent of the protocol's own safeguards. Whether the disclosed controls are actually enforced, and whether the documentation is updated as those paths close, is the open question worth watching.

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