DANNY DE HEK
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Welcome to the Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance, led by Danny de Hek, a New Zealand investigative journalist whose work exposing scams, Ponzi schemes, MLMs and financial fraud has been featured by The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, ABC Australia, RNZ and others.
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We follow the money, identify the people behind fraudulent operations, examine corporate records, court documents, blockchain transactions, marketing material, leaked communications and digital evidence — then put what we find into the public record.
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Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid Wipeout – And Why Goliath Ventures Investors Should Pay Attention
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On 18 November 2025, I watched Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid balance collapse in real time. Months of reckless, high-leverage trading came to a brutal end as his account dropped to just $984. More than $727,000 of his own money and around $75,000 in referral bonuses had been wiped out with no withdrawals ever recorded.
Four days earlier, GOLIATH VENTURES INC — a “quant fund” promoted across the same influencer ecosystem — suddenly froze payouts and claimed a “forensic audit” had begun. Their 14 November distribution never arrived. No transparency, no timeline, just familiar excuses.
The timing alone doesn’t prove a direct connection. But when two collapses unfold within days of each other inside the same circle of influencers, people start asking questions.
THE ON-CHAIN COLLAPSE
Before that final liquidation, Tate had already racked up an astonishing list of losses: a $597,000 ETH long in June, a $67,500 WLFI wipeout in September, a $93,000 BTC liquidation shortly after, a $235,000 BTC loss on 14 November, and then the $112,000 final blow that drained his account entirely.
Across more than 80 trades, his win rate sat around 35%.
Behind the motivational speeches and alpha branding, the blockchain told a very different story.
THE GOLIATH FREEZE
While Tate’s losses were playing out on-chain, GOLIATH VENTURES INC was telling investors everything was “healthy” — even as they locked the doors.
Less than 1% of their claimed trading activity ever touched a blockchain.
Their audit firm remains unnamed.
Whistleblowers reported insiders withdrawing millions just before the freeze.
That behaviour does not belong to a legitimate trading operation. It matches the collapse pattern of every modern Ponzi I’ve investigated.
THE SHARED ECOSYSTEM
Goliath’s leadership has repeatedly appeared within Andrew Tate’s wider influencer network. They’ve praised him, networked with him, replicated his “brotherhood” aesthetic, and even surfaced in his promotional yacht videos — though their faces are blurred across their own website.
Tate’s “War Room” sells itself as a global network of elite men operating behind the scenes.
Goliath sells itself as a private, high-yield investment circle.
The language is similar.
The secrecy is similar.
The imagery is nearly identical.
None of this proves their money flowed together, but it proves they move through the same influencer machinery — and that matters.
WHAT WE CAN PROVE
Tate lost roughly $802,000 on Hyperliquid with no withdrawals.
GOLIATH VENTURES INC froze payouts and refuses to provide evidence of actual trading.
Less than 1% of their claimed activity appears on a blockchain.
Their leadership occupies the same social and promotional orbit as Tate’s network.
Those are facts.
WHAT REMAINS THEORY
There is no confirmed evidence that Goliath investor funds were placed into leveraged trades.
There is no proof that Tate’s liquidation directly triggered the freeze.
There is no documented formal partnership between the two operations.
But the behaviour, secrecy, timing, and shared ecosystem tell a story worth following.
When luxury yachts, blurred identities, whispered networks, and promises of effortless returns collide, the ending is rarely surprising.
I’ve watched this pattern unfold too many times to pretend otherwise.
READ THE FULL INVESTIGATION:
https://www.dehek.com/general/scam-fraud-investigations/andrew-tates-hyperliquid-wipeout-and-why-goliath-ventures-investors-should-pay-attention/
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