Kevin Chen

The Hyperliquid Korea Hackathon ran 21-22 September 2025 alongside Korea Blockchain Week — a 48-hour in-person builder competition co-organised by Hyperliquid and Encode Club, prize pool above $50,000 across thirteen winning projects. The 1st-place award went to Wildmeta, an AI-driven trading-assistant app, founded and pitched by Kevin Chen. The detail the WuBlockchain wrap-up keeps coming back to is the timing: Chen had been liquidated for roughly two million dollars on Hyperliquid the morning of the hackathon's opening day, and won the cup the same evening with a product that's literally an AI agent that helps Hyperliquid traders make better decisions.

The crossover from trader-who-just-got-liquidated to builder-who-just-won-the-hackathon is the editorial hook for the profile. Wildmeta's product positioning — AI trading assistant on Hyperliquid — gives Chen one of the more durable post-hackathon trajectories among the 13 winning projects, because the loss-to-win story is also the founding story. The public footprint outside the WuBlockchain wrap-up is thin; no verified X / LinkedIn under the name surfaces against the Wildmeta brand cleanly. Outreach realistic via the hackathon organisers (Hyperliquid Foundation / Encode Club) or directly through the hlh.builders site.