what's Hyper Foundation?
Hyper Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the Hyperliquid ecosystem, a high-performance blockchain designed to host all aspects of finance. It enables users to build projects, create value, and exchange assets seamlessly on a single chain optimized for speed and efficiency. The foundation supports decentralized governance and community-driven development, focusing on innovative solutions for digital asset management and trading. At its core, Hyperliquid operates as a decentralized exchange (DEX) specializing in perpetual futures, leveraging a custom Layer 1 blockchain with Proof-of-Stake consensus. Users can stake the native HYPE token through validators to secure the network and earn rewards, with block production proportional to staked amounts. This setup ensures robust security and scalability for DeFi applications. The ecosystem emphasizes real-time liquidity, one-click trading, and integration of advanced blockchain mechanics to transform engagement with digital assets, making it a comprehensive platform for decentralized finance.
Hyper Foundation surpassed $100M options volume on DeriveXYZ; 1.2M HYPE tokens unstaking Jan 6.
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Surpassed $100M in options volume on DeriveXYZ.
1.2 million HYPE tokens to be unstaked and distributed on 2025-01-06.
Proposes a validator vote to burn HYPE tokens held in the Assistance Fund, which would permanently remove these tokens from circulating supply.
Team partially re-stakes unlocked HYPE tokens rather than fully re-staking the November 29th unlock.
User reports receiving 2,911 HYPE tokens from foundation address, questioning if Season 3 airdrop distribution is occurring.
First HYPE team token unlock occurs on November 29th. Hyperliquid ranks #3 in weekly fee generation on DefiLlama behind Tether and Circle.
Hyperliquid Strategies DAT closes December 2nd with $305M in cash to deploy plus plans for an additional $1Bn raise post-closure. Assistance Fund buybacks provide predictable future token flows.
Three addresses transfer 6.07M HYPE tokens (~$238M) to new wallets, with tokens traced to Rorschach I LLC (Paradigm affiliate) preparing for PURR merger based on official filing showing $46.372 per HYPE valuation aligning with $281M commitment requirement.
Whale wallet deposits 14M USDC into Hyperliquid and purchases 210,701 HYPE tokens worth $8.34M.
Tiny Wine mint nears launch with pricing set at 1 HYPE per bottle, treasury plans include buyback and burn mechanics for funds collected.
HyperStone oracle launches with support for HIP-3 protocol. New AI-managed market-neutral vault goes live on the platform with 10k initial deposit, using statistical analysis to maintain 1:1 hedged positions by longing HYPE and shorting altcoin baskets with weekly rebalancing.
Successful Hyperliquid whale with over $14 million profit history deposits 25.56 million USDC and purchases 92,173 HYPE tokens worth $3.68 million.
Weekly S2 points distribution launches on Pear Protocol v2, converting to HYPE token rewards for pair and basket trading.
Monthly buyback rate stands at 0.024% of circulating supply. Active governance proposal discusses 5% allocation and Asset Fund diversification from pure HYPE holdings.
Major whale liquidations on Nov 3-4 force-close thousands of HYPE tokens in leveraged long positions on Hyperliquid platform. HYPE/USDT offers 700% APR today.
Unichain adds support for HYPE alongside SOL, XRP, DOGE, ZEC, and XPL. Liquidity pools for $UBTC/$kHYPE and $SEDA/$HYPE are available on prjx_hl platform.
$HYPE shows weakness on lower timeframes, making new lows alongside $BTC.
Generates $3M+ daily revenue (excluding six-figure contributions from Unit and Phantom) and team token unlocks happen this month.
Coinbase lists $HYPE for trading.
$300M will be deployed to buy HYPE through OTC and market purchases, with merger vote expected to pass within 24 hours. HIP-3 approved for HyperionDeFi to lend HYPE to Felix Protocol.
Purchasing $HYPE through Aerodrome on Base enables farming of the Base airdrop simultaneously. Traders position $HYPE alongside $ZEC and $VIRTUAL as current market winners with connections to privacy and AI agent narratives.
A whale trader with 100% win rate continues adding long positions including $6M in $HYPE alongside $144M in $ETH, $130M in $BTC, and $105M in $SOL.
OKX lists $HYPE for spot trading today.
Whale trader 0xc2a3 faces $21.7M in unrealized losses on long positions including $HYPE, with total P&L declining from $33M profit to $5.8M loss during market drop.
$HYPE operates an active buyback program with buyback activity tied to revenue generation, and traders position it as the primary protocol associated with buybacks.
$TAO overtakes $HYPE as the most attractive leveraged long for whales in the Top 100 during Moonvember.
Trader identifies $HYPE as next to break out after $ZEC in an altcoin trio pattern with $VIRTUAL.
tradexyz will purchase all NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 tickers, removing over 250,000 $HYPE tokens from circulation.
Sekai Fi integration enables creation of branded LSTs for $HYPE, expanding staking utilities beyond HIP-3 markets with validator delegation and secondary liquidity on Sekai DEX.
21Shares files S-1 with the SEC to launch a $HYPE ETF.
Raga Finance launches delta neutral vaults for $HYPE token, providing automated yield strategies.
KHYPE lists as a top gainer in today's market.
HYPE did not raise VC funds and funds its token buyback program using protocol revenue.
$HYPE is listed among coins with active buyback programs.
Season 2 of HyPear Points launches with rewards of 3,000-6,000 $HYPE tokens for traders using the Pear v2 platform.
Robinhood listing mentioned for HYPE token.
21Shares files for a $HYPE ETF application.
NestExchange partners with Native Markets to integrate USDH as Nest's native stablecoin, with a MetaDEX mechanism that uses trading fees to buy HYPE for treasury and distributes $MEGAHYPE (leveraged HYPE exposure) to voters.
The HYPE/USDC LP currently provides 300%+ APR.
TVL reaches $121M while $HYPE trades at $48.
Pear Protocol paid out over $100k in HYPE tokens during Season 1 last week and launches Season 2 with 3-6k HYPE rewards, while planning to list PEAR token on Hyperliquid spot before year end.
Robinhood increases daily HYPE purchases to $3.7m per day, up from $2.4m just days ago.
Lighter's external oracle pricing mechanism (using prices from other exchanges rather than internal mark prices) successfully defended against a TWAP manipulation attack that attempted to push $HYPE from $46 to $98 to trigger cascade liquidations. LLP holders with over $22 million in $HYPE shorts profited significantly while the attacker suffered heavy losses, similar to a previous successful attack on $XPL on Hyperliquid that generated $10 billion in abnormal volume.
HYPE NFTs trade near $60k, up from $43k purchase price, according to a trader holding them as long-term positions with $50k unrealized gains.
Lighter clarifies a runaway bot triggered the HYPE price anomaly through low-volume trades at unusually high prices, causing no liquidations or broader impact. The platform removed chart data from the front end to prevent distortion while on-chain records remain unchanged and viewable via block explorers.
HYZ100 achieves Top 10 perpetual market status by 24h volume on HyperliquidX two weeks after launch. HYPE wicks to $98 on Lighter exchange before the price movement is removed.
Robinhood lists HYPE with $595M trading volume as shorts close positions, while smart money remains net short.
Ventuals launched vHYPE staking on October 16, accumulating 500K HYPE in 2 minutes, 1M in 25 minutes, and 1.45M HYPE within 24 hours. Over 30K traders joined the Ventuals testnet since August.
Multiple upcoming catalysts listed: HIP-4 governance proposal pending announcement, S3 points season not yet started, S&P crypto index trading not yet launched, T bills revenue sharing mechanism not yet active, and notable individuals Bob Diamond and David Schamis have not yet participated in HIP-3 bidding wars.
A whale opens a 10x leveraged long position on 284,501 HYPE tokens worth $12.5M over the past 12 hours.
A TBPN interview completed and is referenced as a catalyst for trading activity. Speculation surfaces about an imminent Coinbase listing with potential insider knowledge.
Hyperlend reports over $250M in borrowed assets within 10 months, with HYPE as the most borrowed asset and over $320M in deposits of kHYPE and derivative assets.
HIP-3 market creation costs 500,000 HYPE per market, limiting the protocol to a maximum of 540+ markets based on the 270M circulating supply.
Multicoin mentions HIP-3 as a potential implementation for "attention perps" (attention perpetuals), a novel market concept for tokenizing and trading attention as an asset with perpetual contracts.
Wintermute transfers over 100k HYPE tokens (~$4M) to Robinhood approximately 6 hours after the listing goes live.
Robinhood lists $HYPE ahead of Coinbase and Binance. S&P Dow Jones Indices, qualified custodians Anchorage and BitGo, and stablecoin issuer Circle support the project.
Unit reports $9.3M in revenue with full reinvestment into $HYPE, and will launch $MON spot trading on Hyperliquid when Monad goes live later this year.
A large investor sold their entire HYPE position of 2.52 million tokens at an average price of $36.5 in recent days, rotating approximately $94 million back to SOL with $23.83 million profit after a 10-month hold.
Hyperliquid Strategies files S-1 seeking to raise up to $1 billion for general corporate purposes including potential purchases of HYPE tokens.
TrueMarkets app offers zero-fee trading for $HYPE for a limited time period.
MetaDEX launches with automated vote optimization that buys HYPE to Treasury and introduces $MEGAHYPE token providing leveraged $HYPE exposure to lockers.
AF now holds 10% of the circulating HYPE supply.
GONDI platform offers 750-850 HYPE and 15,000 USDC liquidity for Hypurrs NFTs on 30-day terms with zero sales fees.
HypertradeX launches live on HyperEVM and HyperCore on October 22nd.
HIP-3 integrates with $SEDA to power its perpetuals platform infrastructure, with a roundtable discussion scheduled for 3pm UTC.
FOMO platform enables direct HYPE purchases via multichain trading app, eliminating the need to bridge funds to Hyperliquid.
KOPS team expands with the addition of @log1kyr to develop their product for onboarding users to the $HYPE Ecosystem on HyperEVM.
A whale monitored by @mlmabc sells $HYPE tokens indiscriminately with intent to dump the price, with a trader viewing these sells as buying opportunities and adding positions at the $35.x price level.
Bullpen Hype Fund Treasury executes ongoing $HYPE token buybacks as part of treasury operations.
Pear Protocol distributes $HYPE tokens on October 21st as part of their Hypear Point Season conclusion, with 25% of points reserved for the final stage. HyperSwapX launches TGE on HyperEVM on October 20th, and Drip Trade operates a revenue share system distributing HYPE tokens to traders.
HYPE pools display artificially high APY due to 7-day average calculations following a 10/10 liquidation event, creating misleading yield metrics that traders should account for when assessing actual returns.
Integration with hyperunit launches, enabling cross-chain deposits to Bullpen HyperliquidX accounts using BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, and other cryptocurrencies.
Ventuals platform powered by HIP-3 enables 10x leveraged long/short trading on private markets and receives over 1M $HYPE deposits into vHYPE within 24 minutes of launch.
$HYPE ranks in the top ~20 gainers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, showing continued strength alongside other previously high-performing tokens.
TheHypeEngine, a new platform for HYPE deposits, prepares for launch.
$HYPE buybacks projected at $2-3B for 2026, representing a 3-5x increase from the 2025 total of $644.6M.
$HYPE ranks #1 in token buyback spend for 2025 with $644.6M, more than 4x the second-place project at $150M.
Ventuals staking pool climbs to 1.45M $HYPE as of Oct 17, 07:05 UTC, reaching 1M within 24 minutes of launch and featuring a 250K $HYPE whale deposit as the first staker.
Ventuals platform receives 500K $HYPE token deposits within 2 minutes of opening deposits.
4,600 unique Hypurr NFTs have been distributed to Genesis Event participants and early contributors on HyperEVM.
HYPURR NFTs have been deployed on the HyperEVM network.
Active scam attempt through compromised account using fake NFT mint link.
Official account reportedly compromised due to platform employee exploitation, bypassing 2FA security measures.