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The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens. HYPE treasury company Hyperliquid Strategies increased its equity facility with Chardan Capital Markets from $1 billion to $2.5 billion, giving the company additional capacity to raise capital through share sales. In a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Hyperliquid Strategies said it amended its October 2025 Chardan Equity Facility purchase agreement to increase the aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued common shares.  The agreement allows Hyperliquid Strategies to periodically direct Chardan, a New York-based investment bank and broker-dealer, to purchase shares subject to pricing, trading volume, and other conditions. Chardan can subsequently resell the shares in the public market.  Read more

Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August's 24% run.

US-listed crypto exchange-traded funds outside Bitcoin and Ethereum drew nearly $90 million last week. Investors followed a sharp market rally into XRP, Solana, Chainlink and Hyperliquid. XRP products led the group with $39.78 million of net inflows in the week ended Aug. 21, their strongest showing since the week ended May 15, when they attracted […] The post Wall Street just poured nearly $90 million into altcoins as XRP, SOL and HYPE rip higher appeared first on CryptoSlate.

HYPE reached $72 after Trump said the CFTC was pursuing compliant US access for Hyperliquid, though no formal regulatory plan has been released. Hyperliquid’s native token surged more than 20% over 24 hours after United States President Donald Trump said regulators were working on a compliant pathway to make the decentralized trading platform available to American users. HYPE traded around $62 immediately before Trump’s remarks and subsequently jumped as much as 16% to a 24-hour high of $72.28, according to CoinGecko. It later settled to about $70, up approximately 20% in the last day, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $1.4 billion.  “I understand that Mike is also working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States in a fully compliant and legal fashion,” Trump said during a Wednesday White House event, referring to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig. “Working very hard on that.” Read more

Regardless of the risks, HYPE remains one of the few digital assets with solid potential for the long term, one popular analyst claimed.

PUMP is today's top performer, followed by ZEC, LIT, and HYPE.

HYPE briefly fell 8% from its local highs as Multicoin Capital, Selini Capital and Galaxy Digital queued nearly $150 million of the token for withdrawals. Key points: Hyperliquid’s $HYPE slid to around $58 earlier on Wednesday in the face of large unstaking events initiated by crypto funds. Data obtained from hedge fund and analytics platform Block Liquidity shows Multicoin Capital holding a combined $138.78 million in staked HYPE, of which roughly 83% — about $116 million — sits in pending withdrawal. That’s as Selini Capital and Galaxy Digital have queued HYPE tokens worth $4.4 million and $29.4 million, respectively, for withdrawal. In addition, a Multicoin-linked wallet also deposited roughly 167,000 HYPE, worth $11.2 million, to Coinbase, possibly to be sold.  As of publication, the price had recovered some of its decline, last trading hands at $59.19, according to CoinGecko data. Trading volume in the past 24 hours was more than $415.4 million. Read more

Hyperliquid plans to require developers to stake 500,000 HYPE, worth about $30.4 million, to deploy permissionless prediction markets under HIP-4. Hyperliquid plans to introduce permissionless prediction markets by requiring developers to stake 500,000 HYPE tokens (about $30.4 million) to launch them under HIP-4. The proposal introduces a capital threshold and slashing mechanism intended to discourage poorly defined or improperly settled markets  In an announcement, Hyperliquid said permissionless deployment will become available on testnet before expanding to mainnet in a future network upgrade. Validators will vote on standard outcome templates that deployers can use to create markets, while each deployer will initially be limited to 100 outcomes. The allocation will be released for reuse when a market is settled.  Read more

The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury assets. Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi said it entered an agreement with Skew Technologies to deploy 500,000 Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens to support institutional perpetual futures markets on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 permissionless listings. Under the agreement, Hyperion will receive an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue generated from the platform, according to a Wednesday press release. The companies said the service is designed to help institutional clients launch custom perpetual futures markets on Hyperliquid. Read more

Hyperliquid Strategies has built its treasury around HYPE, but its first SEC filings show the strategy already faces a fundamental challenge. The company wants to accumulate more tokens for shareholders while warning investors it may need to sell HYPE into future capital raises, placing long-term accumulation goals alongside the practical limits of market liquidity. Hyperliquid […] The post A $1 billion HYPE treasury trade is hitting public markets before liquidity has been tested appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows dwarfed XRP’s weekly inflow, while selective demand for XRP and HYPE wrappers showed institutions separating broad crypto risk from targeted altcoin exposure. The post Institutions dumped Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs but still bought XRP and HYPE again appeared first on CryptoSlate.

HYPE price drops near a key support zone where fading selling pressure collides with shrinking futures market activity. Will the altcoin resume its uptrend above $60? Hyperliquid's HYPE token is down 22% from its $75 all-time high, bringing its 2026 uptrend to a key test of support. Market participation has cooled across the derivatives markets, while the spot flows show early signs of stabilization after strong selling pressure in early June. The $50-$54 area now stands out as the most important support zone beneath current prices and the first major trend test since January. Spot selling begins to ease for HYPE Read more

The WLD token surged 149.6% over the past month, XLM climbed 54%, JTO posted a 46.7% gain, and HYPE set a new all-time high of $77 on June 16. Yet the market dominance of the altcoin cohort excluding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins slipped from 21.41% to 21.16% over the same period and is down from […] The post HYPE, JTO and WLD wins are looking more like exceptions than an altcoin season signal appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Options on Bitwise's HYPE ETF give Wall Street a regulated venue to price risk on a 24/7, perpetual futures exchange that trades only during US market hours. BHYP began trading on the NYSE on May 15, holding spot HYPE with in-house staking built into the fund. Options on those shares now also trade, connecting four […] The post Wall Street can now hedge Hyperliquid’s HYPE, but weekends carry a real risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Despite mixed HYPE derivatives market signals, Hyperliquid’s explosive TradFi perpetual growth makes a push toward $80 increasingly realistic. Key takeaways: Hyperliquid defies the crypto bear market with $3 billion HYPE open interest, 32% growth in a week. Hyperliquid’s TradFi innovation, like SpaceX pre-IPO trading, signals that the path to $80 HYPE price looks well-supported. Read more

HYPE flipped DOGE and once again re-entered crypto's top 10 club.

Despite the predicted downfall, one analyst labeled HYPE as one of the best altcoins investors can hold for the long term.

HYPE made DeFi history by cracking the top 10, while XRP extended its unmatched 13-year streak among the market's biggest cryptocurrencies.

Arthur Hayes said he dumped his HYPE and NEAR holdings after warning markets may peak before September and AI IPOs could drain liquidity. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said he dumped his Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Near Protocol (NEAR) token holdings, reversing course after previously assigning aggressive upside targets to both assets. Hayes cited higher energy prices due to the ongoing Middle East conflict, three forthcoming “mega AI IPOs” by the third quarter of 2026 and predictions that US President Donald Trump would turn “anti-AI” to help Republicans win the US midterm elections.  “I think highs in mrkts will happen btw now and September,” wrote Hayes in a Thursday X post, adding that it was “time to take profit.” Read more

BlackRock's IBIT shed another $342 million on Wednesday as ether, solana and XRP funds joined the redemption wave, leaving Hyperliquid's HYPE products as the only major crypto ETF category still pulling in net new money.