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Hyperliquid

Crypto-native perp venue that added real-world assets instead of the other way around. The order flow is already there.

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Brief

High-performance perpetual DEX on its own L1 chain. HIP-3 RWA synthetics live with ~$3.9B open interest (Oct 2026) (S&P 500, WTI crude oil perpetuals). HIP-3 share of RWA perps market grew from 2.8% at October 2025 launch to 28.6% by March 2026; Q1 2026 HIP-3 volume hit $130.87B (up from $12.65B in Q4 2025).

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Snapshot

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Asset classes
Commodities, Equities, Treasuries
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Milestones

How this player got here.

  1. Aug 2026Five xStocks spot markets launched on HyperCore, quoted in USDC
  2. May 2026Hyperliquid <-> Ondo Global Markets. HyperEVM gets tokenized stocks via LayerZero bridge.
  3. Apr 2026HIP-4 Binary Options launched
  4. Dec 2025Closed 2025 at 1.4M users, $32B daily volume, $16B OI; TVL tripled to $6B
  5. Oct 2025HIP-3 Permissionless Perpetuals launched, anyone can create perp markets by staking HYPE
  6. Feb 2025HyperEVM launched, enabling EVM smart contracts with native trading liquidity
  7. Jan 2025Daily volume crosses $3B
  8. Nov 2024HYPE token airdrop ($2B+ value)
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Tension

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