Sanctioned North Korean hacking group Lazarus Group has moved over $30 million through Hyperliquid's HyperUnit service as recently as August 31, 2026. These funds, linked to $61 million in stolen assets identified earlier in 2024, were converted and bridged across multiple blockchains before reaching exchanges like KuCoin, LBank, and Kraken. This activity coincides with Hyperliquid's efforts to gain regulated access to the US market, with Kraken's parent company Payward in advanced talks to enable US users to trade Hyperliquid-linked perpetual futures under regulatory oversight. The timing highlights ongoing risks of illicit fund flows even as the platform seeks formal US compliance.
On November 6, 2026, Zcash (ZEC) spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $1.77 million, marking a positive flow amid mixed activity in altcoin ETFs. Solana (SOL), Chainlink (LINK), and Hyperliquid (HYPE) spot ETFs experienced net outflows, continuing withd...
The seven most-traded options contracts for Hyperliquid's HYPE token all occurred on the Derive platform, reaching a combined notional volume of $5.45 million within 24 hours. Derive specializes in cryptocurrency derivatives like options, but the dat...
At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Hyperliquid CEO Jeff Yan presented the platform as a rebuilt financial infrastructure using a custom Layer-1 blockchain with an on-chain Central Limit Order Book for perpetual futures and spot trading. The platform directs 97-...
Binance announced it aims to reopen withdrawals for six cryptocurrencies—HYPE, INJ, APT, PLASMA, NEAR, and LTC—by mid-November following a major hack on October 29 that compromised $6.3 billion. Withdrawals remain paused on their native blockchains b...
Binance announced a deadline to resume withdrawals for Hyperliquid (HYPE), Litecoin (LTC), and four other cryptocurrencies following a $6 billion attack that forced withdrawal suspensions. Despite Binance's plan to restore withdrawals by next week, H...
