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 October 15, altcoin spot ETFs for LINK and NEAR attracted new investments, while XRP, SOL, Polkadot, HYPE, BNB, and ZEC experienced net outflows. Notably, the XRP ETF market shifted to a net outflow after a day of inflows, and Solana's ETF extende...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is working to bring the crypto platform Hyperliquid into the U.S. market in a compliant way, according to former President Trump. Hyperliquid operates a decentralized blockchain platform with on-chain o...
Hyperliquid (HYPE) dropped below its $80 support level to $78 due to market weakness after disappointing CPI data, trading around $79 at press time. Despite the decline, a whale staked 1.255 million HYPE tokens worth over $100 million, signaling conf...
Hyperliquid (HYPE) saw its price increase by 3.88% within one hour on October 15, reaching $81.17 on Binance's HYPE/USDT spot market. Over the same 24-hour period, the token gained 1.69%. During this hour, liquidations on Binance, Bybit, and OKX tota...
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. purchased an additional 180,000 HYPE tokens valued at approximately $14.3 million. This acquisition raised their total HYPE holdings to 38.7 million tokens, now worth about $3.08 billion. Meanwhile, the company's cash rese...
