Roughly a month after the first spot HYPE ETFs debuted, early volume data points to strong institutional appetite for Hyperliquid. Cumulative volume across the products has approached $900 million since launch, with net inflows reaching about $153 million.
Three issuers now offer regulated brokerage exposure to HYPE: 21Shares’ THYP, Bitwise’s BHYP, and Grayscale’s HYPG. All three hold HYPE directly and pass staking rewards on to investors, with the reward rate currently around 2.25% annually, accrued every minute, distributed daily, and automatically compounded. Roughly 45% of eligible supply, about 434 million HYPE, is currently staked. Volume has been uneven across the three: BHYP and THYP account for the bulk of activity, while the more recent HYPG continues to ramp. The products extend a run of strong demand that saw HYPE ETFs absorb 1.04% of market cap in their first 10 days, the strongest crypto ETF debut on record by that measure.
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HYPE distinguishes itself from tokens whose value rests more heavily on speculative demand. About 97% of Hyperliquid’s trading fees are routed to its Assistance Fund, creating a direct link between trading volume and token demand through an automatic buyback mechanism, a dynamic that helped HYPE inflows outpace bitcoin’s ETF debut on a market-cap-adjusted basis earlier this year.
Some traders are positioning for a sharp upside, options data reveals. Nick Forster, co-founder and CEO of onchain options platform Derive, noted that options markets are implying roughly a 10% to 15% chance of HYPE reaching $100 by the end of July.
HYPE traded around $67 on Monday, up more than 7% on the day.
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