Key Highlights Two Robinhood engineers, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with commodities fraud and wire fraud for allegedly using confidential listing information to trade crypto perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. Prosecutors allege the defendants generated over $50,000 each by repeatedly trading tokens ahead of public Robinhood Crypto ...
Key Highlights: Garret Jin accumulated 202,080 ZEC worth approximately $88.3 million in December 2024; holdings now valued near $320 million as ZEC trades at $1,580. The investor moved the full stack into Zcash shielded addresses before returning funds to transparent addresses within minutes, keeping all 202,080 ZEC under single-wallet control. A concurrent short position of ...
Key Highlights The global cryptocurrency market valuation reached $2.76 trillion amid a broad-based rally that persisted despite interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. Near Protocol (NEAR) surged to $3.7830, breaking above a key $3.08 cup-and-handle resistance, though an RSI of 85 signals overbought conditions and a potential retest of ...
Key Highlights Payward, parent company of Kraken, has filed to offer single-stock perpetual futures on 10 major U.S. equities including Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, with plans for 24/5 trading access. The contracts would be listed on Bitnomial Exchange under its rules, while onchain perpetual futures would be offered through Hyperliquid to eligible U.S. ...
Key Highlights Hyperliquid Strategies accumulated 4.28 million HYPE tokens worth approximately $385 million over three weeks, representing 1.4% of circulating supply and outpacing Assistance Fund purchases by 7.5 times. Despite aggressive institutional buying, HYPE price initially declined from $89 to $76, with analyst Shaunda Devens attributing weakness to insufficient marginal demand beyond PURR-driven flows and ...
Key Highlights Near Protocol launches the industry’s first “Confidential by Default” perpetuals trading, masking all position details including asset types, sizes, entry times, and trading direction. The feature runs on Near’s multi-chain Confidential Intents pipeline, which recently surpassed $70 million in total value locked (TVL), with Hyperliquid serving as the chief execution and liquidity layer. ...
Hyperliquid Burns 32,770 HYPE Tokens Worth $2.65 Million as TVL Nears $7 Billion Hyperliquid’s native token $HYPE underwent another supply reduction this week as the protocol executed a buyback and burn of approximately 32,770 HYPE. The transaction carried a value of roughly $2.65 million at an average purchase price of $81.01 per token. According to ...
Major Crypto Whale Movements Signal Shifting Market Dynamics Across USD1, HYPE, and LINK Significant on-chain activity over the past 24 hours highlights renewed institutional and whale interest across three distinct assets: the Trump-backed USD1 stablecoin, the Hyperliquid-native HYPE token, and Chainlink’s LINK. Large transfers to exchanges and strategic accumulation by major funds suggest positioning ahead ...
Crypto Banter founder Ran Neuner has identified regulatory uncertainty as the primary risk facing Hyperliquid, warning that decentralized exchanges could soon encounter intensified government scrutiny. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast, Neuner explained that regulators have begun establishing frameworks for centralized crypto platforms and predicted that decentralized venues would be the next target. Regulatory Timeline: ...
RWA Perpetual Futures Volume Surges to $799.5 Billion Monthly volume on real-world-asset (RWA) perpetual futures climbed from $85 billion in January to a record $799.5 billion in August, with equities representing 62.3% of that total across both decentralized and centralized venues, according to CoinMarketCap data. Unified Portfolio Margin Reshapes DeFi Trading Trading venues are shifting ...
Solana (SOL) slipped 2% on Tuesday, trading near $102, yet a cluster of large derivatives traders is positioning for a continuation of the asset’s recent recovery. Five whale addresses on Hyperliquid collectively opened $9.11 million in SOL long positions between September 7 and September 8, according to CoinGlass data. Whale Long Positions Signal Confidence Ahead ...
Kraken said compliance is central to its operations and that it uses blockchain analytics partnerships to monitor onchain activity and block assets linked to sanctioned…